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Hey folks,
Just looking for some advice on a wet room I have. Floor wise I have wooden joists overlaid with moisture resistant flooring (can’t remember exact thickness) with a kudos shower tray, overlaid with RIW membrane and screws over the non shower area before it was all tiled over. I have a kudos shower screen on one side.
I have two issues which need resolved - Firstly, a slight amount of deflection in the floor itself causing cracking of grout.
Secondly, the shower screen leaking water (on the other side of the shower) which is coming from base of the screen trim.
With regards to deflection, it’s slight (doing a test with a full cup of water and jumping around doesn’t cause any spillages, so any deflection is minor), but it’s enough to cause my grout to crack, in time. I’m in no financial position to have the floor lifted, extra support put in and relaid (my wife isn’t working and we recently had a child - money’s tighter than usual!). Grout wise BAL micromax 2 (smoke) was used - could I re grout some of the cracked areas with a different grout to maybe help this issue a little? (Maybe Superflex?) Or does anyone have any smarter ideas as to a possible fix that wouldn’t cost me £££?
And with regards to the screen, I’ve had water come up one the wrong side of the screen a couple of times now, it seems to be breaking down the silicone at the very base of the wall trim (or maybe the trim is cutting into the silicone?) and showing itself on the other side of the glass. I used CT1 silicone last time - is there something else that would be better suited for this? Not sure why it keeps happening! Should the trim sit slightly elevated from the floor of the shower?
Any help would be really, really appreciated.
Thanks!
Her s an image of the outside of the screen which is getting wet:
Here’s one of the inside of the shower, base of the wall trim:
And lastly one of the cracking grout
Just looking for some advice on a wet room I have. Floor wise I have wooden joists overlaid with moisture resistant flooring (can’t remember exact thickness) with a kudos shower tray, overlaid with RIW membrane and screws over the non shower area before it was all tiled over. I have a kudos shower screen on one side.
I have two issues which need resolved - Firstly, a slight amount of deflection in the floor itself causing cracking of grout.
Secondly, the shower screen leaking water (on the other side of the shower) which is coming from base of the screen trim.
With regards to deflection, it’s slight (doing a test with a full cup of water and jumping around doesn’t cause any spillages, so any deflection is minor), but it’s enough to cause my grout to crack, in time. I’m in no financial position to have the floor lifted, extra support put in and relaid (my wife isn’t working and we recently had a child - money’s tighter than usual!). Grout wise BAL micromax 2 (smoke) was used - could I re grout some of the cracked areas with a different grout to maybe help this issue a little? (Maybe Superflex?) Or does anyone have any smarter ideas as to a possible fix that wouldn’t cost me £££?
And with regards to the screen, I’ve had water come up one the wrong side of the screen a couple of times now, it seems to be breaking down the silicone at the very base of the wall trim (or maybe the trim is cutting into the silicone?) and showing itself on the other side of the glass. I used CT1 silicone last time - is there something else that would be better suited for this? Not sure why it keeps happening! Should the trim sit slightly elevated from the floor of the shower?
Any help would be really, really appreciated.
Thanks!
Her s an image of the outside of the screen which is getting wet:
Here’s one of the inside of the shower, base of the wall trim:
And lastly one of the cracking grout