I have a wetspot on my wall that I can't explain. We've lived in this house for about 5 months now. About 3 months ago, I noticed it and I check it every few days and I don't think once has it ever been dry in that spot. It's always wet and if you push the area, you can easily push the wall in. It's right next to the bath tub. But it's the opposite side of the shower head. I'm attaching pics. The other side of the wall is my daughter's bedroom and that wall is dry and solid and looks great.
I'm attaching pictures. Can anyone give me ideas where to check for the source of the wetness? (I guess I'm 99% sure it's the shower itself that's the wetness.) I do have another theory too. Actually the other side of the shower (of where the pic is taken) the toilet is there. Somehow that wall got really wet. When I first noticed it, it was wet enough I could push it in. But since then it's been dry. It's really discolored where it got wet but it's dry right now. But the other side of the wall where the toilet is, the washer and dryer are there. I checked the water lines. They seem fine. Watched the washer during a cycle and didn't see any spraying. But if I look behind my dryer, I can see dirt like there's no foundation under my bathroom tub. It's maybe just dirt. (It's a stick built house that was built in 2006.) So maybe the moisture is coming up from the ground.
Another theory I have is the crack of the tub surround, water is following the crack and pooling up in that spot. I checked the floor a few minutes under that. Seems if that theory was correct, the water would've ran down the wall and pooled on the floor. The floor is dry right now. (I guess it could've evaporated over the last hour since my daughter took a shower.)
I'm attaching pictures. Can anyone give me ideas where to check for the source of the wetness? (I guess I'm 99% sure it's the shower itself that's the wetness.) I do have another theory too. Actually the other side of the shower (of where the pic is taken) the toilet is there. Somehow that wall got really wet. When I first noticed it, it was wet enough I could push it in. But since then it's been dry. It's really discolored where it got wet but it's dry right now. But the other side of the wall where the toilet is, the washer and dryer are there. I checked the water lines. They seem fine. Watched the washer during a cycle and didn't see any spraying. But if I look behind my dryer, I can see dirt like there's no foundation under my bathroom tub. It's maybe just dirt. (It's a stick built house that was built in 2006.) So maybe the moisture is coming up from the ground.
Another theory I have is the crack of the tub surround, water is following the crack and pooling up in that spot. I checked the floor a few minutes under that. Seems if that theory was correct, the water would've ran down the wall and pooled on the floor. The floor is dry right now. (I guess it could've evaporated over the last hour since my daughter took a shower.)
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