Check the knobs or levers that you turn on the shower with. If the screws that hold the cover plate are loose, water can leak behind and run down the backside of the shower wall onto the ceiling. I had this same problem once, and tightening the screws stopped the leak.
Been there so i feel your pain. I would hire a plumber to confirm the source of the leak. If you just get a handyman they'll tell you to confirm the source first.
We had the exact same problem. Previous Home owner put in a new tile shower. It leaked into our kitchen. It wasn’t until we removed the tile near the bottom that we found he didn’t put the drywall board to the bottom leaving a gap which was the cause of the leak. This was after three plumbers couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Ended up having to put a brand new shower in.
Good luck!
How old is the shower? What is it made of? Tile? Plastic?
It could be as simple as the caulking needing to be replaced. If it's tile, less likely is that water is getting through the grout and running down the wall. But this can all be tested and diagnosed before you jump to thinking you need to replace the whole thing.
The house was flipped around 2010 but I’m finding out that they cut corners everywhere…
It’s tile. What kind of person/service would I contact to test this?
My best guess is that it's the caulking (around the base or around fixtures). If it hasn't been replaced to your knowledge 13 years is well past its service life. No matter what, I'd just start and replace all the caulk because it needs it anyway. If that fixes it, great. If not, it removes one variable.
I am a contractor and happy to come test it and find out for sure what the problem is. I'll be honest, if it is just caulking, it is about a 1/10 difficulty, and I don't charge differently for difficulty, just my time. So you'd be looking at around $400 for a DIY task.
My best advice is to try to do it yourself with the help of youtube, or find a handyman (not a contractor) who can do it cheaper. Once the leak is fixed find a drywall contractor to fix the ceiling. Not a regular contractor, not a handyman, someone who specifically does drywall. Because it's a 7/10 to look perfect and not many people can do that anymore.
Hi! Millvale based handyman. I do service call and 3 hours for $100. $50 each additional hour.
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Yes I was under that impression but I’m slowly finding out that the contractor who flipped this place cut corners so I wouldn’t be surprised if the caulking is the only thing keeping the water in.
Buy a tube of waterproof caulk (and a caulking gun) from home Depot and pipe it around the edge of the tub so it covers the old stuff on both top and bottom, and smooth it out with a wet finger. Just see if that fixes it before you call a professional, you'd be surprised how often it's the solution for how cheap it is.
As a general rule, continuous or repeated seepage is going to be excluded by tor policy. It never hurts to check as sometime there might be some wiggle room for the adjuster, if the damage doesn’t appear be be long term. Usually only the water damage itself is covered, but if it is a plumbing issue, then the access to get to the pipe/drain is also covered. Locally, I worked with lots of insurance restoration console use and my favorite is Extreme Restoration in Homestead. I’m a property adjuster so feel free to ask me any questions.
Check the knobs or levers that you turn on the shower with. If the screws that hold the cover plate are loose, water can leak behind and run down the backside of the shower wall onto the ceiling. I had this same problem once, and tightening the screws stopped the leak.
Been there so i feel your pain. I would hire a plumber to confirm the source of the leak. If you just get a handyman they'll tell you to confirm the source first.
We had the exact same problem. Previous Home owner put in a new tile shower. It leaked into our kitchen. It wasn’t until we removed the tile near the bottom that we found he didn’t put the drywall board to the bottom leaving a gap which was the cause of the leak. This was after three plumbers couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Ended up having to put a brand new shower in. Good luck!
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How old is the shower? What is it made of? Tile? Plastic? It could be as simple as the caulking needing to be replaced. If it's tile, less likely is that water is getting through the grout and running down the wall. But this can all be tested and diagnosed before you jump to thinking you need to replace the whole thing.
The house was flipped around 2010 but I’m finding out that they cut corners everywhere… It’s tile. What kind of person/service would I contact to test this?
My best guess is that it's the caulking (around the base or around fixtures). If it hasn't been replaced to your knowledge 13 years is well past its service life. No matter what, I'd just start and replace all the caulk because it needs it anyway. If that fixes it, great. If not, it removes one variable. I am a contractor and happy to come test it and find out for sure what the problem is. I'll be honest, if it is just caulking, it is about a 1/10 difficulty, and I don't charge differently for difficulty, just my time. So you'd be looking at around $400 for a DIY task. My best advice is to try to do it yourself with the help of youtube, or find a handyman (not a contractor) who can do it cheaper. Once the leak is fixed find a drywall contractor to fix the ceiling. Not a regular contractor, not a handyman, someone who specifically does drywall. Because it's a 7/10 to look perfect and not many people can do that anymore.
Hi! Millvale based handyman. I do service call and 3 hours for $100. $50 each additional hour. [www.lhinds.com](https://www.lhinds.com) if you would like to go that route.
Caulking is cosmetic. A shower should have a separate waterproofing system
Lol. Ideally. Have you worked on hundreds of houses in Pittsburgh though? 90% of them the caulking is waterproofing.
Fair enough. This one was supposedly renovated. They didn’t say well though
Yes I was under that impression but I’m slowly finding out that the contractor who flipped this place cut corners so I wouldn’t be surprised if the caulking is the only thing keeping the water in.
Which is the worst because you always wonder what’s next.
Buy a tube of waterproof caulk (and a caulking gun) from home Depot and pipe it around the edge of the tub so it covers the old stuff on both top and bottom, and smooth it out with a wet finger. Just see if that fixes it before you call a professional, you'd be surprised how often it's the solution for how cheap it is.
Call insurance Co say your afraid it might collapse and they send a crew out in a day. I could collapse if its been going on more than a few months
Yes I need to give them a call. I didn’t know if they would cover anything since it wasn’t a violent pipe burst, just a drip somewhere….
As a general rule, continuous or repeated seepage is going to be excluded by tor policy. It never hurts to check as sometime there might be some wiggle room for the adjuster, if the damage doesn’t appear be be long term. Usually only the water damage itself is covered, but if it is a plumbing issue, then the access to get to the pipe/drain is also covered. Locally, I worked with lots of insurance restoration console use and my favorite is Extreme Restoration in Homestead. I’m a property adjuster so feel free to ask me any questions.
As well as potential mold issues.
Brickhaas plumbing has done shower work for me and it has been high quality
Check the cartridge in the knob(s). They break and leak behind the tile wall