The Home Improvements Thread (2)

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I have damp on a wall that's shared with a bathroom. The bathroom has a bath on that wall and it has one of those "stand in bath" showers. I have a feeling it's from the shower water seeping down between the tiles and bath edge.

Silicone doesn't seem to cut it. I've seen some angled plastic installed into the corners before... Is that the way to go?
 
abudabi said:
I have damp on a wall that's shared with a bathroom. The bathroom has a bath on that wall and it has one of those "stand in bath" showers. I have a feeling it's from the shower water seeping down between the tiles and bath edge.

Silicone doesn't seem to cut it. I've seen some angled plastic installed into the corners before... Is that the way to go?
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its more likely that the wall wasnt treated before tiling. but you could sure re-silicone it, clean out the old and put a nice fresh bead in.
 
abudabi said:
I have damp on a wall that's shared with a bathroom. The bathroom has a bath on that wall and it has one of those "stand in bath" showers. I have a feeling it's from the shower water seeping down between the tiles and bath edge.

Silicone doesn't seem to cut it. I've seen some angled plastic installed into the corners before... Is that the way to go?
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Could also be the trap leaking and pooling next to the adjoining wall..
 
abudabi said:
I have damp on a wall that's shared with a bathroom. The bathroom has a bath on that wall and it has one of those "stand in bath" showers. I have a feeling it's from the shower water seeping down between the tiles and bath edge.

Silicone doesn't seem to cut it. I've seen some angled plastic installed into the corners before... Is that the way to go?
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If the damp is on the other side of the wall it could be that the bathroom was not waterproofed properly. This has become very common lately with guys doing the absolute minimum in waterproofing to save costs and make extra profit. In 2019 I've had to redo 4 bathrooms with the same damp issue only to find it has not been waterproofed around the bath and a half ass job around the shower.

The last one I could actually see a line on the outside wall to the bathroom exactly where the water was leaking through. Check for certain spots where it looks like possible seapage or if it's not just abe plumbing issue where a pipe could be leaking on a certain spot. Especially on joins and tap fittings
 
WAslayer said:
Could also be the trap leaking and pooling next to the adjoining wall..
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This is more than likely the issue. Had it in our shower, obvi just after we bought our house. Could she the bubbling on the other side of the wall.
 
my bet is the damp starts at least as high as the bath if not even extending even higher
 
Hmmm.. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll go have a look at what level the patch is to see if it's the trap or ridge.

Really hope I won't have to take the bath out to see.
 
I know of a person, where a builder installed the shower/trap. Everything seemed ok for a few months - they hardly used that shower. Then they started using it in anger .. leaking, etc. When they finally opened it up, the guy used a checkers plastic bag as waterproofing around the trap ... I kid you not. The irony is that person was in the building trade and she used a person who she thought was reputable!

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Does anyone has experience with Eco-Rubber for waterproofing of tiled roofs ?

With the storms in December, we had some leaks in our roof. I am looking at repainting the entire roof using Eco-Rubber but I am not sure if this actually works well.
They claim a 10 year warranty on the product.

Any feedback will be appreciated.
 
redleh said:
Does anyone has experience with Eco-Rubber for waterproofing of tiled roofs ?

With the storms in December, we had some leaks in our roof. I am looking at repainting the entire roof using Eco-Rubber but I am not sure if this actually works well.
They claim a 10 year warranty on the product.

Any feedback will be appreciated.
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I don't have experience with that exactly but i must say that trying to access a roof after it has been painted with a flexible or rubber paint is near impossible from the top, just keep that in mind

either way i feel like you should deal with the leaks, then paint.
 
Thanks, That's a good point to keep in mind.
Trying to identify where the leaks are is a Sherlock Holmes task. There's no apparent cracks on the roof.
I had a contractor that came to check it, and he could not pin point the leaks as well. He eventually said he knew where it was coming from, but that was him trying to get the job...
 
redleh said:
Thanks, That's a good point to keep in mind.
Trying to identify where the leaks are is a Sherlock Holmes task. There's no apparent cracks on the roof.
I had a contractor that came to check it, and he could not pin point the leaks as well. He eventually said he knew where it was coming from, but that was him trying to get the job...
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Also remember that water takes the path of least resistance. So the leak could be anywhere
 
redleh said:
Thanks, That's a good point to keep in mind.
Trying to identify where the leaks are is a Sherlock Holmes task. There's no apparent cracks on the roof.
I had a contractor that came to check it, and he could not pin point the leaks as well. He eventually said he knew where it was coming from, but that was him trying to get the job...
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Let someone sit in the roof with a light, spray the roof with a hosepipe for a while and check if you can see the leak.
 
redleh said:
Thanks, That's a good point to keep in mind.
Trying to identify where the leaks are is a Sherlock Holmes task. There's no apparent cracks on the roof.
I had a contractor that came to check it, and he could not pin point the leaks as well. He eventually said he knew where it was coming from, but that was him trying to get the job...
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if there is nothing obvious i would clean any gulleys and flash harry the ridge.
 
redleh said:
Does anyone has experience with Eco-Rubber for waterproofing of tiled roofs ?

