Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Apr 18, 2015 11:36 am Hello, I have this house which ended construction in 2006. The shower is leaking due to waterproofing membrane breach ( I had that verified through thermal tests) and I would like to know what I can do to resolve the issue. Obviously it has been built by a disgraceful builder and he refuses to fix it as no law protects me in QLD. Since previous work must have been done by a professional waterproofer and tiled by a professional tiler and has failed, I guess I can do a much better job myself. Here is what I am thinking should be done. Please correct me if I am wrong 1/ break the tiles on the floor till the concrete slab. 2/ Scrape the existing waterproofing membrane . Not sure how to do this. Are there solvents that will remove it clean ? What may need to be used to verify that the solvent do not affect the future waterproofing? 3/ When removing the tiles from the floor with the chisel, if the concrete slab is dented, does that matter for the future waterproofing ? 4/ Break one row of vertical tiles on the walls and those on the hob surrounding 5/ remove all silicone on the tiles at corners etc… 6/ Not sure if removing the frame of the door and transparent sides is required ? 7/ once surfaces are completely clean of dust and particles and dry , apply the waterproofing using a kit from bunnings or wherever, , etc…. I guess I would need more details here as there are still tiles on the wall... 8/ Once very dry ( a couple of days) will need to retile the floor and the walls 9/ Grout all areas that were re tiled 10/ Apply silicone beads at bottom and corners of wall joints Thanks for your assistance Re: Shower rectification- leak 2Apr 20, 2015 12:00 pm Just about every time someone has asked us to fix a leaking shower the answer has always been the same. To do a thorough job and to guarantee the work we have re-done the entire bathroom. Seeing as your framed walls in the bathroom are probably clad with fibre/cement sheets or aquachek plasterboard I doubt very much you will be able to remove any tiles without damaging the wall sheeting. If you slightly damage the concrete slab that is of no consequence and you simply use the waterproofing compound over the top ( after making sure it is clean and dry of course ). Stewie Unless the room is for storage then it's non compliant BCA V2 2019 S3 P3.8 You have 2 options 1. The builder deconstructs the section and rebuilds as per plan /… 7 10684 If you make sure all taps inside and out are turned off, what does the water meter show if you leave it for a while. 2 20235 Hi all, I am hoping someone has some ideas as to what is causing my bathroom leak. The leaking appears to mainly happen when we turn the sink basins on. It takes a while… 0 5080 |