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so much less of a mystery - plumber was in/out in 20m :-) (But at least I was able to give him a clue)

It was the diverter valve leaking

and yes - likely we will have to cut in from the other side - luckily that is behind a door in another bathroom. Plumber comes Friday. I have my sheetrock saw :-)

Yes - when I look up from below, I see the source of the leak is running down the outside of the tub. I have already tried covering the plumbing wall with plastic to no avail. It's not going through the wall, it's coming from the plumbing....

water is running down the side of the tub - time to call the plumber

Capping the shower head has been inconclusive. I recreated the leak once but on subsequently attempts (inlcluding the one where I got the right kind of cap so it was tight) things were dry. So I still don't know if it's coming through the wall or from plumbing behind wall. However, when it...

window is at opposite side of bathroom

caulk is in good shape, and caulked around spouts and controls. Grout -looks- ok, was sealed 15 years ago. Interestingly - a long not-so-hot shower with window open (so no steam) did not change things. So I was wrong...it's not the steam, it's simply the length of the shower. I'm...

Exhaust fan is not over the shower and exhausts directly into flex vent pipe into the attic above a finished floor - and actually into a large plastic container that has a screened opening on the far side (to catch lint that is sucked up into the exhaust). No path from the exhaust outflow back...

Hi - thanks - that corner is dry - we do have a corner piece, also for now the shower curtain is continuous to the plastic on the back wall , and there is shipping tape over the seams. Up to this morning I had though it was the steam leaking behind the wall and causing condensation, but...

yes - immediately to the right of the front of the tub - damp from about 5" above the floor to 5-6" above the top of the tub

right now I would prefer to first understand why it acts like there's water behind it

Hi - We have a standard bathtub with tiled walls. There is a small hatch for access from the finished basement centered around the drain plug. We are getting water (several ounces after a shower) through the hatch. BUT - the details are interesting: a) it happens ONLY after a long steamy...

Hi - For years, my furnace condensate pump has pumped through an exterior wall into a hole in the ground under an enclosed crawlspace. This has worked fine, but I'm about to replace my drum humidifier with a continuous flow unit, and I don't think the current setup will handle the additional...