And outside the $#&*( shower….
The new tile is only a week old, and last night after taking a shower, I noticed some water near the floor. The Warden wife calls me later and there’s another spot.
The red arrows where the floor is damp.
The water has to come from a source. These must be
I’ve got a big floor fan blowing over the whole area to dry it out a bit. I’m going to run some tests later with the mixer valve, turning on the water and capturing it in a bucket, isolating a leak in the floor, to see if it drips. If so, that will suck because that thing is welded in and will require a plumber to remove and replace it (I’m not that handy).
If not, then I’ll run a test by pouring a cup of water at the threshold and seeing what happens in a few hours if I just leave it there. If the same spots are wet, then that means it simply was from me exiting the shower.
If neither of those are conclusive, I’ll run a hose through a window and into the floor for 10 minutes or so and see if anything is leaking there. This is worst-case-scenario, so pray that this isn’t what’s wrong.
Sometimes home ownership sucks. Luckily I’ve saved for both a rainy day, and a wet floor.