Leaking wet room

[Sophie Williams]

We moved into a recently renovated house a couple of months ago. The first floor wet room (which had never been used) was wonderful to start with but has developed a leak (through the wooden floor boards and through the ceiling below). Can anyone provide some advice?

We removed the sealant from around the drain to find the surrounding contrete soaked. We allowed this to dry (2 weeks) and have re-sealed the drain. This seemed fine for the first couple of weeks and now the leak has reappeared - but worse.

The sealed drain and connecting waste pipe are leak free.

The wetroom floor is tiled and some of these are cut diagonally to create the gradient to the drain. We are reluctant to take up the tiled floor (for obvious reasons) but are concerned about the state of the floorboards and ceiling below.

Is there a product that we can use to seal the (porcelein) tiles / area around the drain?

Any advice would be gratefully received. Many thanks in advance.

 

[davy_G]

Do your best to id the source of the leak and sort it out. Is any of the grout cracked on the floor or any of the corners? It is unlikely that anount of moisture is actually flowing through the tiles them selves. Water gets everywhere, check the floor to wall joins, corner to corners etc

 

[DHTiling]

Hi sophie...it sounds like the tanking has failed or has not been done correctly around the drain.....can you post a pic of the drain area and is there any movement around the drain.?..

 

[Sophie Williams]

Hi Dave, thankd for your offer. There are 3 files enclosed of the Drain from above and beneath plus one of the wetroom floor. - Sophie

 

[DHTiling]

Have you run the shower and looked from underneath to see if you can see where the water is getting through.....I think it could be a tanking failure or incorrectly done......you need to find where the water is getting through......

 

[wetdec]

Hi Sophie

Ok picture1

Shows your gulley screwed to your floor boards no sign of any waterproof membrane or any wetroom former both of these should be evident.

Picture 2

The metal surround of this gulley should finish above the tiles not be dropped in and sealed around

Picture 3

Tells me whoever put this together won't make a tiler in this lifetime.



Honestly its shoddy nothing sugests its been installed correctly and I would be looking at stripping the tiling outwards from the drain to see how its been put together and go from there.


If I can help my email and tel no are below

tiler

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[Turkish]

Crikey!! I know nothing about installing a wetroom but have those floor tiles been cut that way???? Nice grout lines on the wall too!????

Turkish

 

[wetdec]

Looks sharp doesnt it :lol::lol:

 

[Turkish]

Looks sharp doesnt it :lol::lol:

Sure does! Looks just like a crack in the tile cos it aint exactly symmetrical! Shouldn`t really critisize as i wouldn`t be too confident doing it...

Turkish

 

[hillhead]

If its been tiled like that its no surprise that its leaking,
that looks like a seriously bad tiling job from pic 3,if he's a bad tiler then surely he's a bad sealer too !!! needs sorted properly.get a pro in to check it out.

 

[brian c]

i agree with the comments above the tiles should have been enveloped ,does the water run into the drain or does it find its own area to settle?THIS COULD BE THE PROBLEM IF ITS RUNNING TO A CORNER AND HASNT BEEN SEALED CORRECTLY.

 

[Sophie Williams]

Crikey!! I know nothing about installing a wetroom but have those floor tiles been cut that way???? Nice grout lines on the wall too!????

Turkish

Hi Turkish,

thanks for your comments. Could you clarify what you mean by "nice grout lines on the wall" ? Cheers Sophie

 

[wetdec]

He is being sarcastic Sophie.

Don't want to pull apart your dream but the pictures tell a sad tale unfortunately and looks much like you will need to investigate a possible refit to be safe.


tiler

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[Sophie Williams]

Thank you so much to everyone for your help with this problem.
To answer some of the questions:-

1. It only seems to be the area around the drain that is leaking. The water is coming through the floorboards along the length of the tongue & groove under the drain and as far as we can see nowhere else.
2. The drain is concreted in and there is no movement in it.
3. When we removed the original silicone about a month ago and removed the top of the gulley the surrounding concrete was soaked. There was no evidence of any tank or membrane. We allowed it to dry and then re-sealed it. Perhaps we would get a better result using a more professional product (we used Unibond hardwearing bathroom sealant)
4. Despite the unsymetrical tiling on the floor the water drains very well. It doesn't collect anywhere in the room or "puddle".
5. Could you suggest the best way of contacting a reputable local (Warwickshire) tiler / specialist to have a look at this for us?
6. Any idea of cost - ball park?

Again, many thanks for your comments.
Sophie

 

[DHTiling]

Sophie..have a look on here for fixer in your area..... http://www.findtrustedtradesmen.co.uk/

 

[wetdec]

Good catch


tiler

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[bigandy]

:8:i am sure turkish was refering to pic 3 as the grout lines dont match up with the other wall,therefore suggesting the "tiler" did nt have a clue what he was doing therefor if he cant tile can he install a wet room.
turkish how long for the sausages?