We have had the oddest problem in the main bathroom. We thought that condensation from the upstairs bathroom pipes was dripping onto the ceiling drywall. Eventually it became so bad that the wallpaper began sliding off the wall! At that point, I nagged Dear Husband and Second Son into checking it out, to determine if we needed a plumber or whether we could do the repairs on our own.
It turns out that the medallion behind the handle of the upstairs shower was coming unscrewed from the fiberglass shower wall. When SS would shower, he’d splash water on the wall and it would slide behind the medallion and soak the ceiling. We might not have discovered the truth of it, if the ceiling had not been opened, but when we saw the volume of water that covered the counter, potty and floor in the lower bathroom, we knew that more sleuthing was needed.
Dear Husband seriously caulked behind the medallion, and pushed it back into place, removing the excess caulk that squeezed out. He tightened the screws to re-secure the medallion to the wall, and then they did the shower test. No drips. A second test the next day. No drips! YEA!!!
Today, my favorite contractor, our painter, came to strip the wallpaper, close the ceiling, and spackle rough spots. Tomorrow he will paint, and hopefully, our bathroom problems have come to an end.
Arrrgh!!!
It's just my state of mind!
Buffy–Leaks, be they water or whatever, can be ever-so-difficult to track down. Obviously, you and your DH are super sleuths!
Cop Car, we batted around the possibilities, and I began to wonder if Second Son stood in the tub, and whether he had turned on the faucet or the shower. From that point, the two of them were able to pin it down. I have no doubt that Dear Husband would have figured it out on his own, but this way we managed to avoid having to deal with another flood!