Hi All,
My first post here and I'm hoping someone can help me. I recently discovered that water from our shower has been leaking down in to the neighbour's kitchen in the flat below. After investigation it was clear that the grouting around the bath tiles had cracked in several areas causing water to leak down behind the tiles, down the wall at the front of the bath, eventually getting through our floor and also the neighbour's ceiling.
When I inspected the area it was clear that the tiles with cracked grout had actually come slightly loose from the wall, it seemed logical to removed the tiles in the affected area so I did that. Here's an image of the area after I removed the tiles:
As you can see from the image some of the base wall plaster has lost it's surface consistency, I'm guessing this is due to the fact that water has been stuck between the tiles and the plaster for some time before I realised there was a leak?
My inital thoughts to fix this up are as follows (bear in mind I've never done any tiling before so I might be proposing proper nonsence here!):
1: Remove the tiles where the grout was cracked. (done)
2: Take back all the grout in the surrounding area. (done)
3: Prepare the bare wall for re-tiling (i.e. sort out the consistency issue in the base wall plaster).
4: Re-tile and grout both the area where I removed the tiles and the surrounding area where I took down the grout with a grout saw.
5: Treat the whole area with grout protector.
What I'd like to know is...
1: Does the above plan sounds sensible? Is there anything I've not considered or could benefit from doing that I haven't mentioned?
2: How should I best prepare the area of the wall where the base plaster has degraded before re-tiling the area?
As mentioned above I've never done any tiling before so totally happy to forget what I've proposed in the event of a better approach. Hopefully I've provided enough info to gain assistance but don't hesitate to shout if I've left something out which could be useful to give advice.
Cheers,
Edd
My first post here and I'm hoping someone can help me. I recently discovered that water from our shower has been leaking down in to the neighbour's kitchen in the flat below. After investigation it was clear that the grouting around the bath tiles had cracked in several areas causing water to leak down behind the tiles, down the wall at the front of the bath, eventually getting through our floor and also the neighbour's ceiling.
When I inspected the area it was clear that the tiles with cracked grout had actually come slightly loose from the wall, it seemed logical to removed the tiles in the affected area so I did that. Here's an image of the area after I removed the tiles:
As you can see from the image some of the base wall plaster has lost it's surface consistency, I'm guessing this is due to the fact that water has been stuck between the tiles and the plaster for some time before I realised there was a leak?
My inital thoughts to fix this up are as follows (bear in mind I've never done any tiling before so I might be proposing proper nonsence here!):
1: Remove the tiles where the grout was cracked. (done)
2: Take back all the grout in the surrounding area. (done)
3: Prepare the bare wall for re-tiling (i.e. sort out the consistency issue in the base wall plaster).
4: Re-tile and grout both the area where I removed the tiles and the surrounding area where I took down the grout with a grout saw.
5: Treat the whole area with grout protector.
What I'd like to know is...
1: Does the above plan sounds sensible? Is there anything I've not considered or could benefit from doing that I haven't mentioned?
2: How should I best prepare the area of the wall where the base plaster has degraded before re-tiling the area?
As mentioned above I've never done any tiling before so totally happy to forget what I've proposed in the event of a better approach. Hopefully I've provided enough info to gain assistance but don't hesitate to shout if I've left something out which could be useful to give advice.
Cheers,
Edd