Can you use silicone to seal gaps around a shower drain?
Applying bath silicone can temporarily seal gaps around a shower drain to mitigate water damage while delaying a full bathroom renovation. However, depending on the situation, the issue might require caulk, Flex Seal, or replacing a missing fixture or part.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Using bath silicone to temporarily seal gaps around the shower drain.
- 2Using flex seal
- 3Applying caulk
- 4Adding an escutcheon plate
- 5Grouting tile or replacing the shower
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'm worried about water damage and wondering what the best way to go about fixing this is. Should we use flex seal? Caulk? Or is it a fixture/part we're missing?”source ↗
“I'm wondering if I can use bath silicone to seal these gaps up around the shower drain for now? Unfortunately, I can't redo the bathroom yet, but I'm looking to mitigate any potential water damage.”source ↗
Where this came up
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