Leak in shower

[Halloween Jack]

Hi folks,

I'm a complete layman so bear with me if I'm spelling this all out too much.

We have a leak somewhere in our shower, water has started to come though the ceiling and it happened suddenly.

I looked under the shower and turned it on and I could see water coming from the back wall, the one with the control valve on it. The plug hole seemed ok.

Opening up the area around the control valve I saw this:



See the cap at the bottom? It seems to have come away. water comes out of this sometimes.

So I guess this is the leak and it suddenly came away and so the leak started suddenly.

I can't see anything broken or any thread so what does this cap do exactly? Should it just be sealed with silicon sealant or something else?

How can i fix it?

Cheers

 

[HERTS P&D]

Have you tried to tighten up the 'cap' at the bottom?

It may be loose or.......................split.

Andy

 

[Halloween Jack]

There's nothing to tighten. I can't find a thread.

It's like kind of hinged, joined at the back so you can push it up and it sits comfortably but when you take your hand away it flops back down again.

So split maybe?

Should I just try to remove it and see what's happened?

What's it called anyway?

Should it be threaded on to the main mixer?

Cheers

 

[Madrab]

Looks like a blanking plug and it looks like it has burst/split, I reckon it should screw up into the body. See if there's enough left on it to unscrew

 

[HERTS P&D]

Yes the blanking plug screws in, if it's flapping down then as I said it has split.

Contact the supplier of the shower and order a new part.

You can even contact 'shower doctor.com' who are based in Scotland. They are very good.

Andy

 

[Halloween Jack]

Hi, I have removed it:



So I guess it was split, it was so clean a break I didn't realise the top had the thread

It has a hole, but the thing it came from is sealed at this point. I guess water can come from a circular gap around the solid center? And this thing seals the gap?

I'll go and buy a new one, does it just need some of that silicon gel (I forget the name) put on it before screwing into place?

Cheers

 

[Halloween Jack]

Thanks guys

So it's not just a part I can get from B&Q then?

 

[HERTS P&D]

This might help:

http://www.showerstoyou.co.uk/product_desc.php?id=2540

No B/Q will not sell that, it will be a special order.

Andy

 

[HERTS P&D]

Or you could glue it together with Araldite.

Andy

 

[JohnD]

I hate concealed shower mixers built into the wall. They all go wrong eventually, and then you have to smash tiles and dig out the walls. With the new surface mounting brackets you can whisk an exposed mixer off and replace or repair it very easily.

 

[Halloween Jack]

Ah yes, I'd love a new shower, new bathroom in fact, but stuck with it for now

So Andy, the link you sent: Is that for more components than pictured? Those pictured are different bits aren't they?

Do I need to buy a whole set? I have tried searching using aqualisa and blanking plug but I'm not having any luck.

I'm happy to glue with Araldite... will that really work? or were you joking

 

[HERTS P&D]

You can glue it together but you would have to wait 24hrs for it to dry. Don't use super glue 3, use araldite.

Take pictures of your shower and send them to shower doctor, they will give you a price for the parts you need. They even do next delivery.

Andy

 

[Halloween Jack]

Great thanks