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jersey Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 503
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 10:25 pm: | 
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I'm sitting in my living room reading MOL and I hear water dripping.
There's a pipe leaking from the upstairs bathroom and a steady stream of water is running down the wall.
I turned off the main water supply and opened the faucets upstairs and down in the basement to empty the pipes. We're wiping the wet wall and a steady trickle continues. I believe the whole ceiling is filled with water that is slowly leaking out.
Should I poke a hole in the ceiling to let the water out and catch it in a bucket? Or just let it run down the wall? Of course there's an electrical socket RIGHT where the water is coming down.
HELP.
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doulamomma
Citizen
Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 1359
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 11:44 pm: |
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I think the ceiling would sag if there were water in it, no? Would it help to turn off the breaker that controls that socket?
I wish I had good info to help - just wanted to say good luck! |
Bob K
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 11225
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 3:48 am: |
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Dollars to donuts it is the waste line under the tub leaking. I think that there is a good chance that there is a fair amount of water trapped in the ceiling. One way or another the plumber is probably going to have to go through the ceiling to repair the problem. |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 1367
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 7:06 am: |
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Poke the hole, for sure. If it's all that wet you'll need to replace the ceiling anyway (not THAT big of a job, all things considered).
Throw every breaker you can find that controls electric in that room, too. |
Soda
Supporter
Username: Soda
Post Number: 3758
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 8:27 am: |
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It's time to move.
-s. |
jersey Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 505
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 10:01 pm: |
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Thanks everyone. I waited last night, but no posts. Fortunately, the water just stopped after I turned off the main supply to the house.
So I went to bed. I spoke to a plumber today who told me to turn the water back on and not use the bathroom to separate out supply vs. waste problems. I did this and so far no wetness.
Good call Bob K!
I did not poke a hole. The water stopped. And there is a light fixture that didn't drip at all, so I concluded that the ceiling was not full of water or else water would have come through the light.
The weird part is no one had recently use the upstairs bathroom. I'll let you know.
Does that movie, "The Money Pit" have a happy ending?
J.B. |
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