Ok, mrs's and I noticed a rather large discoloring on the ceiling in the living room.
Directly above the room, is the master bath.
I felt the ceiling, and it is not wet, so I guess the swath of staining might have been there from some time over the last few months.
Anyway, in the master bath, there is a jet tub that we rarely have used in the last 5 years. (Staining seems to be directly around it)
Actually, we have not used it in about 5 years until the last few months for the kids....basically, from time to time we use it with our 2 oldest boys as they get a kick out of the jets. (One of the jets does not work by the way)
Anyway, I cut out a square in the closet wall to access the back of the tub, and the floor below it apppears dry with no staining. (Can't see all the way around, as it would appear that the tub is set in some sort of mortar or something.
I also pulled up a corner of the rug in the closet where the staining is below on the first floor, and no wetness/staining on the subfloor.
There are signs of the caulking being worn in some area's of the tub, so my first step is remove all the worn caulk, and recaulk the entire tub/wall, as well as the area where the tub meets the floor.
Wife and I are pretty anal about stuff, so it would seem odd that we havent noticed it before...I was thinking that perhaps the staining was perhaps from the poor caulking, but it seems to be an aweful lot of staining.
We are going to try to clean the ceiling (somewhat textured), so I guess we could ust go with a bleach type product?
Also, we are going to stop using the tub, and only use for showers.
Is it possible that perhaps one of the pipes that go to one of the jets is leaking?
I figure I just want to start with the basics, to try to find the leak. Today, I am going to cut a small access panel in the closet to reach the fixures behind the tub and to check out the drain, but I won't be able to see the drain as its probably going to be buried in the subfloor.
Just looking for some basic steps to take without ripping the whole tub out ? :roll:
Directly above the room, is the master bath.
I felt the ceiling, and it is not wet, so I guess the swath of staining might have been there from some time over the last few months.
Anyway, in the master bath, there is a jet tub that we rarely have used in the last 5 years. (Staining seems to be directly around it)
Actually, we have not used it in about 5 years until the last few months for the kids....basically, from time to time we use it with our 2 oldest boys as they get a kick out of the jets. (One of the jets does not work by the way)
Anyway, I cut out a square in the closet wall to access the back of the tub, and the floor below it apppears dry with no staining. (Can't see all the way around, as it would appear that the tub is set in some sort of mortar or something.
I also pulled up a corner of the rug in the closet where the staining is below on the first floor, and no wetness/staining on the subfloor.
There are signs of the caulking being worn in some area's of the tub, so my first step is remove all the worn caulk, and recaulk the entire tub/wall, as well as the area where the tub meets the floor.
Wife and I are pretty anal about stuff, so it would seem odd that we havent noticed it before...I was thinking that perhaps the staining was perhaps from the poor caulking, but it seems to be an aweful lot of staining.
We are going to try to clean the ceiling (somewhat textured), so I guess we could ust go with a bleach type product?
Also, we are going to stop using the tub, and only use for showers.
Is it possible that perhaps one of the pipes that go to one of the jets is leaking?
I figure I just want to start with the basics, to try to find the leak. Today, I am going to cut a small access panel in the closet to reach the fixures behind the tub and to check out the drain, but I won't be able to see the drain as its probably going to be buried in the subfloor.
Just looking for some basic steps to take without ripping the whole tub out ? :roll:
