dripping water in ceiling when shower stall in upstairs master bedroom is in use. ?
Still leaks, what is next step. Plumber estimate $3500.00 which is not going to happen. What can I do?
is the shower above fairly new? you may have something as simple as the drain being loose in your up stairs shower it could be a number of things and maybe something very minor. what i would do it dump a couple of pails of water down the drain of the upstairs shower and see if it leaks. if that solves nothing then plug the drain and run the water. if it is a leak in the pipe upstairs most of the time it would leak when the shower is off or on. it could be loose tiles or caulking. unless the plumber opened up the walls and had a look how can he or she say the estimate is $3500. if it was me i would call in atleast 2 more plumbers and ask them to check the drain i have know of them to come loose . it just amazes me how trades like plumbers just throw out a number like that when they have no clue what the problem is.
Talk soon,
Joe Beaven
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bailie28 Says:
find the leak..is it a pipe or the shower itself..if you can figure out which one it is you can start fixing it
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Posted on January 20th, 2009 at 11:26 am
brian200759 Says:
is the shower above fairly new? you may have something as simple as the drain being loose in your up stairs shower it could be a number of things and maybe something very minor. what i would do it dump a couple of pails of water down the drain of the upstairs shower and see if it leaks. if that solves nothing then plug the drain and run the water. if it is a leak in the pipe upstairs most of the time it would leak when the shower is off or on. it could be loose tiles or caulking. unless the plumber opened up the walls and had a look how can he or she say the estimate is $3500. if it was me i would call in atleast 2 more plumbers and ask them to check the drain i have know of them to come loose . it just amazes me how trades like plumbers just throw out a number like that when they have no clue what the problem is.
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Posted on January 20th, 2009 at 12:01 pm