Probably the drain pipe. Don't call your insurance, it's not worth the claim.

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Nov 21, 2019
10:37:53pm

El Jefe Evil Genius

You'll need to replace and repaint that part of the ceiling after a plumber fixes the drain pipe.

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The ceiling in my kitchen is wet. I came down stairs and just noticed the seam

Nuke

11/21/19 10:35pm

Cut a big enough hole in the sheetrock and see what's causing it. If it's a

WDaddy

11/21/19 10:37pm

Cut out the wet spot so it doesn’t continue to pool.

conetah

11/21/19 11:02pm

Yeah I cut two holes. All the water pipes are right above the hole I cut I tried

Nuke

11/21/19 11:08pm

If it only leaks when the water is running, it's the drain pipe

El Jefe

11/21/19 11:26pm

You can call someone like ServePro.

PJMort

11/21/19 10:37pm

Probably the drain pipe. Don't call your insurance, it's not worth the claim.

El Jefe

11/21/19 10:37pm

Would I have to cut the ceiling out to access the drain from underneath

Nuke

11/21/19 10:40pm

Water dripping from ceiling? I would plan on calling insurance.

PJMort

11/21/19 10:41pm

These words have never left my mouth and I cant believe I'm going to start. But

WDaddy

11/21/19 10:44pm

Depends on what you find. Call a plumber.

PJMort

11/21/19 10:46pm

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Nuke

11/21/19 11:24pm

Might be the tub overflow if someone filled the water too high. They don’t seal

Malathion

11/21/19 11:27pm

This seems to be the issue. My wife didn’t over fill the tub but one of

Nuke

11/22/19 12:07am

Any clogged toilets?

fldnstrm

11/21/19 10:39pm

Figured out the issue. There was no caulking around the edge of the tub, just

Nuke

11/22/19 10:28pm

Make sure it is all dried out.

PJMort

11/22/19 10:37pm

Yeah I went and rented some big fans this morning and have been letting them run

Nuke

11/22/19 10:51pm

Also- check to see if water found its way to other spots.

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