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Sealing shower panel edging

  • 16-01-2020 6:28pm
    #1
    moon2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 738 ✭✭✭


    I have a leaky shower at the moment and it looks like the edging for the panels is not sealed correctly. I can flood my sitting room by pushing ok the panel and spraying water in. It's taken quite a while to figure out the cause of the leak!

    My question now is what's the best way of dealing this off now that everything is in place. The usual trick is to apply silicone sealant before pushing the panels into the corner edging, but that can't be done at this point :p

    Is there a product which I could squeeze into that tiny gap to try and seal the thing from the inside, or is my best bet to load some silicone sealant at the edges and hope it does the trick?

    Edit: the first screenshot shows the edging. The second screenshot kinda shows the gap I can make if I push on the panel. This is the gap I'd like to fill with sealant.


Comments

  • #2
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,189 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Panels are cheap to buy. Would you not be better to remove the panels & do it properly from scratch. Doing it properly is a lifetime job but patching it up might require regular maintenance and leave regular leaks.


  • #3
    moon2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 738 ✭✭✭moon2


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    Panels are cheap to buy. Would you not be better to remove the panels & do it properly from scratch. Doing it properly is a lifetime job but patching it up might require regular maintenance and leave regular leaks.
    It's been improperly patched once already with silicone, so I'm tempted to do exactly as you suggest. However if there was an option which would let me seal it without pulling it all apart that would save me a lot of effort :) if it leaks after a second, more thorough, repair then I'm defo gonna have to rip it out and fix it.


  • #4
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,189 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Both photos look almost the same to me.

    Squirt tons of silicone & you might buy a few years. Lifetime job is to start from scratch BUT it's only a lifetime job if done correctly. It's not for me to decide but maybe paying a professional might be cheaper in the long run. you shouldn't be able to push against it & make it move. There is supposed to be plywood behind it & it should be tanked


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