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This was an ensuite shower in a rental property.
The shower was leaking through the wall and the real estate agent and owner chose to have it fixed between tenants. I recommended they have the old shower screen fixed at the same time but, due to budget constraints, they chose not to, so I had to work with the old shower screen.
I started this job by removing all the silicone in the shower recess. There was a lot of excess silicone caked under the shower screen where someone had tried to stop the leak previously.
I then removed the grout from the shower base and around the shower waste. This shower had been retiled at some point with a rectified square edge tile, so I removed the grout in the walls by hand with a utility knife. I noticed the grout was very soft and hadn't flowed all the way into the joint. This was why this shower is leaking.
Now that all the grout is out I deep cleaned the tiles and then treated them for mould. I turn my floor fan on and ducked home for lunch. An hour later the whole shower was dry. I mixed up some ultra white grout and grout the three walls.
While that set I cleaned the shower screen. The shower screen was a little rusty and there was nothing I can do about that but I was able to free up the doors and runners so it functioned properly again.
I mixed some grey two-part epoxy grout and regrouted the base. I piped in an epoxy perimeter seal and then blended my silicone vertical seals into the epoxy perimeter seal. Rather than install silicone again under the shower screen. I used the same grey epoxy to make the seal much tougher. The whole space was detailed again. I cleaned up the bathroom, packed away my tools and was done.
This job took 9 hours and cost the customer $990.00*