White Rhino Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 OK so I get a call from one of my tenants, and there is a leak from the shower in the second floor, good (well and bad) is that its leaking into the garage, at least its not into a living space. So I tore a hole in the roof of the garage, and thought it was leaking from a joint of the drain pipe, (cut out the old joint, and put in a new)but come to find out it leaks from the shower, and shower only, doesn't leak when the bathtub is running, so I assume its the pipe leading from the faucet to the shower head, that's beyond what I want to get into. so anybody now anybody? PM me please help a DDR member out!!! Quote
ltr450 Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Sounds to me that it's either the shower arm or the drop ear..did the tenants try to replace a shower head ?.. If the drains are fine and the faucet dosn't leaking only until it's deverted to the shower head. it's got to be either the shower arm broke at the drop ear or the drop ear broke at the pipe fitting Quote
White Rhino Posted January 5, 2009 Author Posted January 5, 2009 Yeah I'm not sure how it happened. Quit honestly it could have been leaking since construction days. This is a shower we never used. The hard thing is it's a one piece shower/tub. How do you fix that? Quote
ltr450 Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 what's on the back side of the shower valve..Is it dry wall or is it a outside wall Quote
White Rhino Posted January 5, 2009 Author Posted January 5, 2009 Ah yeah. It's drywall behind a built-in entertainment center. Any tricks? BTW thanks for your input!! Quote
EY3BA11 Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 nope.. .your gonna have to cut a hole in the wall behind the entertainment unit to find the problem.. HOWEVER.. i would pull the face plate off the faucet handle first.. and see if its leaking from there vs the shower head fitting.. The faucet face plate is usually 2 screws and an allen wrench to get the handle off.. Quote
OGP Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 I Got plummer butt crack... but no plummer skillz! Quote
ltr450 Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 ya- nick's right about removeing the cover for your shower handle and inspect for leaks.. see if the valve is leaking or it's leaking from above....I'll pm you my # if you need help, talking you through it Quote
Guest Crasher Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 You also need to consider if there is mold behind there from the leak. If so, that stuff spreads fast and it will need to be remediated if you ever want to sell the home. Depending on when the leak occurred it may or may not be too bad. You will see it for sure on the green board behind the faucet/shower head. Unfortunately, I don't know any plumbers in the area. But I do know companies that do the remediation if you need it. Quote
White Rhino Posted January 5, 2009 Author Posted January 5, 2009 thanks everybody, and Pete, thanks for your number, I'll give you a call if I need your help. I'll go over there and see if I can see where its leaking from. Quote
White Rhino Posted January 6, 2009 Author Posted January 6, 2009 Well I got LUCKY!!! Cold solder on top of valve to shower. Just resoldered and good to go. No mold and now just to repair drywall in garage. Thanks again everybody!! Quote
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