Leaking Stain On Ceiling On Second Floor

Once you see that the water is coming through the ceiling take immediate action before the leak causes any more damage to your house.

Leaking stain on ceiling on second floor.

The stain is located approx 14 away from the front wall drain of the tub towards the fromt corner. Water will follow a path until it s absorbed somewhere. Apply an oil based undercoat to keep the stain from bleeding through new paint. I had noticed overflow in my second floor guest bathroom toilet with wet ceiling below around a year ago.

Repaint the ceiling not just the stain. Ron august 18. I had replaced wax seal with a plastic valve it was easy to install at that time. I noticed two yellow lines in the kitchen ceiling about a foot long and theya re parallel to each other.

When i lifted the toilet bowl the wax seal was damaged. We found out our roof was leaking and not only damaging the first floor ceiling but going down the walls to the basement ceiling as well. The other day notice a water spot in the vicinity of the two lines. Discoloration sagging drywall or buckling plaster and dripping water from your ceiling might make you think that the ceiling itself is leaking in reality water coming from the ceiling is a symptom of some other home system that is actually leaking.

The roofing system or the. Fix the leak that caused the stain first. I noticed this morning there was a new squarish shaped water stain on the ceiling below my 2nd floor tub. A water stain on the ceiling is usually a by product of a roof heating appliance or plumbing leak that seeped through the ceiling and evaporated leaving you with an unsightly patch of dried.

My garage ceiling below the second floor toilet got some brown water marks and a slow leak that forms a brown string this is so fun. It just happened to appear in the basement ceiling first. The same thing can happen. It seems odd that a leak would walk so far away from the tub.

Water leaks from a plumbing fixture or pipes may go unnoticed for days or even weeks until you notice a wet spot or water stain on the ceiling below. Then it s time to tackle the. Similar problem here with my basement ceiling. Help leak and stain on ceiling directly below toilet.

Should i attack it from my garage below and use the drywall knife to take out a part of the ceiling to look inside and see where the leaks are or should i get it from above and take the toilet off and see it from above. Your first priority when you notice a brown stain on the ceiling is fixing the inevitable water leak. Posted by thorny at 3 16 pm on july 27 2010. When a ceiling shows signs of water damage and dripping water the place to look is in one of two home systems.