Railings and a plumbing issues is leading to a bigger condo repair
Posted By RichC on February 18, 2026
Ignore this “for the record” post that I want to include in the Condo1718 archive. We found out that the shower pan in our condo’s guest bathroom is dripping underneath … AND leaking into the shower ceiling of 
the condominium below ours. Grr!
So after back and forth with a couple of different plumbers and bathroom contractors, we’ve decided that the only reasonable solution is to replace the pan and connected plumbing parts underneath before patching the neighbor’s ceiling. Unfortunately this means tearing out more of the existing walls, tile and new-ish glass door.
We’ve settled on a contractor who has some high end leftover material from a large project that matches up nicely with our existing floor tiles and bathroom colors. The material cost is lower because it is extra material … but the labor to tear out and replace is still expensive.
It needs to get done (for the sake of the neighbor living below us) and we don’t want a patch up plumbing leak to appear again … so an entirely new shower and new hardware it will be. We’re crossing our fingers that all will go well after an excellent demolition start.
On a side note, I’ve sent a couple of broken welds railing photos to the association’s manager as it could end up being a dangerous problem if not fixed. I do wish I had my grinder and welder here. 😉
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