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Hi, Have a double light socket in my downstairs hallway that controls my hallway lighting, and the lights in the landing on the 1st floor. These are working fine (recently re-hooked up by an electrician after the boxes were changed for new ones) The problem is, I can only get the landing...

**Update** So, took an entire weekend but removed the shower door, all the mastic tape and did the following: 1 - re-grouted the entire shower (looked fine anyway, but to be 100%) 2 - freshly siliconed the tray-wall and vertical joins with Mapesi sealant 3 - scraped off all old...

Any thoughts on the above guys and girls? Sorry to bump, but going to make a start on it this evening. Thabks

1) one common problem is not sealing the wall to tray joint before the door is fitted So basically I need to remove the shower door to do this, is it just the join where tray and tile meets (behind the door-support on either wall) or do I literally bed the door-support into a bed of silicone...

*** Update *** So its clear that the stupid 'mastic strips' the "professional" used are useless, after I peeled away could see the grout behind it (although neatly done) showed signs that water had been absorbed. Got everything I need to properly seal, just a final few questions..... 1...

haha, will do. Just took the 'mastic tape'off and given everything a good clean and drydown, will leave it 48hrs before doing anything to give things a chance to dry. Disappointingly, just grout (albeit neatly done) under the tape.....no sealant whatsoever. Even I know grout is not good...

thanks mate, think I'll err on the side of caution and just grab some black Mapei Mapesil - a tiler friend tells me its good stuff.

Thanks for all your help (and the other replies) think that's a sensible first step. Out of interest - after I've re-sealed assume no issue (after leaving 48hrs to cure) with buying some more mastic tape (noticed the quotes - is it not called that?) and putting it over the sealant afterwards?

Was hoping you wouldn't suggest that :) Its mastic tape round the top of the tray - again I don't know if the installer used sealant to join the tiles to the tray before putting the mastic over the top.... I guess if I just do one of the 3 walls at a time, should be relatively easy to spot...

Done - dry as a bone - pointed directly at centre of door on full power.

**Update** Not sure if this is good or bad news, but moved the wires out of the way and binded with electrical tape, then gave it a good 5min on its highest setting (cold water) directly down the plughole and not a single drop from the ceiling.....every time it has leaked its been noticeable...

Hi - yes is a mixer shower. As the shower cubicle is in the corner of the en suite the 2 x pipes come through the back wall (mosaic tiles) and slopes, so is not very accessible as there's a large / shaped wood support behind. I was hoping I could get to the waste by removing the tiles in...

Thanks - I'll do the drain test tonight. I've done some research and seen lots of suggestions around the shower door, but I'm struggling to understand where specifically they mean. He definitely did all of his sealing before the door was fitted (or even the wall bars) as fitting the door...