Water coming through the wall, a swollen door jamb, mould on the skirting, a stain on the ceiling below? That is a leaking shower, and it gets worse every time someone turns it on.
In many showers the tiles are fine and the water is escaping through porous grout, failed silicone and the shower-screen fixings. The Fill the Gaps Project Shower Seal Service treats those paths without ripping the bathroom out.
Call Qld (07) 3811 5085 | Call Vic (03) 9021 2512 | Send photos for a quote
Property manager or body corporate? Submit a work order and see our Property Managers & Strata page.
If you’re seeing two or more of these, don’t wait for it to dry out on its own. Water in the wall cavity damages timber, plaster and carpet and is how a sealing job turns into a renovation.
Our standard shower seal, in the words we use on our quotes:
Cutout silicone throughout, thorough chemical clean and scrub throughout, replace any grout which may come out from thorough cleaning. Leave to dry 48 hours (including applying fans to the area to assist the drying process). Once dry, application of waterproof penetrative sealer designed to fix and prevent leaks in showers and balconies by penetrating into the masonry surface and forming a water-repellent barrier. Once dry, return and silicone, including bead silicone of the shower screen.
What that means for you:
These are the steps recorded on our warranty and installation form:
Our team installs the product strictly in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
We’ll tell you straight which one your shower needs:
Damage from the leak (door jambs, architraves, skirting, plaster, painting) can be repaired in the same job so you deal with one contractor.
Every Fill the Gaps Project shower seal comes with a written warranty, completed and signed on the day of installation.
If a leak is proven to come from incorrect installation, we re-treat it free of charge (labour), and the manufacturer supplies replacement product at no cost. Claims need to be made in writing within 14 days of the problem showing up.
The warranty doesn’t cover problems outside the treatment, such as substrate movement or cracking, hydrostatic pressure, failed previous coatings, or building design and construction faults. The full terms are on the warranty form you receive.
Often, yes. If the water is escaping through grout, silicone and screen fixings, a shower seal treatment fixes it without removing tiles. If the membrane has failed badly or the base is unstable, we’ll tell you it needs a rebuild instead.
The shower is out of use while we work and while it dries: we leave it to dry 48 hours (with fans) before the sealer goes on.
No. They need to stop using that shower until it’s done.
Yes. The same penetrating sealer is used on tiled, concrete and stone balconies and walkways exposed to the weather.
Yes. We inspect, photograph and report what’s failed and recommend options.
No. Epoxy regrout replaces the grout itself with waterproof epoxy. The shower seal treatment penetrates and seals the existing grout and tile surface. We quote whichever suits the shower, or both.
Every day it leaks, it costs more. Call Qld (07) 3811 5085 or Vic (03) 9021 2512, send photos for a quote, or property managers can submit a work order.
Related: Drummy Tile Repair (loose tiles often show up beside leaks), Anti-Slip Floor Treatment (slippery shower floors), Property Managers & Strata, Recent Jobs.
Fill the Gaps Project is a not-for-profit. No GST charged.