Had some bad news today.
Noticed a slow leak into my garage beneath the shower the other day.
Just had a plumber leave the house a couple of hours ago, turns out the
fiberglass pre-fab 1 piece shower is cracked right near the shower drain and this is causing the leak into the garage. He could see it by opening the drywall in the garage and looking at the shower from underneath.
The piping is fine. I myself have yet to see as my wife was the only one home.
He put some silicone in the crack, but said I really need to replace the entire
shower enclosure and charged $100 for this.
What could have caused this, house was built 4 years ago?
He quoted me $1800.00 starting price for a replacement installed , really don't have that type of coin lying around.
House settling? Bad Install or crack to begin with?
No one has ever slipped or fell inside the shower or anything dropped that could have cracked the shower.
Any advise for noobie?
Repair Kit? I thought the one piece units don't ever crack!!!
Now a new one I imagine would have to be a mutil-piece to get the thing installed upstairs, is that right, or maybe save some money and get a tile shower made which will cost more but look better? Am I on the right track with these suggestions/thoughts. Any ideas on how much more for full tile installed, $2000/$4000 ???
Small single stall shower / seperate tub.
Cheers,
M
Noticed a slow leak into my garage beneath the shower the other day.
Just had a plumber leave the house a couple of hours ago, turns out the
fiberglass pre-fab 1 piece shower is cracked right near the shower drain and this is causing the leak into the garage. He could see it by opening the drywall in the garage and looking at the shower from underneath.
The piping is fine. I myself have yet to see as my wife was the only one home.
He put some silicone in the crack, but said I really need to replace the entire
shower enclosure and charged $100 for this.
What could have caused this, house was built 4 years ago?
He quoted me $1800.00 starting price for a replacement installed , really don't have that type of coin lying around.
House settling? Bad Install or crack to begin with?
No one has ever slipped or fell inside the shower or anything dropped that could have cracked the shower.
Any advise for noobie?
Repair Kit? I thought the one piece units don't ever crack!!!
Now a new one I imagine would have to be a mutil-piece to get the thing installed upstairs, is that right, or maybe save some money and get a tile shower made which will cost more but look better? Am I on the right track with these suggestions/thoughts. Any ideas on how much more for full tile installed, $2000/$4000 ???
Small single stall shower / seperate tub.
Cheers,
M