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Sealing small drips from a leaking shower and using a one hour setting sealant .
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I have a very small drip from a shower which I have resealed on a few occasions . I have often wondered whether this resealing was necessary and possibly the water was dripping through the shower door and running along to the area where I believe the drip is coming from. There is a limescale mark on the wall where the drip runs down. When the shower was first installed it leaked really badly and had to be completely resealed . I have used a one hour quick drying silicone sealant on another shower and was wondering if there is any difference between these two sealants apart from the drying time . I have also noticed some mould on this new sealant which I used on another shower which is not a problem that I ever had with the 24 hour setting sealant . As I can identify the area of the wall where the drip is running down , would I be better sealing some vinyl to the wall as it is under the shower tray and collecting the drip in a small tray?. It seems a lot of work to completely reseal a shower for such a small drip. If I can catch the drip, I will ensure that when the floorboard is completely dry , I put wood hardener on it and then reseal the gap between the floor board and the tiles . This would then mean that any small drips from the shower lie on the lino. |
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over a year ago
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Stop fannying around running bits of sealant here there and everywhere and stem the leak at source, either with ptfe on compression fittings or resolder the sweated joints. |
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"I don't know the answer to your question but could one sealant have an anti mould.ingredient? Leaks from showers are a right royal pain aren't they! "
. Those were my thoughts . I assumed that they all contained an anti mould ingredient unless the quick setting ones have a different set of ingredients .
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"Stop fannying around running bits of sealant here there and everywhere and stem the leak at source, either with ptfe on compression fittings or resolder the sweated joints."
The leak is either the shower door or between the tray and tiles ..I always have the thermostatic valves surface mounted so any leaks at joins can be easily seen.
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Then replace the rubber on the door and rip all the old silicone out and renew the lot with anti fungicide bathroom sealant, put some weight in the tray to mimic someone standing in it. |
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