Bath tap has been leaking for a while, but as it was leaking into the bath and down the plughole, I wasn't too concerned.
Last night, a damp patch on the ceiling downstairs (not right underneath the bath) led to investigation, and found that silicone sealant had split in area behind the tap, allowing water to run down behind the edge of the bath and form a pool on the floorboards under the bath, presumably running down through gaps in these boards to find the seam between two plasterboard sheets where I noted the damp patch on the ceiling.
New sealant now applied, the floorboards under the bath have mostly dried out overnight, so it appears the water hadn't soaked into them too much. I left a fan heater running under the damp spot in the ceiling all day, and that now appears dry to the touch whereas it felt damp last night.
I'm not too keen on ripping out floorboards and ceiling boards to investigate at present, so any advice in the 'What Do I Do Next?' vein would be gratefully received.
I'm thinking of leaving the fan heater under the damp spot for a while yet; and also providing a warm air stream in the vicinity of the floorboards under the bath, but without access to the area between these two spots (they are separated by a horizontal distance of around four feet), I can't do much else. The fact that surfaces have dried reasonably quickly makes me think that water penetration has been minimal.
Any suggestions? Any likelihood of any kind of rot setting in as a result, or does it sound as though I've had a lucky escape and caught it in time?
Regards, Graham
Last night, a damp patch on the ceiling downstairs (not right underneath the bath) led to investigation, and found that silicone sealant had split in area behind the tap, allowing water to run down behind the edge of the bath and form a pool on the floorboards under the bath, presumably running down through gaps in these boards to find the seam between two plasterboard sheets where I noted the damp patch on the ceiling.
New sealant now applied, the floorboards under the bath have mostly dried out overnight, so it appears the water hadn't soaked into them too much. I left a fan heater running under the damp spot in the ceiling all day, and that now appears dry to the touch whereas it felt damp last night.
I'm not too keen on ripping out floorboards and ceiling boards to investigate at present, so any advice in the 'What Do I Do Next?' vein would be gratefully received.
I'm thinking of leaving the fan heater under the damp spot for a while yet; and also providing a warm air stream in the vicinity of the floorboards under the bath, but without access to the area between these two spots (they are separated by a horizontal distance of around four feet), I can't do much else. The fact that surfaces have dried reasonably quickly makes me think that water penetration has been minimal.
Any suggestions? Any likelihood of any kind of rot setting in as a result, or does it sound as though I've had a lucky escape and caught it in time?
Regards, Graham
