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Glowrdr
Explorer
Apr 17, 2017

Shower leaks - where to seal

Just getting the ol' trailer ready to take out at the end of the month, and checking things out. Picked it up at the end of the season last year, and never got a chance to actually use the shower for anything.

Well - it leaks. It appears to be leaking from where the door "trim" attaches to the shower base. I'm not sure if I'm better off trying to deal it from the inside of the doors, or the outside of the doors. This is the corner, hex shape shower with a single opening (pics attached). I know from household experience, you usually seal the outside of the framing, but I'm not really sure why. I believe its from the free-floating walls, and the need for water to be able to drain out from under the rail (instead of trapping the water)

Also, as seen in the picture - one of the lower parts of the wall seems to have come unattached. Can I just glue it back? Stick a little 3M foam back there? Not sure how to attach the wall panel without actually sealing it and causing issues down the road. Its probably usable in its current state, but its noticeable. Thanks in advance for the heads up! I searched, and all I could find were topics talking about actually caulking the shower surround to the base. This is not my issue.

**Edit - apparently I suck at uploading photos. Tried with Facebook and Google Photo, can't get either to work. Going to have to work without in this one folks
  • gaymeadowsman's avatar
    gaymeadowsman
    Explorer
    Apr 28, 2017
    When we bought our Avenger in 2014 the shower enclosure was one of a few problem we had. The shower door was cut three quarters of an inch out of square. We had to pick up on it to close it but if you moved around in the shower very much it would pop open and soak the cabinet and wall in front of it. Prime Time actually told the service manager to "Deal with it". I ask the service manager to call Prime Time back and tell them my lawyer was going to "Deal with it". After 3 months of run around, we got a complete new shower enclosure. I still had to seal the bottom myself.
  • Guy_Roan's avatar
    Guy_Roan
    Explorer
    Apr 28, 2017
    We had the same problem with our brand new travel trailer this year, and I fixed it on the inside base with clear silicon sealant.

    guy
  • TundraTower's avatar
    TundraTower
    Explorer
    Apr 27, 2017
    Our new trailer has a shower very similar to your pix and did this also. It would fill up the lip just outside the base of the shower trim and eventually overflow.

    I did extensive internet research and found several places suggesting you caulk the VERTICAL seams of the translucent panels. I did this on the inside of my shower with clear silicon caulk and it fixed our problem.

    PS - some water is going to get into that channel anyway between the trim and outside base of the shower. If we are unlevel side to side, the water will stack on the low side and run over anyway. But if we are level enough for the shower door to not move when you open it half way and let go (our gold standard for levelness), then no wet spots on the floor.
  • MFL's avatar
    MFL
    Nomad II
    Apr 17, 2017
    Shower leaks? No surprise, it seems they all do at some point, especially a brand new one! :) IIRC, I caulked mine on outside by door rail, and other rail areas. Other than looks, your wall area should not matter, due to having a lip behind from base. Always hard to tell where water comes from, unless you have someone outside watching, while you shower. Even when you think, I've fixed it, the water shows up about 10 minutes later.

    Jerry

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