Annoying shower leak

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Hope someone can suggest an easy potential fix.

Had issues with this shower ever since it was fitted 3 years ago.

Small dribble of water that quickly makes a puddle on the floor with every use, emerging from between tray and silicone.

Stripped out some silicone tonight, thinking I'd see water emerge where the red arrow is.

However in fact it's coming from behind the chrome rail, at the blue arrow.

It's properly sealed between tiles and tray, but left open at bottom of rail to let water drain away inside. I suspect water is using that opening as a way out rather than back in, and emerging by the blue arrow.

Tips welcome on where to try sealing up, or am I ripping the screen out and re-doing (for a third time) ?

 

[Madrab]

That tray isn't sealed properly between the tray and tile on the outside, at the blue arrow, hope that isn't indicative of the tray to tile seal inside the shower. The silicone should run all the way behind the tray against the wall and all the way to the end of the tile/tray edge and then down to the floor.
The vertical wall channel should be fully sealed externally top to bottom and all the way along the bottom edge of the glass at the tray, even the metal wall channel section where the red arrow is pointing should be sealed, it doesn't seem to be.

 

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That tray isn't sealed properly between the tray and tile on the outside, at the blue arrow, hope that isn't indicative of the tray to tile seal inside the shower. The silicone should run all the way behind the tray against the wall and all the way to the end of the tile/tray edge and then down to the floor.
The vertical wall channel should be fully sealed externally top to bottom and all the way along the bottom edge of the glass at the tray, even the metal wall channel section where the red arrow is pointing should be sealed, it doesn't seem to be.

Thanks. That's where I stripped the silicone out to investigate where the leak was coming from. It's not indicative of anywhere else as I've not stripped it out anywhere else.

 

[Elsa TLC]

You need to take the frame out. Cut silicone out, then clean and dry
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Then apply a good silicone and leave for 24 hours. Then fit the frame back and apply silicone on the outside only.

 

[drives]

If you follow the usual advice of not sealing on the inside of that vertical profile trim, how will it not leak?

If as step one you do the sealant between tray and wall, let it set, then install the profile trim- the sharp right angle of the trim at the bottom will disrupt the sealant that you applied the day or so prior along the bottom of the tray.

@Madrab I think it was your good self who a few years back recommended to me the trick of installing the profile trim at the same time as doing the initial sealant bead at the bottom so that the trim beds into the wet silicone at the base. This has worked perfectly for one of my showers- then just seal the outside of the trim and glass as you say and good to go. However, on another one of my shower installs it was impossible to do this due to having to fit two wall profiles at the same time (shower niche type setup). Thus I had to seal on the inside. In fairness it does not appear from the photos that the OP should have this problem and thus should presumably use the method above to bed it in at the bottom when refixing it.

I don't know if the above makes complete sense but the OPs issue seems to be the most common source of shower related leaks as so many get it wrong.