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My tiled bathroom floor is new but I have moisture seemingly seeping up through the grouting in some places. The affected grouting has taken on an orange colour with crystallised minerals of some kind in it.
The floor is wooden floorboards, with some kind of baseboard on top (not sure of the correct name), wired underfloor heating, self levelling compound then https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/, then tiles.
The bathroom was completed in September but as soon as I was allowed to use the shower (over bath) I realised only cold water was coming through. The following morning I also noticed a wet patch on the wall on the other side of the wall near where all the pipework is. The fitter returned and found a small leak from the shower pipe and fixed it. However, I also noticed an area of floor grout near the bath, but not tiles, was wet even though I hadn’t actually been able to use the shower yet. The fitter didn’t know why that was, told me he found no water on the tiles beneath the bath when he removed the panel, and dismissed it.
Over the weeks though other areas of grout have become wet and stained orange and my floor now looks awful. I am convinced there is a small leak somewhere and it is seeping along beneath the tiles and soaking up through the grouting, bringing with it minerals, perhaps from the self levelling compound or https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/?
I’ve not noticed any signs of water on the ceiling downstairs below my bathroom, thankfully, so I guess the water is being trapped between two of the new layers put on my bathroom floor.
I’m waiting for my fitter to return to ‘take a look’ and I’m sure he doesn’t believe me. But this is the only logical explanation to me and I’m dreading being told that everything needs to be ripped out and up so it can be remedied.
What I’d like to know please is if my explanation sounds plausible? Could a water leak seep along beneath tiles and bring minerals from the compound up through the grout and stain it? The ‘minerals’ feel a little oily to the touch and have a slight chemically/metallic smell to them.
The floor is wooden floorboards, with some kind of baseboard on top (not sure of the correct name), wired underfloor heating, self levelling compound then https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/, then tiles.
The bathroom was completed in September but as soon as I was allowed to use the shower (over bath) I realised only cold water was coming through. The following morning I also noticed a wet patch on the wall on the other side of the wall near where all the pipework is. The fitter returned and found a small leak from the shower pipe and fixed it. However, I also noticed an area of floor grout near the bath, but not tiles, was wet even though I hadn’t actually been able to use the shower yet. The fitter didn’t know why that was, told me he found no water on the tiles beneath the bath when he removed the panel, and dismissed it.
Over the weeks though other areas of grout have become wet and stained orange and my floor now looks awful. I am convinced there is a small leak somewhere and it is seeping along beneath the tiles and soaking up through the grouting, bringing with it minerals, perhaps from the self levelling compound or https://www.tilersforums.com/forums/tile-adhesive/?
I’ve not noticed any signs of water on the ceiling downstairs below my bathroom, thankfully, so I guess the water is being trapped between two of the new layers put on my bathroom floor.
I’m waiting for my fitter to return to ‘take a look’ and I’m sure he doesn’t believe me. But this is the only logical explanation to me and I’m dreading being told that everything needs to be ripped out and up so it can be remedied.
What I’d like to know please is if my explanation sounds plausible? Could a water leak seep along beneath tiles and bring minerals from the compound up through the grout and stain it? The ‘minerals’ feel a little oily to the touch and have a slight chemically/metallic smell to them.
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