Second Floor Bathroom Leak
You can catch this problem early by removing the toilet and checking the wax ring as soon as you notice sewer odors or toilet rocking.
Second floor bathroom leak. The average puddle you make getting out of the shower before you can towel off will not pose any great threat. If you d like to support. The floor becomes mushy the toilet starts rocking and you can usually smell sewer gases.
However because water can travel a long distance it s possible to find water stains on the ceiling farther away. We had a accidental water leak at the master bath at second floor and it started dripping down to the living room in the first floor through the ceiling light fixture. However a plumbing emergency can pose a greater threat.
Most of the floor of a bathroom should not see any great water leaks or standing water. Fixing the leak could be as simple as replacing an under sink trap or. We immediately stopped the leak and dried the master bath.
The water often seeps under the floor covering so you can t see it and rots the subfloor. In some circumstances the ceiling will be continuously damp and other times it may cycle between getting wet and drying. The flange is loose not screwed solidly to the subfloor.
Water leaking from upstairs bathroom to downstairs. If you have a bathroom on a second floor you might spot a leak in the ceiling under bathroom. Finding the source of an upstairs bathroom leak if something is leaking in your upstairs bathroom you will probably know by the stains on the ceiling below it.
Remove the toilet photo 2 and look for these leak sources. Bathroom ceiling leaking in apartment. Cracks in the flange.