Hello. I have no idea what caused a water leak that I had. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Here is what happened:
I live in a side by side townhouse style condo with full bath upstairs and half bath down stairs. Last Saturday around 8 pm I noticed my ceiling in the kitchen above above the refrigerator had water spots, was bowing and was dripping. I went upstairs and discovered that my upper bathroom had 3 inches or so of water covering the entire floor. I mopped up the water. I have no idea what caused it. I had been upstairs around 3 pm that day and didn't notice any water then by 8 pm is when the water was there. I didn't run any water upstairs that day, did not run the shower or bathroom sink. After I mopped up the water I turned off the main water valve, the ceiling in kitchen stopped dripping, so I went to bed. The tub upstairs is directly above the part of the kitchen ceiling that was leaking.
The next morning I called a plumber and he told me over the phone to do process of elimination to find out where leak came from so he told me to turn on main water valve, go upstairs and run the tub and bathroom faucets for about 10 minutes, flush toilet up there and look for leaks. I did all this and didnt see any leaking anywhere. He also said it could be a roof leak so I had condo roof guy come over and inspect my attic for water and there is no water up there.
I talked to my neighbor on the phone and asked if he was running any water during the time of the leaking and he said no (being a side by side, the plumbing might be connected somehow).
I've taken showers and used upstairs sink and toilet since the leak and there is no further leaking.
I am stumped. Does anyone know if water can collect somewhere behind the wall over a period of time and then start leaking? Even if that were true, wouldn't it leak again right away after showering and running water upstairs?
I'm sorry this is so long, I didn't want to leave anything out.
I live in a side by side townhouse style condo with full bath upstairs and half bath down stairs. Last Saturday around 8 pm I noticed my ceiling in the kitchen above above the refrigerator had water spots, was bowing and was dripping. I went upstairs and discovered that my upper bathroom had 3 inches or so of water covering the entire floor. I mopped up the water. I have no idea what caused it. I had been upstairs around 3 pm that day and didn't notice any water then by 8 pm is when the water was there. I didn't run any water upstairs that day, did not run the shower or bathroom sink. After I mopped up the water I turned off the main water valve, the ceiling in kitchen stopped dripping, so I went to bed. The tub upstairs is directly above the part of the kitchen ceiling that was leaking.
The next morning I called a plumber and he told me over the phone to do process of elimination to find out where leak came from so he told me to turn on main water valve, go upstairs and run the tub and bathroom faucets for about 10 minutes, flush toilet up there and look for leaks. I did all this and didnt see any leaking anywhere. He also said it could be a roof leak so I had condo roof guy come over and inspect my attic for water and there is no water up there.
I talked to my neighbor on the phone and asked if he was running any water during the time of the leaking and he said no (being a side by side, the plumbing might be connected somehow).
I've taken showers and used upstairs sink and toilet since the leak and there is no further leaking.
I am stumped. Does anyone know if water can collect somewhere behind the wall over a period of time and then start leaking? Even if that were true, wouldn't it leak again right away after showering and running water upstairs?
I'm sorry this is so long, I didn't want to leave anything out.
