A leaking shower in Calpe needs a plumber who finds where the water is actually escaping before repairing anything — the fittings, the waste, the tray, the waterproofing, or pipework behind the wall.
100% Plumbing repairs leaking showers, damaged pipework, faulty connections and bathroom drainage for homeowners, landlords, businesses and holiday property owners across Calpe and the Marina Alta.
If water is reaching the property below, this stops being just your problem. Stop using the shower, tell the neighbour, and get it looked at today. In an apartment block a shower leak that is left running becomes a repair to somebody else’s ceiling, and that is a far bigger job than the one you started with.
What to do while you wait
- Stop using the showerUse another bathroom if the property has one. Every use feeds the leak.
- Isolate it if you canIf there are isolation valves for the shower, close them. If the only way to stop it is the main stopcock, say so when you call — that changes how urgent it is.
- Move what is below itIn the bathroom and, if water has got through, in the room underneath.
- Keep away from electricsIf water has reached fittings, sockets or wiring anywhere near, do not touch them.
- Tell the neighbour if it is an apartmentEarlier is better for everyone. They may already be seeing it on their ceiling.
In this article
Visible leak or hidden one?
This is the first thing to establish, because it decides whether this is an afternoon’s work or something that needs locating first.
You can see where it comes from
A drip at a tap, a mixer valve, a hose or a connection.
Usually straightforward to diagnose and repair.
Water appears through a wall, floor or ceiling
The fittings look fine and water is turning up somewhere else.
The leak is behind something, and it needs locating before anything is opened up.
Visible water does not always show the real source. A joint leaking inside a wall travels down before it appears at floor level, and a leaking waste connection under the tray can surface as damp or a ceiling stain in a different room entirely.
Signs the leak is hidden rather than at the fittings:
- damp outside the shower area;
- staining on walls or ceilings;
- mould that keeps coming back after you clean it;
- tiles that are loose or lifting;
- water appearing while the shower runs, with nothing visibly leaking at the fittings;
- unexplained moisture in the room below.
Where the source is hard to find, locating it properly before opening walls or lifting floors is what keeps the repair small. That is part of our general plumbing work.
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What causes a shower to leak?
The right repair depends entirely on which of these it is:
- worn seals around the shower tray or enclosure;
- leaking taps or mixer valves;
- damaged shower hoses or connections;
- loose or deteriorated waste fittings;
- leaking pipework behind the walls;
- cracked grout or failed waterproofing;
- blocked or slow drainage, letting water escape where it should not;
- damaged connections beneath the shower tray.
The last three are the ones that get missed. Grout and waterproofing fail silently, and a shower that drains slowly puts water somewhere it was never meant to go.
When is a leaking shower urgent?
Can wait for an appointment
- a drip from a tap or hose you can see;
- water staying inside the shower area;
- a small amount of damp that is not spreading;
- a shower you can simply stop using meanwhile.
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- water reaching the room or property below;
- a leak getting visibly worse;
- a shower that cannot be isolated;
- a floor that stays wet;
- tiles or finishes being damaged;
- water anywhere near electrical fittings;
- a rental or holiday let with guests arriving.
For a leak that is actively causing damage, our emergency plumbing service is the faster route.
What a leaking shower actually damages
Yes, even a small one, given time. Water works through plaster, walls, ceilings, flooring, cabinets and finishes, and persistent moisture brings mould with it — including in the places you cannot see, behind tiles and under the tray.
In Calpe this matters more than the average advice article suggests, because so much of the housing stock here is apartments and multi-storey buildings. A shower leak on one floor is a ceiling repair on the one below, and at that point it stops being a plumbing job and becomes a building repair involving two households, two insurers and often the community.
Catching it early is not just about the shower. It is about keeping the problem inside your own bathroom.
Does the shower need replacing?
Usually not. Faulty connections, damaged hoses, leaking valves, waste fittings and isolated pipework can normally be dealt with as a targeted repair.
More extensive work comes in when the waterproofing has failed across the whole installation, when finishes are already damaged, or when the installation is old enough that repairing one part just moves the problem along. A proper inspection is what tells you which of the two you are in — and it is worth having that answer before anyone starts removing tiles.
How 100% Plumbing can help
We find where the water is escaping and carry out the work that actually fits the fault: visible shower leaks, faulty fittings, waste connections, hidden pipework and the bathroom plumbing around them.
For a leak that is reaching the property below.
We offer our own comprehensive guarantee for the work we carry out.
Verified reviews from customers across the Costa Blanca.
See general plumbing and our full plumbing services. If the complaint is the opposite problem and the shower runs cold rather than leaking, who can fix a shower with no hot water in Calpe covers that one.
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Shower leaking?
Stop using it and call. If water is already reaching the flat below, say so when you ring — that one goes to the front of the queue.
Or request a free quotation if it is not urgent.
