How to Fix a Leaky Shower Tap

The shower in the other bathroom of my apartment started leaking again after I used it. The sound of water dropping into an empty bucket is pretty annoying. Having experienced the same issue in my previous apartment, I decided to fix it once an for all the minute I got home from work.

I dropped by the neighborhood hardware store to pick up a chisel and putty filler for cement walls.

After 2 hrs of carefully chiselling off a small portion of tile and the underlying cement, I managed to find the connecting joint and used a plier to open it. It turns out that the washer of the shower tap was torn, thus allowing water to seep through.

So back to the hardware store for a replacement which cost me 50 cents. Replacement was quick and simple. Filled the hole with putty and then clean up!

Whole process probably 3 hrs. Taking into account my inexperience, all in all a pretty good job. RM 3.50 for the chisel, RM4.00 for wall putty (with enough remaining to fill up 10 more holes :P) and RM0.50 for the replacement washer.

Total cost of repair = RM 8.00 (chisel & wall putty could be used for other stuff, which is a bonus!)

Maybe I could moonlight as a part time plumber for RM50 per small job. LOL.