We recently moved into this place and the shower has this crack in the tiles.

I imagine this is quite bad in terms of humidity creeping into the wall?

Is there a way to fix this without having to redo the entire wall?

Thanks for thinking along!

  • HorseChandelier@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    Had a crack like that… The wife said “it’s only a 5 minute job”

    Sadly the (correct stuff - we rebuilt the bathroom side of the wall when we moved in) wallboard had cracked for some reason so 5 minutes to yank out a tile and stick in a new one turned into a mission - chasing the crack in the wall board, cutting the damaged bits, repairing with new pieces then replacing 4 tiles instead of one.

    It hasn’t cracked again so I must have done something right (or the wall has decided to stop moving)

    What’s the moral? Do not expect it to be a simple job. If it turns out to be simple, fix it, get a beer and chill. You will probably need to get a bit more involved than just replacing the tile.

    • wabasso@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Just curious, did you end up removing enough material to observe any mold growth? I’m always wondering how bad these things actually get behind the scenes.

      • HorseChandelier@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        There was no mold - the crack wasn’t there long and there was a relatively thick adhesive bed which stopped the water getting to the cement board.