If water soaked areas around the light fixture.
Water dripping through ceiling below bathroom.
Seeing a wet spot or a downright leak in your downstairs ceiling just below your shower is very disturbing.
If you have a second story bathroom the problem could be in.
How to fix a leak from the upstairs bathroom.
Similarly a plumbing leak in a second floor bathroom can cause a drip through the ceiling below.
Such a leak will be quite steady.
This is usually caused by a upstair bathroom that effects on the ceiling under the bathroom.
A damp spot or worse a continuous drip from the ceiling overhead signals trouble.
Open the access panel behind the bathroom wet wall to inspect the bathtub s water valves.
The leak may not seem threatening but it means there s a pool of water on the other side of the.
Sometimes water won t actually leak out you ll find the drywall sagging and paint bubbling in the affected area.
Once you see that the water is coming through the ceiling take immediate action before the leak causes any more damage to your house.
You might be able to temporarily fix the problem.
If you see the ceiling sagging below the bathroom you can prevent the collapse of the ceiling and further damage by poking a small hole in the ceiling drywall.
Water may be dripping all the way down from the attic.
Consider draining the ceiling.
If the faucet valve in the wall behind the tub is leaking water may be dripping down through the wall cavity to the ceiling below.
If the water leak is coming through the ceiling from a second floor try to pinpoint the upstairs source.
This cuts the cost of having to dig through the floor to get to the water pipes and if for any reason there.
Take a look at the ceiling above the second floor too.
Getting the stain on the ceiling it becomes a serious effect.
The effects arising include dark stain brown and copper on the ceiling.
A ceiling leak can also be caused by leaks in the water supply lines that attach to the toilet or to the sink trap.
The water leaking causes the wall and the others components getting broken.
Be sure that you have a pot or a bucket handy to catch the.
Stains on the ceiling.
The most common causes are the shower pan and or a drain pipe.