A few days away from buying a flat built in 1990. It still has original tiles and bathroom suite. Looks OK to the eye and no smell of damp etc.
Still, I think there is something that looks a bit risky: The shower is in the bathtub and the wall behind the bathtub has a window, i.e. you can in theory peek out the window while having a shower (except the glass is frosted of course). The tiles run all the way around the window and the window recess is covered all the way round with the same tile as the wall. Again, it looks OK, but I reckon common sense dictates that there is a high risk of some crack where water can come trough and behind the tiling. This could be costly for me as a new owner.
Question; should I hire a surveyor with particular knowledge of wetrooms, perhaps someone with a humidity meter? Can all surveyors be trusted to handle this issue? What would you have done?
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Still, I think there is something that looks a bit risky: The shower is in the bathtub and the wall behind the bathtub has a window, i.e. you can in theory peek out the window while having a shower (except the glass is frosted of course). The tiles run all the way around the window and the window recess is covered all the way round with the same tile as the wall. Again, it looks OK, but I reckon common sense dictates that there is a high risk of some crack where water can come trough and behind the tiling. This could be costly for me as a new owner.
Question; should I hire a surveyor with particular knowledge of wetrooms, perhaps someone with a humidity meter? Can all surveyors be trusted to handle this issue? What would you have done?
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