Water Seeping Through Tile Floor

Posted by jon1270 at 9 49 am on october 13 2013 i m in florida no basements or crawl space just slab.

Water seeping through tile floor.

They may be mold blackened and you may even see water dripping. Leaking drainpipes in a shower or a bathroom plug will let water underneath tile. There s no visible leakage from sink or toilet toilet sits about 18 inches away. Dry out your home the first step in drying out your home is to make sure the humidity in the room is not too high the temperature is low and the air is circulating.

Answer water coming up through your tile grout joints is an indication that you have a high water table on your property or that water is being directed towards your house and you don t have a vapor retarder under the concrete slab to prevent water from migrating through the concrete. Go into the crawlspace under the floor and look for signs of moisture on the joists. In old bathroom likely 30 years since remodel water seeping up in the middle of the tiled floor. The shower floor tile and grout will appear to dry in 24 hours but if your shower was improperly constructed the 1 5 inches or more of deck mud under the shower floor tile will never dry.

If the grout becomes damaged on the floor it will give water a chance to slip through the gaps and under. When these all too common mistakes occur standing water gets trapped in the shower pan below the tile level. The moisture is probably the result of. Clogged weeping drain tile depending on the age of the home and other factors weeping tile can become clogged and non functional.

Water could be running along the pipe out of the cabinet through the oversize hole that s cut in the back wall or floor landing on the tile floor under the cabinet and then running out under the toe kick. Literally when pressing down upon tile moisture comes up through the grout. What are the causes of water under a tile floor.