This should be a no-brainer, but like so many home repair tasks, it's turning into an exercise in futility. A few weeks ago a dark spot started appearing on the kitchen ceiling. It continued to get darker, larger and turning black. It wasn't hard to figure out the problem. There's a shower stall directly overhead. Fortunately it was right over some cabinets, so I ripped out the sheetrock at that spot and put a bucket right under the drainpipe. I still don't know exactly what's leaking. I can run the shower for 20 minutes and I don't see any water dripping. But the bucket always has water in it, and clearly water was dripping onto the ceiling. The shower stall is tiled - walls and floor. I called a plumber and he said he only does plumbing, not tile work. I called a tile guy and he said he only does tiles, not plumbing. Neither of them will deal with the sheetrock, but I'm willing to do that job myself. I swore off doing my own plumbing work years ago, when I found that even the simplest job often results in something breaking that leaves the entire house without water until the supply shop opens two days later. Now I don't do anything more complex than replacing a washer.
Now the question is: How can I get this simple leak fixed as a one-stop-shopping operation? I don't want to call one person (plumber or tile guy), have him to ten minutes work and then tell me the other guy needs to take it from there, then call him and have him do ten minutes work and tell me it's the first guy's job now, and keep bouncing back and forth. I've tried a couple well-recommended handymen, but when they hear the words tiles and plumbing, they don't return my calls. Soon, all the plumbers around here will be fully booked with fixing frozen pipes, so I'd like to get this taken care of this month. Anyone have any suggestions?