Repairing Leaking Shower Floor Pan

If your shower is on the second floor or higher carefully inspect the ceilings in the room directly underneath the shower pan.

Repairing leaking shower floor pan.

The tiles need to be removed in order to gain access to the shower pan underneath. The floor pan was built not by me but my brother in law about 5 years ago using the liner cement etc. A leaking shower pan is a serious problem that can result in dumping water into the floor and foundation of the house. A visible water stain running across your ceiling just below a shower area indicates the potential that your shower drain is leaking.

Within 15 20 minutes i had recreated the leak. While testing to determine where the leak is coming from i plugged the drain using a balloon and slowly pouring a couple buckets of water onto the floor. Wear and tear and dislocation are the main causes of a leaky shower pan. You will be able to replace the flooring with new tiles once you remove the leaking shower pan.

You don t want to use the shower faucet because you want to know if the leak is coming from the faucet or the pan. How to fix a shower drain without taking out the pan. Water flows through where the drain sandwiches the pan and gives the appearance as if the pipe were leaking. Loose floor tiles inside the shower.

Step 3 pull up the membrane and shower pan. Using a chisel and a hammer take up the floor tiles in the existing shower. I have the ceiling under. Fill the shower pan with water.

I have a tile shower floor that is leaking. Apply masonry sealer similar to the epoxy this is a relatively inexpensive way to cut down on water damage from a leaky shower pan but it s only going to be a temporary fix until you replace the shower pan itself. Inside the upper portion of the drainpipe excessive hair in the drain can cause water to backup into certain parts of the drain. Pour enough water from a bucket or use another source of water other than the shower faucet to make the standing water about one inch deep.