Looking for feedback on our new product

[Wetwall Caddy]

Hi we are a company from New Zealand with a patented invention to seal penetrations and prevent water damage in wet walls.
We believe existing and common practice method of sealing your shower mixer is prone to failure and totally reliant on silicone. Leaks to wet area penetrations are near impossible to identify until it's too late and the damage caused can run into the thousands not to mention you're out of a place to shower for a significant amount of time.

The Wetwall Caddy is included in the New Zealand code of practice for internal wet area membranes.

The water control valve (or outlet) sits inside the Wetwall Caddy and any potential leaks are trapped and expelled through the front of the flange and down the tiled wall lining, alerting the owner to the leak and preventing any water from leaking down into the wall cavity and causing substantial damage.

We would appreciate your feedback into the product and if you think this would be of benefit to you?

Install video here
Our website here: www.wetwallcaddy.com

 

[Ajax123]

Wait Ajax thank you for your reply but before you go out....

Next time you're in the shower take a look at the mixer. Look at the seal against the tiles, there's no way that's sealed correctly. And the wet area has significant water at all times.
A minor leak here can over time cause significant issues. It's also hard to identify.

And yes the area you pointed out does cause issues but in our experience penetrations also do.

Often the original plumber and tiler are not involved in the remediation. The owner contacts a builder whom we have noticed in NZ are calling for and specifying the product.

This may have not happened in your installs but is it worth the risk to not include this as an insurance against such leaks? Besides the waterproofing aspect the plumbing here can and does fail so this protects that.

I know mine doesn't leak cos I did it myself but I accept your point. Maybe I'm back in... well with one foot at least

 

[Dumbo]

Hi
Neat idea. But most built in mixers I fit, come like yours, but ready done.
Grohe, geberitt and viega all make "I boxes " where the mixer is within a waterproof housing and then a gasket is fitted before tiling and a neoprene seal on the reverse of the shower chrome trim.

Same as