Leaky shower help

[Deschodt]

I believe our Master BR shower pan is leaking at a corner. It started after the guy redid the floor from tile to concrete and pebbles, he might have pinched or cracked the membrane... First there was water just outside the shower corber against the adjacent wall. I patched this the best I could and it stopped, I thought I won for a while until my contractor could recover from his double knee replacement. Nope, just found out the hardwood floor in the master bedroom immediately behind that wall is looking water damaged now, so the water probably still leaks but under the wall now.

Clearly we need to stop using that shower and hope the wood recovers (otherwise I have spare slats). It's the lowest level on the house and concrete under so probably not catastriphic rot yet. Using the kid's BR showers at dawn is not cool, and my guy is still recovering, and other contractors are busy rebuilding entire homes due to fires and other calamities...

Any tips on how to survive in the meantime, 2 months tops ?
I was hypothesizing installing a new shower liner (anything waterproof really) over the floor of mine and tape it to the sides of the shower walls say a foot up. Make a hole by the drain and somehow ensure that hole only drains in the drain (not certain about that part, putty ?). Allowing us to use our shower (carefully, maybe with a yoga mat laid over the plastic) for a little bit without doing more damage...

Stupid ? Better idea ? Contractor shortage is no fun and I'm not sure I've got the skills here, esp to repair and not have to rebuild the entire shower as opposed to doing more damage.

[legion]

It's Trump's fault.

[john70t]

Grout, caulk, with a liquid sealer for the concrete?

(I wasn't going to suggest spraying the entire thing with plasti-dip )

[fintstone]

I had a leak adjacent to the shower once and it turned out to rain/melting snow coming in at the nearby chimney. Don't use it for a little while and see if it goes away.

It could also be coming from the drain connection/pipe or the faucet/valve and associated plumbing.

[URY914]

Call the Coast Guard once the Gov't shut down is over.

[Ziggythecat]

Good news is, the repairs and rebuilding is covered by your homeowners insurance.
I believe it is one of the most frequent claims.
Assuming it’s a halfway decent policy, they won’t pay for the part that failed (the pan), but the rest of the rebuilding of the shower and surrounding damage should be covered.

Your plan to construct a temporary membrane sounds workable.
You could use gorilla tape to hold it to the walls.

[Deschodt]

I had no idea home insurance might cover that. Will call...

If I were to flex seal (clear) the **** out of it, would it make the contractor's job any harder in the end ? I mean they have to rip out the shower floor regardless.. Yeah/nay ?

[dipso]

Hang plastic. It won’t be pretty, but should work to keep water off the wall and pan sills.
Don’t put it on the floor, it will be slippery as ****.

[Deschodt]

Crap, moderator please -> to Off topic (regular)

This

Originally Posted by legion

It's Trump's fault.

makes more sense now ;-)

[Ziggythecat]

Originally Posted by Deschodt

I had no idea home insurance might cover that. Will call...

If I were to flex seal (clear) the **** out of it, would it make the contractor's job any harder in the end ? I mean they have to rip out the shower floor regardless.. Yeah/nay ?

Sounds like a good idea.
They will need to rip out the floor, and replace at least a row or two of the tiles on the walls, as well as the threshold., so some flex seal, in any color, will be removed.

Spray away.

[Arizona_928]

Originally Posted by fintstone

It could also be coming from the drain connection/pipe or the faucet/valve and associated plumbing.

+1
sewer vent pipes need to be periodically resealed too.

[Deschodt]

Checked insurance, no dice. Burst pipe yes, slow leak nope..

It originally came from the corner of the shower near the wall, and would drip inside the bathroom. I sealed that, but now no drip, it went subterranean and under the BR wall. Pretty sure it's the pan and my wife's extra long showers and maybe slow drain at times... I'll flex seal the hell out of it as soon as it's bone dry and call in the pros when they have time for me. April if I'm lucky...

hey, if you are a bored contractor, there's work in CAli, Plenty of work.

[stevej37]

Maybe some of this tape for temporary