Shower Doors - Avoiding Disaster

Well fitted shower doors are crucial if you want to avoid potentially expensive flood damage!

Shower doors may seem simple enough but in fact if your shower door is leaking, badly fitted or warped with age, you could be putting your bathroom – and the rest of your home – at risk. It's likely that you know someone or of someone who has had a plumbing disaster, flood or leak in their bathroom – and shower doors are a number one culprit.

The Cost of Flood Damage

You'll have renewed appreciation of well-fitted, waterproof shower doors if you've struggled with old, leaking ones. Showers can release a huge amount of water, and if yours routinely leaks because of inadequate shower doors, you could be causing irreparable damage to your floor. Installing shower doors over baths that have overhead showers is also important – just using a shower curtain (if used poorly) can result in flooding.

Shower Doors Should Be Watertight

If you were unsure about the cost of flood damage to your bathroom, it's worth considering the story of the toddler who caused £5,000 damage to his parents' house after brushing his teeth. The toddler caused the epic damage after his toothpaste cap jammed in the plug and he turned the tap on to brush his teeth – but left the tap on. The family had taken a trip out and on their return found water dripping down the living room wall, as well as a gaping hole in the kitchen ceiling. Although this story is more about a toddler causing problems due to misadventure, it illustrates how damaging flooding can be. Leaking shower doors can be just as damaging – unlike the tap story, water damage can build up slowly over time but eventually the outcome will be the same – rotted floors, collapsed ceilings and expensive water damage. Not all house insurance policies will cover you if you knowingly have faulty shower doors.

The High Cost of Water Damage

Water damage is all invading – if you have a flooded floor, chances are the ceiling will collapse and the flood can ruin the room below. It isn't just floors and ceilings that need rebuilding, but walls need re-plastering and painting, carpets replacing and the whole bathroom will have to be taken up to remove the sodden floor and put back together – although this time with new shower doors that don't leak!

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HeatandPlumb.com are one of the UK’s leading suppliers of plumbing goods for homes and businesses. Offering a range of leading supplies for bathrooms, kitchens and businesses at fantastic prices, HeatandPlumb.com has a sales team with over 60 years of collective experience. If you need expert advice or to find out more about the range of showers, plumbing and heating accessories on offer from Heatandplumb.com, just call 0871 272 22 22 or fill in our online enquiry form.