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For 2 months, I've been dealing with a leak from my upstairs master bathroom. Every time one of us takes a shower, water dripped from up there onto my kitchen ceiling.
I've had three guys come out a total of 6 times for a cost of $650 to re-grout, re-caulk, and seal everything up. I hired these guys cause I'm not a handy man. And my wife always complains that I need to hire experts to come do shit right.
One week ago, I pulled all their caulk out, and while I was drying everything in the wall with shop towels, I went to Ace, bought 6 tubes of 100% silicone sealant, and sealed the space behind the tile wall (underneath where the caulk was) like I was trying to protect the Sekret Tablets of Scientology™. When that was dry, I caulked again. Nary a leak. For about $8.00 in silicone (since I didn't use even half of it).
Take that, doubtful wife. So far, I've fixed 11 electrical outlets, the kitchen sink (with sprayer), the garbage disposal, a toilet flush and fill assembly, a bad hot water heater element, and a busted shower handle (which was in a different bathroom than the leak, before any of your smartasses say anything
). And now, this. You'd think she'd start believing in me eventually.
Incidentally, there's a reason they call this shit "builder's grade"...Who knows what the hell I'll fix in the
next 4 years.