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All,

Check for leaks on new construction!

I had guests for the weekend, and they used our guest bedroom and bathroom of our Iris home in Marsh Bend. First real use of both. We closed in September, visited a few weeks in October and December, but never used the shower/tub in the guest bathroom. Finally full time at end of January.

Upon leaving Sunday morning, son was packing up, and reported that items on the floor in the bedroom were soaking wet. For a short time, thought it was just water dripping around shower curtain, onto floor, and leaking under the molding.

Nope.

Something was leaking behind the tile wall of the tub faucet or showerhead when turned on. Way too much water seeping onto carpet and under vinyl floor.

Cleared everything out so we could dry the carpet. Guest bedroom and master closet carpet are soaked along the molding . They are on other side of wall from guest tub/shower.

Submitted problem to our builder and to the warranty department and waiting to hear back for follow-up.

So...if you hardly ever use your guest tub/shower in a new home, now would be a good time to turn that water on and test things out!