Recent content by cabinscooter

Last phase and trickiest in the aftermath of this disaster now pretty much completed. Artex ceiling damage has now been repaired and whole ceiling re skimmed. I didn't see the repair myself as we kept well out of the way while it was done owing to the asbestos risk. The plasterer said that...

Shower cubicle retiled and finished. After old tiles were stripped off, there was evidence of water penetration visible even after 3 months of drying out ( see earlier photo). Photo of work in progress and of finished job to a high standard attached. Tray is double sealed as silicon was...

Thanks for the advice. That's pretty well what is is being done. It is indeed a 1980's house and I bet your right, it's direct on to plaster board. It's been more than three months since the disaster and I purposely left the front panel off to allow air to circulate so hopefully it's dried...

What is a mystery is how tiles higher up got cracked.

In our case, it had been seeping through just a little over a long period, gradually wearing the grout away, running along the ceiling boards below until a chance prolonged direct spray on the worst area caused it to break through below. You can just see the worst in the attached picture along...

More evidence of the source of the leak that I haven't mentioned - Immediately after it happened, after removing the front panel, I examined the underside of the tray with a torch and I could see water at the back of the tray, on the wall and on the timber supports at the back, directly below...

The chap that is doing the retiling we have used before (for a cloakroom refurb) and came highly recommended which proved to be more than justified. He had already done a complete bathroom rebuild (which included moving walls) for our eldest son and then the cloakroom for our other son. The...

For a while, when I was trying to work out if there was a leak, we had a temporary shower curtain on three sides of the alcove so that spray didn't go on the tiles or tray sealant (the curtain rail is out of sight on the photo) . At this point I wasn't even certain there was a leak as the mark...

Can you recommend what would be the best type of glue?

That's an excellent idea, I was trying to think of something like that. I even bought some 'No More Nails' glue but couldn't think how to apply it or how to support it. Some of the tiles have hairline cracks and some worse where there is a fixing like the shower valve supply pipes and the...

I have.

As I already said, plumbing has been checked.

Good question. Can't be 100pc sure but no sign of leaks from the waste under the tray and the supply pipework is in the airing cupboard next door (it's an exposed bar mixer shower) and looks fine. Original Plumber said grouting was crumbling and chap that is retiling the shower agreed that...

Thanks, that's very encouraging. I'm assuming the boarding behind hasn't dropped. Is 'Artex' still available? I was told it contained asbestos, at least at the time our house was built.

About 9-10 months ago we noticed a tiny mark on the hall ceiling more or less underneath the shower upstairs. It was minor and appeared to be a line where the ceiling boards joined. I couldn't see any problems, and although I couldn't see any gaps, I redid the silicon sealing around the shower...