OK... I'm making myself sit down to write this while my heart rate and BP come down. We met the grandkids at a park this afternoon for a bike ride and a picnic. We got home hot and sweaty about 3:30, showered, put on some clean clothes, did some laundry and went about some other chores. It wasn't until about 9:15 or so this evening that I happened to step to the side of the bed closest to the bathroom wall (we'll call it "my side of the bed"). With the vinyl flooring in the bedroom, we keep little doormat size rugs on either side of the bed to step onto getting in and out of bed. When I finally happened to step to my side of the bed, the little doormat was soaking wet in a semicircle with the line that would be the diameter of the circle up next to the base trim of the bathroom wall. Panic!
Since this location is right on the opposite side of the wall from the bathroom sink, that was my first suspicion. I emptied out the two tubs (and a shelf) under there and everything seemed bone dry. Nothing dripping down the Pex lines to the faucet and nothing dripping from the sink drain plumbing (which would collect in the tub under it rather than going all the way to the floor, anyway). All connections are tight with no moisture detected with the faucet in the sink on or off. The floor under the sink was dry.
The bedroom ceiling between the front AC and the bedroom wall is dry and hard with no signs of moisture. The wall is dry and hard from the ceiling down to the base trim, but the base trim feels moist and slightly softer than the same trim a few feet to either side. Pulling an AC filter, I looked and felt inside the plenum... dry. I climbed on the roof with a flashlight and inspected the seating of the AC and everything looked good. Water from condensation was running across the roof and into the rain gutter where it belongs.
Remembering back to our first few nights in our Reflection 337 (nearly identical floor plan), I remember a significant leak we had along the shower door bottom rail - enough to put puddles on the bathroom floor. The 310 has a slight space between the shower "tub" and the bathroom cabinet. Putting a paper towel down in there with a long object only resulted in some dry dust and no detectable moisture. The silicone fillets in the bottom corners of the aluminum shower door frame were as poorly done as were the ones in our Reflection. I scraped out the old silicone, dried everything out with a terry towel and a hair dryer, and applied new 10-year mold resistant silicone. I'm waiting for the new silicone to skin over (tube says 30 minutes - I'm giving it over an hour) so I can shower again and test my theory.
In the meantime, does anyone have any other ideas? Except for the bathroom sink, there is no other plumbing in that area that's above floor level. If it were AC condensation, I would think I would see evidence in the ceiling and around the AC flange. My hope and prayer is that it's the shower door rail and the water found its way to seep down the inside of that wall until it found a large enough gap (doesn't take much!) to wick through to my little doormat. Alternate theories, anyone?
Rob
Since this location is right on the opposite side of the wall from the bathroom sink, that was my first suspicion. I emptied out the two tubs (and a shelf) under there and everything seemed bone dry. Nothing dripping down the Pex lines to the faucet and nothing dripping from the sink drain plumbing (which would collect in the tub under it rather than going all the way to the floor, anyway). All connections are tight with no moisture detected with the faucet in the sink on or off. The floor under the sink was dry.
The bedroom ceiling between the front AC and the bedroom wall is dry and hard with no signs of moisture. The wall is dry and hard from the ceiling down to the base trim, but the base trim feels moist and slightly softer than the same trim a few feet to either side. Pulling an AC filter, I looked and felt inside the plenum... dry. I climbed on the roof with a flashlight and inspected the seating of the AC and everything looked good. Water from condensation was running across the roof and into the rain gutter where it belongs.
Remembering back to our first few nights in our Reflection 337 (nearly identical floor plan), I remember a significant leak we had along the shower door bottom rail - enough to put puddles on the bathroom floor. The 310 has a slight space between the shower "tub" and the bathroom cabinet. Putting a paper towel down in there with a long object only resulted in some dry dust and no detectable moisture. The silicone fillets in the bottom corners of the aluminum shower door frame were as poorly done as were the ones in our Reflection. I scraped out the old silicone, dried everything out with a terry towel and a hair dryer, and applied new 10-year mold resistant silicone. I'm waiting for the new silicone to skin over (tube says 30 minutes - I'm giving it over an hour) so I can shower again and test my theory.
In the meantime, does anyone have any other ideas? Except for the bathroom sink, there is no other plumbing in that area that's above floor level. If it were AC condensation, I would think I would see evidence in the ceiling and around the AC flange. My hope and prayer is that it's the shower door rail and the water found its way to seep down the inside of that wall until it found a large enough gap (doesn't take much!) to wick through to my little doormat. Alternate theories, anyone?
Rob
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