Sunday, December 8, 2013

Steps to take  after a ceiling leakage 


Last time I finished my post with  the idea to check the drywall leakage mark on the office ceiling. 




This time we are going to use the very important painter's 6 in one tool or scraper. Actually  the popular most known name of this tool is 5 in one. This means the tool has 5 functions. In my case this "Purdy" tool has 6 functions: spread putty compound, open/clean cracks, open paint lids, nail-set hammerhead handle end, clean rollers, scrape paint.




First of all we will scrape the peeled paint from the ceiling around the damaged area.



Next we will check if this spot is dry or still wet by touching spot with the finger. You can do it with the moisture meter as well.



We detected that the spot is still wet.One week after fixing the shower glass door seal it should be dry. We suspect that we might have another problem here.  So we need a plumber to open the drywall and to find the problem. By using a drywall saw we have opened the drywall. 




Now the plumber can inspect what is going on inside the ceiling construction.





After closer look we did find that the pipe has small leakage from the pipe and elbow connection. Later, when the plumber will fix the leakage problem we will come back and fix the drywall. In my next post I will focus how to detect drywall imperfections on the wall and how to fix them.









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