Yellow patch on the cieling

bluedrop

We got the bathroom done recently. I must admit that I managed to hire a semi-cowboy for the job. He left leaving out bits and pieces. I now found a small yellow patch on my newly painted kitchen cieling - directly below where the bathroom wash basin is. I am beginning to get worried. Thats a leak - isnt it? Could that be somehting else?

When he did all the plumbing, I asked him and he said he tested eveything.

sunnysurrey_2

A leak would be my first guess - is it wet?!

paddyrg

Might be an easy to fix one from the plughole/u-bend end as opposed to the mains water pressure end if it's small - have a rummage. But yes, sounds leak-like certainly

tired_dad

I would monitor it closely. If the bathroom has just been done, it could be the effect of a small amount of water that leaked when pipes were changed around etc.

We had this a few days after out install. Chap came back and had to bash a tile to do a full inspection. There was no leak, just old water. I had to find a single tile to make good

So my advice is to tell the installer, monitor closely over a few weeks.

LEJC

when you had your walls skimmed,did they also skim your ceilings...I agree that it could be a leak from the bathroom but it could also be that the new plaster that was used is bleeding through your painted ceiling a little

phill99

LEJC wrote: »

when you had your walls skimmed,did they also skim your ceilings...I agree that it could be a leak from the bathroom but it could also be that the new plaster that was used is bleeding through your painted ceiling a little

This opinion is completely and utterly wrong. Ignore it.

You have a leak.

bluedrop

sunnysurrey wrote: »

A leak would be my first guess - is it wet?!

It is not wet to touch. It's a faint yellow patch - you won't notice it straightaway.

Leif

I had a flue hole in one kitchen wall blocked, then skimmed over. Unfortunately I did not know, and the builder did not tell me, that the chimney should have been blocked at the top end. Anyway, damp came through in the deluge last year, and it was visible as a yellow patch on the white paint. It was damp when fresh, but when it dried all that was left was yellow.

Stooby2

I now found a small yellow patch on my newly painted kitchen cieling

A leak seems most likely given the circumstances - however it could be some damp from where your semi-cowboy was installing and may have spilled some water or had a leak (from the plumbing!) while he was there and it has just got through to the kitchen.

It may even be an old damp stain that is coming through the new paint - if there was one before it should have been painted with gloss first to stop it coming through the new ceiling paint.

The only way to find out is to get him back - or someone else if you're not happy with him - to check the plumbing.

bluedrop

Stooby2 wrote: »

It may even be an old damp stain that is coming through the new paint - if there was one before it should have been painted with gloss first to stop it coming through the new ceiling paint.

The only way to find out is to get him back - or someone else if you're not happy with him - to check the plumbing.

The cieling has all been newly plastered and painted. So it's less likely to be old damp?

keystone

bluedrop wrote: »

The cieling has all been newly plastered and painted. So it's less likely to be old damp?

Either you have a leak or he shed some water (probably quite a bit) during the install. That's got all the underfloor dirt and carp of ages wet and the dirt has leached through into the ceiling plaster below. You need to get him back to investigate the possibility of a leak or at the very least discuss it with him. If it gets no worse then IMO it will be the latter and then its just a matter of redecorating. IMO don't overpaint it with gloss (sorry Stoob) - you will forever see a patch and the ceiling paint won't adhere to the gloss anyway. Either use a proprietary stain blocker (Dulux Stainblock, Polycell Stainstop, Zinsser BIN or Zinsser 123) over the area or overpaint with spirit based undercoat. BIN (shelac based - the others are water based) would be my suggested solution as its very, very low build but it's not cheap. Then repaint the whole ceiling. If you don't repaint the whole ceiling then, again, there will be a visible patch. Your installer should bear the costs of the redecorating.

Cheers