How to Fix a Shower Leak after installation by a professional.

Описание: This Video is to help you investigate and fix shower leaks after installation by a professional. Since making this video it has be discovered June 2025 that damage had also been caused to the floor. See the next video how to check and fix the floor damage.    • How to fix damaged bathroom floor  
The main leak (pin hole) was fixed by replacing the damaged poly pipework from the hot water supply to shower valve with John Guest Speedfit push-fit plastic fittings.

The main cause of my biggest leak was the installer (so called professional) using the same long screws for all fixings. I confirmed this when I visited the Siniat UK channel and watched the very informative HOW TO BUILD a metal stud wall    • HOW TO  Build a metal stud wall  

The other important tip of this video is to seal the inside of the shower frame or shower enclosure with clear silicon sealant.
The reason is that no wall is completely flat and the frame only needs to have a slight gap between it and the tiled wall for the water to penetrate (slowly) through the gap then pass through the fixing screw holes used to fix the frame to the tiled wall eventually reaching the floor, then the ceiling below causing considerable damage.

The last tip is how to make good the damage to the ceiling.

Note that I am not a plumber. There is a risk that the floor has also been damaged, but this will require careful investigation that could result in damage to the flooring or floorboards that will need rectifying at extra cost. This Video applies to more modern houses built after the year 2000 that have poly pipework and plasterboard.