Plumbers in the House

With a small leak from the shower running down the skirting board, we had to get the plumbers in.  Not so easy as you might think, our chosen plumber was one man down on extended sick leave, so was understandably rather busy.  And it didn’t help that we kept going away for various short trips.  After several phone calls, the stars aligned, and we chose a week which suited both parties.

To see just how much damage the leak had caused, the shower liner walls had to be removed from the plaster board lining.  The plaster board was also removed, to check for water damage inside the wall cavity.  Surprisingly, everything was clean and dry.  What they did discover was that the silicone sealer at the bottom of the shower did not extend all the way along, hence the water was running out of the shower and along the skirting board.  The old plaster board was removed and replaced.

The new plaster board was put in place, and the plumbers went away while the plaster dried.  The next day came the task of sanding it down and fixing the shower skin to the new wall with copious amounts of adhesive, then that was left to adhere.

 

On day three the shower  return and door were fitted, together with a rather posh new shower caddy.  Our old plastic one had cracked and that type was no longer manufactured  so we purchased a chrome and glass one, which the workmen kindly fitted for us.

All back in place

This whole operation took three days, and we were were fortunate that we could use the shower in the caravan while ours was out of action. We were going caravanning in the weekend so that gave the shower box a couple of extra days for the adhesive to set.   Luckily the leak had not caused any damage to the internal wall, so we were very pleased about that.