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Testing a Shower Pan for Leaks

In the 30 years that I have been repairing shower leaks in Brisbane, Dallas and Collin provinces, I have been inquired as to whether a shower skillet was really releasing or not after a mortgage holder had another temporary worker or home auditor take a gander at it and closed it was the skillet that was spilling.

Before you procure a contractual worker to repair your spilling shower dish, why not test it certainly! It doesn't require much investment or exertion, yet you should do it on a day when you will be home throughout the day. See cautioning underneath!

Here are the Materials You Will Require;
a) An extensive can
b) Conduit tape
c) Measuring tape
d) Electric lamp


A handyman would utilize a 2" inflatable test ball for this test, yet I don't suggest it for the mortgage holder since you are presumably just going to test more than once in your lifetime at any rate. Pipe tape will carry out the activity economically and adequately.


Cautioning: Do this shower container test ONLY on a day when you can be there for the whole span of the test. Else, you hazard a release of water that could demolish adjacent flooring and so on. Stop the test when you see water outside of your shower!


Ensure your shower floor is dry around the deplete and place conduit tape over the deplete. Considerably bigger than the measurement of the deplete, about the extent of a paper plate. Press it down immovably to make it as watertight as could be expected under the circumstances. Don't I rehash DO NOT utilize water from your shower fixture for this test? Utilize water from an adjacent bath, a kitchen sink, or another washroom. We need to reject the probability that your shower fixtures are the issue or split in the shower dividers.