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!

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[–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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