With the storms in December, we had some leaks in our roof. I am looking at repainting the entire roof using Eco-Rubber but I am not sure if this actually works well.
They claim a 10 year warranty on the product.

Any feedback will be appreciated.
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Painted this stuff on my entire roof ridge, etc to deal with the leaks last Sep/Oct. Builder recommended it. The Ecorubber comes with some of the cloth material. All ridges done before the heavens opened up in Nov last year - no leaks at all! I checked inside the roof where I had a small bucket where the leaks were. So it works. For me, on my ridges, the cement between each ridge tile was starting to give away. They were not massive gaps, etc but enough for leaks to happen. This covered it well with the cloth material. So happy that I then used it to paint all my IBR sheets too including Wendy house zinc roof. Looks nicer and now I know they won't rust too. Highly recommend it.

Edit: 6K for 3 x 20L of the stuff was better than any quote from Universal roofing or any other Company that had quoted over R15-20K for this. The labour cost in my case, was about R2K and some paint brushes/rollers.
 
BTW, if any one is looking a builder extraordinaire that can build a house from scratch. I know this Guy from Malawi. He literally repaired my entire house in the last 3 months.

  1. Called him to sort out roof leak and patio roof issue. Very quickly, based on discussions I had with many other vendors, I knew this guy knew what he was talking about because he confirmed what they said but also picked up some issues which the other guys never did. Example: He picked the root cause issue on my patio roof and remediated it where the universal roofing and other guys wanted to charge $$$ to fix. His fix cost about R2k with materials!
  2. It ended up extended to all the other work :-
    1. Garage floor completely redone - concrete with rebar, etc
    2. Patio / Pool Area Rebuild - previous guys did not put concrete (hence my issues) New Coping, new floor around pool/patio on two sides of house, tiling etc
    3. Paving: again reused my paving but it looks so much better
    4. Damp proofing around house - USB green plastic
    5. New storm water management (hence paving had to be redone
    6. New windows/door installation
There was one disaster where his chaps destroyed my pool cover and which I am still angry about, but his work is top notch and cost effective. Even with the cost to repair pool cover, he is so much cheaper. Only problem is you may end up doing all the work to get materials and sometimes tools like compactor, etc

He operates in the Joburg Sandton/Fourways region but should be able to travel further than that. He is looking for work. If you want his deets, drop me an email.

Pic is what he did around my pool area - the retaining wall was heightened by two bricks too if it is not so apparent.

Pci
 
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InternetLuddite said:
I know of a person, where a builder installed the shower/trap. Everything seemed ok for a few months - they hardly used that shower. Then they started using it in anger .. leaking, etc. When they finally opened it up, the guy used a checkers plastic bag as waterproofing around the trap ... I kid you not. The irony is that person was in the building trade and she used a person who she thought was reputable!

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A lot of people do this though. They use plastic from the bread they buy as it is thicker than trap tape so it doesn't go "bros".
 
ToxicBunny said:
The CTM guys will probably be expensive and be much closer to the R200 per sqm.

Its not out of the world at R200 per sqm, but then you can be a monumentally pedantic mofo about it in terms of time it takes, joints etc etc etc...
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So just an update on CTM-installations

So I filled out the online form for quotation needed from ctm-installations on Tue. They replied the next day asking if 12:30 today will be okay for one of their vetted service providers to come out for quotation purposes.
So the owner of Company XYZ (Pty)Ltd rocks up at 12:30 on the dot.
He was extremely professional and explained all pro's n con's to me.

Here's some info he gave me regarding CTM-installations: Head Office in J'burg - I'm in Cape Town

1. They've only been around for about 3 years (Company XYZ been listed with them as a SP for 2.5 yrs)
2. Their work is guaranteed through CTM
3. Anything you as the client are not happy with, you can take up with CTM
4. The crew goes through the same vetting and screening process as the owner and company
5. They HAVE to meet CTM's quality standards in service and workmanship

So I received the quotation 2 hrs later. Tile area olnly 42m2

This job consists of removing the existing tiles
Re tiling the area as well as substituting old wooden cornice with tile
I supply the material

Removal of tiles on floors - R1,680.00
Labour for Tiling - (R95/m²) R3,990.00
Labour for skirting 35m - R1400

Total - R7070

I don't think this is bad at all considering the peace of mind coming with it.
 
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