Jessghi22
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This post May end up being longish but I want to make sure I thoroughly explain what’s going on.
We have a very old basement shower that started leaking a while back. Originally we thought it was from the obvious shower head back spraying onto the chipping drywall. The shower wall is directly beside our laundry room, the wall itself is unfinished on the laundry room side so you have a clear view of the shower basin and water pipes leading in, the water was coming from under neath the shower basin it appeared. We replaced the shower head using plumbers tape, etc and checked the pipes (no leaks) and then redid the drywall around the top of the shower to repair the chipping section and caulked around the top of the Fiberglass shower basin. Came out beautifully.
The shower is STILL leaking so my next thought is that it’s the shower drain since it is definitely not the basin / tub (it’s a solid piece and we tested it anyways to be sure). I lifted the top drain cover up to try to test it like in the videos I watched said however it is a disgusting rotting mess in there and I haven’t seen anything that looks similar enough to make me feel confident at what I’m exactly looking at. We just spent a lot of money fixing a flood we had a few months back and are hoping we can try to resolve this ourselves since we are both pretty handy and have access to a wide array of tools and equipment.
I took a ton of photos so I’m hoping someone can offer us some advice. I just don’t want to make anything worst and I also want to make sure replacing the drain is a reasonable next step. The pipe inside looks disgustingly rusted and right under the drain cover it’s a rotting mess, possibly rubber rotting away, I am just not sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I will post photos below.
The white you see instead of black is wheee that black stuff just crumbled. I hope you can see the rotted mess down there. I can’t tell if this gold ring twists off like all the others mentioned l, if it does it is almost fused on at this point but I also didn’t try too terrible hard because I didn’t want to break anything.
Shower is just a solid fiberglass tub.
new shower head
This is the view of the shower basin from laundry room. Leak is coming from where you see the green cloth, well way under there.
Just photos of the pipes themselves, no drips of anything from those and as you can see their in the open.
Any advice greatly appreciated. Does hat piece come off? What replacement drain do I need to get if possible? Is That rust way down inside there a major problem? Should I try replacing this at all? Any help as you can see would be much appreciated. Not even sure where to begin. Can happily go to Lowe’s and purchase any pieces needed. Currently have silicone sealant for tubs showers etc. thank you!!!
We have a very old basement shower that started leaking a while back. Originally we thought it was from the obvious shower head back spraying onto the chipping drywall. The shower wall is directly beside our laundry room, the wall itself is unfinished on the laundry room side so you have a clear view of the shower basin and water pipes leading in, the water was coming from under neath the shower basin it appeared. We replaced the shower head using plumbers tape, etc and checked the pipes (no leaks) and then redid the drywall around the top of the shower to repair the chipping section and caulked around the top of the Fiberglass shower basin. Came out beautifully.
The shower is STILL leaking so my next thought is that it’s the shower drain since it is definitely not the basin / tub (it’s a solid piece and we tested it anyways to be sure). I lifted the top drain cover up to try to test it like in the videos I watched said however it is a disgusting rotting mess in there and I haven’t seen anything that looks similar enough to make me feel confident at what I’m exactly looking at. We just spent a lot of money fixing a flood we had a few months back and are hoping we can try to resolve this ourselves since we are both pretty handy and have access to a wide array of tools and equipment.
I took a ton of photos so I’m hoping someone can offer us some advice. I just don’t want to make anything worst and I also want to make sure replacing the drain is a reasonable next step. The pipe inside looks disgustingly rusted and right under the drain cover it’s a rotting mess, possibly rubber rotting away, I am just not sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I will post photos below.
The white you see instead of black is wheee that black stuff just crumbled. I hope you can see the rotted mess down there. I can’t tell if this gold ring twists off like all the others mentioned l, if it does it is almost fused on at this point but I also didn’t try too terrible hard because I didn’t want to break anything.
Shower is just a solid fiberglass tub.
This is the view of the shower basin from laundry room. Leak is coming from where you see the green cloth, well way under there.
Just photos of the pipes themselves, no drips of anything from those and as you can see their in the open.
Any advice greatly appreciated. Does hat piece come off? What replacement drain do I need to get if possible? Is That rust way down inside there a major problem? Should I try replacing this at all? Any help as you can see would be much appreciated. Not even sure where to begin. Can happily go to Lowe’s and purchase any pieces needed. Currently have silicone sealant for tubs showers etc. thank you!!!
