Ceiling water damage in Spanish Fork usually comes from a bathroom above (a toilet wax ring, shower pan or supply line), an upstairs washer or water heater, a roof leak, or ice dams on the eaves after heavy snow. The stain you see is rarely right under the source. Water travels along joists and drywall seams before it shows up.
If the ceiling is sagging or bulging, don't poke it with a broom handle while standing under it. Wet drywall is heavy. Put a bucket under it, move furniture, and turn off power to any light fixture in the wet area. Then call us.
Our crew uses a thermal camera and moisture meter to map the wet area from below. We check the floor above and, if needed, the attic. Soaked drywall that has lost its strength gets cut out. Insulation above it usually comes out too, since wet fiberglass or blown cellulose packs down and holds water against the drywall.
With the ceiling open, we dry the joist bays with air movers and dehumidifiers until the framing reads dry. If the ceiling only has a stain and the drywall is still firm, it can often be dried in place and sealed with a stain-blocking primer before paint.
Ceiling water damage from a plumbing leak often means the floor above got wet too, so we check it. Leaks from an upstairs tank have their own page, water heater leak cleanup, and burst pipe cleanup covers freeze breaks in ceiling runs over garages.
