CGD
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My 1st floor hall ceiling has a leak. It leaked 1 cup of water from an opening (the opening in the ceiling is for a chandelier) few weeks ago. It again leaked about a cup of water 10-12 days from then and again about the same amount of water in another 10 days. We removed the chandelier altogether to catch the leakage live, but it just randomly leaks. Right above the leaking spot is our 2nd floor bathroom. So it was our primary suspect. But our plumber friend did the testing for all possible causes in the bathroom and found nothing. Tried it on different days...sink, toilet and bathtub shower one by one...still nothing. Also checked through the dry wall hatch but found nothing. He doesn't want to tear open the hall ceiling without knowing the source of the leakage coz cutting open the ceiling would mean redoing the entire ceiling and hence a lot of work and expense. He said he could change the toilet's wax ring but the toilet is probably not causing the leak coz he did the blue dye testing with the toilet flush and found no signs of blue water leakage. The hoa called a roofing guy and he found nothing in the attic or the roof. So, we have absolutely no idea where this leak is coming from and why is it not continuous and happens only at 10-15 days. Any ideas or suggestions? In desperate need of help!