Wetroom screen leaking

[Cdb8888]

As Shaun says, silicone all your red lines no silicone for blue or purple.
The glass/profile on the outside I do 100mm, but I suspect 50mm is sufficient.

The reason yours is leaking at the green point is that water is getting inside the profile - this is designed to happen by the way- but because you have sealed inside the cubicle the water can’t run out onto the tray as it’s supposed to do it comes outside at the glass/profile joint in your green patch.
Sealing this area up 100 mm will stop it coming out this way, but removing the inside silicone is the most important step -as this allows the water to go back onto the tray and down the drain.

hi Ben

thanks, so the silicon on the outside should cover the gap between the glass and the silver profile where I put the red arrow pointing, is it ok to do this without removing the glass? As in just run the silicon up 50 mm. the guy was trying to say run it all the way up to the top of the glass for his third attempt to correct the job

And for the inside, yeh seems bizzare that the water will run freely out by removing the silicone along the purple line. So it’s ok that water gets into the profile but just needs to be able to escape at the bottom?

Thanks again

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Does the glass come out of the profile normally there bonded in /sealed in

 

[Cdb8888]

Does the glass come out of the profile normally there bonded in /sealed in

It’s sealed at the Back from glass to profile but they seemed like to get it off last time. I would prefer if they didn’t take it off again to avoid damaging anything

 

[Ben-gee]

Bottom 50/100mm is all that’s needed - provided glass has been fitted into profile properly...

Looks like yours is the type where you screw the profile to the wall and then run a bead of silicone inside it and just push the glass in - that needs doing with enough ( but not too much) silicone and in a continuous bead with no gaps.

This requires a higher skill level than the screw together type or the profiles with integral rubber seals, but it’s within the capability of most!

Also with all profiles the little 25mm section between tray and tiles that is behind the profile is critical - this gets left out far more often than I can believe by shoddy workmen. This usually shows as a leak on ceiling below or wall backing on to shower.

And don’t worry, yes a single bead of continuous silicone on the outside is all that’s needed - last time - definitely no silicone inside.

 

[MOSSEP]

I always seal the inside - shock horror! I don't think there would be any other scenario where you wouldnt seal the side that the water is coming from. I've never had one leak either.

Looking at the quality of the silicone work Id say that 'could' be the issue