Leaking shower in wall???

[Discusdan]

Hi there I have a triton tees mixer shower. Lately I have noticed a large scale build up and seen there is a very tiny amount of water that runs down the tile. Probably a few millilitres a day if that. I have had a home serve plumber out to check and he has said needs tiles off as he doesn't know how far back leak will be . Is this leak likely to need that to be fixed I would have thought it would just be the connector from pipe to mixer bar but I'm far from knowledgeable in plumbing?

 

[Discusdan]

Hi I think it's a brick wall behind it to my daughters bedroom

 

[tamz]

If it is bent adapters you will be fine if not you will probably create a bigger leak.
I'd want the tile off before i touched it.

 

[Discusdan]

Ok to be honest it's basically a drop or two a day now I checked this morning and pretty much nothing had ran down the wall. Still never know if it's leaking behind . Problem is getting the same tiles again or I wouldn't mind carefully grinding tile out so only one needed replacing

 

[Radioman]

I know it's clearly leaking from the tape so at least try that first. He had a quick look without taking anything apart and said yeh needs tiles off leaking in the wall . But a new shower might fix it

It's the old "you touched it last" scenario. If he put a tool on it and then later a leak developed behind the tile, the last man to touch it would get the blame and the bill for total repair. That's the consequence of our blame culture. I would want an agreement in writing that I would not be responsible for any future damage caused. Or tiles off and a proper repair.

 

[Dally]

help! we have same problem of a leak inside our newly tiled and fitted wall!! we see absolutely no evidence of leakage anywhere in the bathroom but in the ceiling downstairs it is really wet. we have replaced and tightened all joints and there are no joins inside the wall, the pipes just run through it. we can't understand where the leak can be coming from. any suggestions?!!

 

[Riley]

Welcome along, You'd probably be better off starting a new thread as it'll get more views

 

[SimonG]

Probably ppi.