[rich home]

I found that my shower and bath in the master bathroom are leaking down the outside of the drain pipe. The shower is a tile and glass shower and the bath is also covered in tile only on the outside of the tub so tearing either out will be a hugh pain. It isn't leaking much but the water is following the 3in drain pipe into the basement where we first noticed the leak. I have removed the sheetrock from the basement ceiling in the area of the leak. There is also a 2nd bath on the 2nd floor that is not leaking at all. I really don't want to tear into the walls since I haven't noticed any water stains on the 1st floor where the pipes run through only in the basement. As you know tearing out the tile would be a hugh pain so I want to avoid that if at all possible.