ᐅ The screed has settled outside the shower area.

Hello,

we have a walk-in shower. The screed was naturally installed with a slope so that the water flows into the drain channel. Now the problem is that apparently the screed outside the shower area has settled, causing even a slight slope there. As a result, all the water outside the shower area flows toward the wall. Since we don’t have a glass door or similar barrier, this can happen quite easily.

My questions

- Is this a construction-related defect? Are there current standards requiring specific precautions in the bathroom area (the house was built a few years ago)?
- Are there any ideas on how to solve this problem?

Thank you very much!

Hausbaer schrieb:

All water outside the shower area flows into the wall.

Why does the water run into the wall? A shower is usually waterproofed, both walls and substrate. There should also be tiles and silicone sealed corners.
A picture is probably worth a thousand words.

ypg schrieb:

Why is water running into the wall? A shower is usually waterproofed, both the walls and the substrate. Then there are usually tiles, with corners sealed with silicone.
A picture probably says more than a thousand words.

The phrase "into the wall" isn’t quite correct; it’s more like "accumulates at the wall." Mea culpa.

Water outside the shower area collects in a corner by the wall. There is, of course, a silicone sealant joint and the wall is also waterproofed. So it’s probably not as bad as I first thought, but the behavior has changed compared to a few years ago (hence my suspicion that the screed has settled), and of course it’s annoying to have to wipe the floor now.

Hausbaer schrieb:

Water outside the shower area is collecting in a corner along the wall.

You can now take structural measures, such as demolition, leveling, and re-tiling.
Or you can place a towel across the entrance while showering and hang it up to dry along with your shower towel.

Nida35a schrieb:

You can now take structural measures such as demolition, leveling, and retiling.
Or you can place a towel across the shower entrance when showering and hang it with your shower towel to dry.

Okay, the question is whether this can be considered a construction defect that can be reported to the builder, or if a settling of the screed in the bathroom due to the wall waterproofing is not regarded as a defect.

Hausbaer schrieb:

The water outside the shower area is pooling in a corner along the wall.

Hausbaer schrieb:

whether there is any sinking of the screed

So far, it is not clear which corner or how far that corner is from the shower, or where exactly the screed has settled.
It is normal for screed to sink during the first one or two years.
Therefore, I refer again to a photo!