Leak signs
When water escapesthe cabin.
Water getting out has four known routes.
01
Wet tiles outside the cabin
Wet floor after every shower means water is escaping at the seal along the tray edge or under the door threshold. The glass itself is rarely the cause.
02
The tray flexes underfoot
If the tray gives under you when you stand on it, it is not fully supported underneath. That constant flex opens the seal around it and works the waste connection loose.
03
The door drags or will not shut
A door catching on the floor or not closing tightly means the profile was fitted out of square or the tray is not level. A door that does not close lets water out of the gap every time it is used.
04
The waste is slow
Water standing in the tray after the shower is off means the waste below has not enough fall, or its trap is packed with hair and soap. Standing water finds another way out.
In short
The cabin work.
Service
Shower cabin installation and leak repair
Included
Tray, waste and trap, profiles, door, sealing
Types
Complete cabins, and glass enclosures on a separate tray
Where it applies
Bathrooms in houses, flats and chalets
Hours
Daily, 6:00 in the morning to 12:00 midnight
How we fit it
From the trayto the door.
Bottom upwards, and each stage is tested before the next one starts.
We set the waste first
The waste outlet and its fall are checked first, and we confirm the tray trap sits comfortably beneath, because a tray fitted over a bad waste comes up again.
We support and level the tray
The tray is fully supported underneath and levelled, so it cannot flex under weight and falls slightly towards the waste so water leaves on its own.
We fit profiles and glass
The profiles are fixed to the wall truly vertical, because any lean in them shows up in the door at once and makes it drag or refuse to close.
We test before sealing
The shower runs, the water is left to move, and the floor around the cabin is watched. Only then does the silicone bead go on, on the inside.
The detail
Sealed inside,not outside.
The most important decision in fitting a shower cabin is where the silicone goes. The seal belongs on the inside, where the glass and the profiles meet the tray, because that is the side the water is on. The outside is left unsealed or given a small drainage gap, so any water that works behind a profile can return to the tray instead of being trapped under it.
Sealing both sides is a common mistake, and it is what turns a small leak into a problem under the tiles. Water that gets in finds no way out, runs under the tray and sits there, and the result shows up later as damp rising through a tile joint a metre away from the cabin with no obvious source.
A tray needs full support, not four points. Any void beneath lets the acrylic or fibreglass flex under a person's weight, and repeated flexing opens the silicone around it and pulls on the waste connection. A properly supported tray does not move under your foot at all, and that is the simplest test you can make yourself before accepting the installation.
The door is what exposes a bad level. If a profile goes on leaning by an amount too small to see, a sliding door starts catching at one end and a hinged door will not stay shut. So we set the profiles truly vertical before fixing them for good, because adjusting afterwards means fresh holes in tiling that is already down.
External links for referenceMinistry of Electricity and Water (the public water network in Kuwait)
Questions
Asked aboutshower cabins.
Usually the inner seal at the tray edge has opened, or the tray flexes because it is not supported underneath, or the waste is slow so water stands and finds another route. We check all three in order before deciding what changes.
Most of the time yes. Sliding door rollers have a height adjustment, and sometimes they are simply worn and get replaced. If the profile itself is leaning, the correction means taking it off and refitting it, and that is decided on site.
Yes. Let us see the corner dimensions and the waste position first, because a complete cabin comes at a fixed size and cannot be altered, and a corner that is not truly square needs handling during the fit.
It can, and it is a common request. The main difference is the waste: a bath waste sits at a different place and height from a cabin's, so it usually needs altering. We look at the space and tell you whether that stays inside the wall or needs part of the floor opened.
Replace it. The blackening sits inside the silicone rather than on its surface, so cleaning improves the look for a day and it returns. The right job is cutting the old bead out completely, cleaning and drying the surface, and laying a fresh bead on the inside.