So last night, or more precisely this morning, I was sitting with Hilary watching TV when I heard a noise, and then the sound of running water. Opening up the kid’s washroom I quickly discovered that the running water was running out of the ceiling light and onto the floor.
There is a client bathroom right above ours and I quickly rushed up and got the client out of the bathtub where the client was enjoying a late soak, after a long day. (Un)fortunately the bath was not the source of the leak, (or at least readily apparent as the source). As far as I can tell there is no water coming from the pipes feeding the shower/bath, and nothing obvious any where in the client bathroom. So that leaves the source as somewhere in between the first and second floor.
So, here I sit, pouring (sorry) over old construction photos trying to get a sense of what is up there and why it would burst, waiting for a plumber to come and start tearing apart my ceiling. The water in the house is turned off, as are my clients I suspect, and I’m trying not to think about the mess this is going to be, especially if the leak is not from the area directly above the light.
Sheesh.
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Ouch. You have my empathetic condolences. We too live in a house with ceiling leaks. Hope yours are easily fixed, as ours are vague, mobile, and persistant.