Leaking shower repairs in the Hills District, no tile removal
A leaking shower is easy to ignore until it isn't: until the tiles lift, the skirting swells, or a stain appears on the ceiling below. In most cases we fix the leak without removing a single tile, and without turning your bathroom into a building site. And we do it over two visits, so the new grout cures before it is sealed.
How do you know your shower is leaking?
Watch for any of these:
- Loose, cracked, or drummy (hollow-sounding) tiles
- Grout that's crumbling, discoloured, or missing
- Silicone that's peeling, mouldy, or lifting away
- A musty smell that won't shift
- Paint bubbling or a water stain on an adjoining wall or the ceiling below
- Swollen skirting boards or lifting floorboards outside the bathroom
Spot one or two of these? It's worth a look before it becomes a bigger repair.
How we fix a leaking shower
We find the actual source
Most leaks come from failed grout or silicone, not the pipes, so we locate exactly where the water is getting through.
We strip out the old, failed sealant
The tired grout and perished silicone come out.
Visit one: we regrout with epoxy
Unlike standard grout, epoxy is fully waterproof, mould-resistant and built to outlast the rest of your bathroom.
Visit two: new silicone and sealer
Once the grout has cured we come back, silicone the joints where needed and seal it, so the repair is watertight and tidy.
Two visits, not one
Many businesses seal a shower the same day they regrout it. New grout needs time to cure first, so we leave it before the silicone and sealer go on. It is a small gap in your week that adds years to the repair.
Regrout with epoxy
The failed grout is raked out, the joints are cleaned and prepped, and the new grout goes in. Then we leave it alone.
Silicone and sealer
Once the new grout has had time to cure, we come back to silicone the corners and joints and apply the sealer, onto a surface that is ready for it.
Why you probably don't need to rip out the tiles
The old advice was to demolish and re-waterproof the whole shower, thousands of dollars and a week without a bathroom. In the vast majority of cases that's overkill. If the tiles and waterproofing membrane are sound and the leak is coming from failed grout or silicone, which it usually is, we fix it from the surface. Faster, far cheaper, and no mess.
Why Hills District homeowners call Hori
- 16 years on the tools
Experience, not a subbie learning on your bathroom.
- Fully insured
Properly covered, for your peace of mind and ours.
- 5 stars on Google
And most jobs come from customers passing the number on.
- One point of contact
The person who quotes it is the person who does it.
What does it cost to fix a leaking shower?
Every bathroom's different, so the honest answer is: it depends on what's failed and how much of it. A straightforward regrout and reseal is at the lower end; a repair involving tile replacement or a larger area costs more. That's exactly why every quote is free and no-obligation, send a couple of photos and we'll give you a real number, not a guess.
Leaking showers, answered
Can you fix a leaking shower without removing the tiles?
How long does it take?
Why two visits? Others do it in a day.
How long before I can use the shower again?
What's epoxy grout and why does it matter?
Do you cover my suburb?
Got a leak? Don’t let it get worse.
Send Hori a couple of photos and a description of the problem. Free quote, no obligation, fast reply.
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