Help ceiling leak!

pandyallen1992123

I moved into a new house a few weeks ago. Whilst cooking tonight I noticed a drip coming from my light fitting.

I took the light off the ceiling and there was some water inside it, however, the ceiling wasn't at all damp/had no water mark. There hasn't been any further water drips since, but I have put a bucket underneath to check

 The kitchen is above a bathroom which I would expect to be the source of any leak but as I cannot take off the bath panel without a fair amount of work I wanted to see if anyone had any advice on the potential source of the leak first?

grumbler

pandyallen1992123 said:

 I wanted to see if anyone had any advice on the potential source of the leak first?

Impossible to guess. In my house it was a leaking electric shower that was stupidly tiled around it, and the water leaked down behind the tiles. without any visible signs except on the kitchen ceiling.

There can be dozens of other possible reasons.

tacpot12

It would we worth checking outside of the property to see if there is any obvious sign of water leaking from gutters or downpipes, this might be making its way into the house via cracks in the wall, but it is most likely to be the sealing around the bath, or a waste pipe that is leaking (especially if push-fit fittings have been used).

It will be worth studying how to get the bath panel off while doing the least amount of damage, and then leaving it off until you are sure that the problem has been cured. When you refit it, try to make it easier to get into next time. 

You might need to put down some tell-tales that can show you where the water leak is coming from. A strip of toilet roll around the outside of the bath will show if water is getting past the seals. A good torch will show water glistening on pipes.