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Water Leak in Main Bathroom

  • 03-03-2020 9:28am
    #1
    LionKing7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭


    Hi,

    We found a leak in the main bathroom. House is newly built and just six months old. Bathroom has toilet, washbasin and bathtub. When some water spilled over the floor close to the wash basin that water has leaked to downstairs kitchen. When checked with builders they say bathroom is not a wet room so that they haven't placed any water resistant layer before the tiles nor used water resistant grout for floor or walls.

    Is this aceeptable?


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  • #2
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Effects


    How much water spilled over? Surely it would need to be a lot for it to leak to the downstairs.


  • #3
    LionKing7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭LionKing7


    Effects wrote: »
    How much water spilled over? Surely it would need to be a lot for it to leak to the downstairs.

    Water was filled in around 1L jug. And it was spilled.


  • #4
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,576 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    LionKing7 wrote: »
    Water was filled in around 1L jug. And it was spilled.

    That's a lot of water and water has very narrow shoulders.

    There's probably a gap between the tiles and where the waste for the sink goes through the floor. Seal around that with silicone or grout.

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  • #5
    LionKing7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭LionKing7


    Good tip. I’ll have a look.
    Thanks a million.


  • #6
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,878 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    So its not a water leak in the bathroom, its about water spilled that found its way out behind the sink.
    As for water resistant grout not being used on walls ....

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  • #7
    LionKing7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭LionKing7


    Calahonda52 wrote: »
    So its not a water leak in the bathroom, its about water spilled that found its way out behind the sink.
    As for water resistant grout not being used on walls ....

    I found a small point under the toilet where it looks like tiler hasn't tiled it. Need to remove the toilet to see it properly.

    Just wondering what should I do for the builders. Looks like they haven't done the job right.


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