Water leak showing on wall and ceiling

[cactikid]

About 15 years ago i got my upstairs bathroom updated and converted , floor tanked , extra large shower enclosure with a Salamander type pump fitted into the hot press for the rain head shower and an old triton power shower.

When i had finished my shower this morning the slight lifting of wallpaper was made worse the wallpaper bubbled from extensive water showing on wall 6ft down so its serious and water dripping from light unit in sitting room.

No stains saying dirty water and assume shower feeds . Previous plumber was a bugger for dripping fittings which might be the case here.

How bad a job is it to find a bad pipe or connection and assume rip out shower unit walls to check plumbing?

Location of shower is above kitchen door ,no signs there and did have the old Triton over the bath 20 years ago before it was moved. Water leak is about 6 feet in from rear wall in sitting room with the shower above but in other side of wall. Inner walls of 60s house are compressed wallboard.

i got thinking to run the triton shower also to check if i still have a leak and if so might point to a shower tray issue and not behind the walls

 

[pabloescaban]

About 15 years ago i got my upstairs bathroom updated and converted , floor tanked , extra large shower enclosure with a Salamander type pump fitted into the hot press for the rain head shower and an old triton power shower.

When i had finished my shower this morning the slight lifting of wallpaper was made worse the wallpaper bubbled from extensive water showing on wall 6ft down so its serious and water dripping from light unit in sitting room.

No stains saying dirty water and assume shower feeds . Previous plumber was a bugger for dripping fittings which might be the case here.

How bad a job is it to find a bad pipe or connection and assume rip out shower unit walls to check plumbing?

Location of shower is above kitchen door ,no signs there and did have the old Triton over the bath 20 years ago before it was moved. Water leak is about 6 feet in from rear wall in sitting room with the shower above but in other side of wall. Inner walls of 60s house are compressed wallboard.

i got thinking to run the triton shower also to check if i still have a leak and if so might point to a shower tray issue and not behind the walls

If its only leaking during/after a shower, it's waste water. Mains/hot water would be leaking constantly whether the shower is being used or not

 

[cactikid]

Yes gets confusing with the amount of water under the wall paper in sitting room and now see a water stain on kitchen wall on opposite wall.

I did run second shower to see if anything changed but not noticed any dripping off bulb in sitting room.

I did wonder if it could leak that much water via edge of shower tray as i have shower sheets instead of tiles.

Rain head water is via a Salamander pump now powered off.

I also see silicone can go on the shower tray where it is screwed down to waste pipe.

 

[cactikid]

I had plumber out and had to cut a hole in the dining room ceiling to access waste pipe and he said it was loose , went back upstairs and managed to tighten up fitting on waste pipe and ran shower again and leak seems to have stopped for the moment so will see over next few months for any more flows

 

[pabloescaban]

I had plumber out and had to cut a hole in the dining room ceiling to access waste pipe and he said it was loose , went back upstairs and managed to tighten up fitting on waste pipe and ran shower again and leak seems to have stopped for the moment so will see over next few months for any more flows

It should be solvent weld fittings in that scenario, not push fit, dont patch the ceiling up until you are satisfied it is sealed permanently

 

[cactikid]

It should be solvent weld fittings in that scenario, not push fit, dont patch the ceiling up until you are satisfied it is sealed permanently

Bathroom was done 15 odd years ago so no idea what he used but called him mr Leaky for all the drips he had to come back to fix.

By wiggling the pipe underneath it seemed to have freed up the fitting on shower tray .

Will deffo wait for 2 months or so to see if it fixes it and bucket underneath just in case it still drips.