Bathroom leak and a damp bedroom wall

Lauren_c28 · 26 July 2019 at 7:46PM

After moving into a new flat this spring I’ve been working away. On June 28th this year I noticed a wet patch on the bedroom wall, the wall in question is the wall that backs into the bathroom.

I immediately took photos of the wall and sent them on to my landlord. She sorted out having a builder come around and take a look at the bathroom. He took the sides of the bath off and had a look, he said that the problem was because the pipe coming off the plug had a loose seal so he went at it and “ fixed “ the seal. My partner and I thought nothing off it and thought it was brilliant that the issue was fixed so quickly.

After a further two weeks I noticed the patch on the wall had gotten bigger so contacted my landlord again with new photos of the wall. Only this time there were some odd circular patches as well as the length of the patch on the wall and I had also noticed the skirting board has detached from the wall.

She then organised to have a plumber to come and look and he advised that it was the sealant around the bath and some of the grout so he then fixed the sealant around the shower and the odd tile grout too. He advised we leave the bath tub full off water whilst the sealant drys and told us to use the spare bathroom.

Today I have noticed the patch is now even bigger, I drew around the patch with pencil originally so I could monitor the mark.

I am now very unsure on the issue as both the builder and plumber believed they fixed the problem. There isn’t anything that shows when the side of the bath is removed, and there isn’t any water which is why I am concerned it’s a pipe within the wall?

Any help would be appreciated. I’m so worried there’s going to be bad damage to the wall

G_M · 26 July 2019 at 9:30PM

It may simply be that water that has previously leaked is sill soaking into and through the wall, in which case eventually, assuming the source has been fixed, the wall will eventually dry out.

A heater + ventilation or air conditioner can speed the process.

But the source may not been fixed properly. Hard to say. To be safe, write the the LL recapping the history briefly and expresing concern. attach latest photos.