a friend was sharing a water leak problem 

- 5 storey walk up apartment
- bought the 4th floor unit

apartment has several 'stalactite' mineral deposit from the roof.  several inches from ceiling coming down. 

- found that the problem comes from the toilet upstairs.
- owner upstairs refuse to repair their toilet

my friend did PU injection however water flow now to a wall.  the wall looks like coloured.  if look carefully, probably got fungus / mold. 

any suggestion how to fix the problem without upstairs help ? 

tks so much 

Not sure is the correct to ask this.
I am staying in condominium and i have a pipe stuck required to fix the pipe from below unit but my neighbour do not allow me to fix it and my management cannot do anything.
Is there anyway i could get some assistant to get this done?
It been like this for 1 month , i am unable to use my kitchen.

How to rectify water leaking issue on balcony which its flooring already installed tiles.

The water from balcony (from rain) leaked onto bottom floor which is the parking. The water leaked kena the car and it's nightmare to clean it as the stain very hard to remove.

Any sifu can give some ideas?

Not really a DIY person but if the task is manageable i probably can do it.

Any idea?

I see, previously got ppl advice me to brush all the joint using waterproof coating as the tiles itself has no crack.

But still the leaking happened.

And ur suggestion are using silicon to fill it? Can point to me which kind of silicon to do it?

Thanks!

hi I got question here.. not sure if this is the correct place

One of my pipe, it was fitted with this kind of pvc plug (square), & it a bit far inside wall... any idea how to open it? Due to its beyond the tile wall, I cannot use adjustable spanner.... It seem overly tight..

is there any T wrench for this size?

Hi
I got leaking at vertical wall
Inner wall is inside house
Outside wall is open area
Got a small horizontal crack at outside wall
Is that the reason water come in ?

Also can i use epoxy paint to cover it up ?
Can we put normal paint on top of epoxy paint ?
If cannot, what other way to hide that epoxy (eg. Put 1 thin layer cement on epoxy then sealer then paint ?)

But in future will the crack expand ?
Crack quite long
Thinking to epoxy the crack about 4" x 48"

Hi, I wanna seek advice on what to do with the leaking probs in my house... really headache, dunno what to do. Dun understand technical stuffs either.

I have 2 spots leaking at home that needs rectifications. This was due to terrible job by developer. I have given up lodging complaints as the problem persists despite XX times they try fixing it, couldnt solve the prob.

First spot: leaking at the car porch... the reason I suspect is due to cracks on the roof... see pics below...






2nd spot: water marks on plaster ceiling downstairs... leaking from bathroom upstairs. There are some pipes hidden in the plaster ceiling, unable to open up and see. So, not sure if it’s waterproofing issues or piping issues...


Should I engage plumber or waterproofing specialist? What are some solutions I can look into? Any advice would be appreciated... thank you very much in advance.

Hi sifus, while waiting to get the keys of this 3 storey house, noticed a patch as below. Middle floor.

The patch was not there when we went for viewing few months ago.

Behind the wall is neighbouring unit. Is it something leaking from neighbour's house? Or need to hack the wall to check the leak.

Hi,

I got a leak into my bathroom from the RC slab above, for a linked house. May I know roughly how much is the market price if I want to do a proper waterproofing from the top?

p/s - the slab area is about 6' x 10'

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Thanks

Hi, my house external ceiling on the car porch having leaking issues. Weird are that:

i) today I noticed that it wasn’t leaking at all although raining heavily. Other time when no rain the water was dripping from the ceiling wall, bit by bit;

ii) the water dripping was white in color and there is whitish substance accumulating on the floor.

I have no idea where is the source of leaking. Any advise?

View from the second floor master room window....the other/upper side of the car porch ceiling

How come leakage is whitish??

today heavy rain but also  not leaking at all

Hey Shifus,

Recently I've spent a huge sum of money to replace all the old cement roof tiles of mine to new Monier ones, to mitigate small leaks and to prepare for a planned new ceiling (17k MYR).

The contractor in charge did such a sh**ty job that now a few of my rooms are practically raining when heavy rain is in occurrence. My ceilings are all completely drenched. I have since ended my relationship with the prior contractor (Paid only 8k and ended contract) and are now consulting a new one which recommends either aluminium foil or zinc sheet to be installed under the current roof tiles.

Should I agree with this ? Please advice me as i want to prepare to redo my ceiling ASAP.

Home is 1.5k sqft.

Aluminium sheet installation quote = 1.7k
Zinc sheet installation quote = 2.5k

This situation is really stressing me out, if what options do I have other than the metal sheets?

These are the pictures of the new roof:

Neighbour has no leakage whatsover, the leak in my house is actually so bad this is my current ceiling condition:



Any advice on how to solve my issues?

I was quoted by a supplier to install a single membrane layer + 2 layers of waterproof sealant for my rooftop..

RM7500 including cleaning and 5 years warranty. About 105sqm area. How's the price?

It's not an empty rooftop, there's the solar heater, water tank, pumps, and all sorts of angle bars to support a tedious piping networks.

Hi guys do you know of any contractor/plumber that does inspection for condo in KL area? My floor has magical water seeping upwards in the kitchen area.

This is strange bcuz it's not from the ceiling, which is the usual problem. Another thing is it's on and off and not continuous so it's hard to pinpoint where it's coming from.
There are 5-6 spots where the seepage is, sometimes it all comes at once, sometimes only one spot. Water bill is still consistent so maybe minor leak for now. Could it be outlet pipes? I've no clue and reached a dead end.

I've tried contacting plumbers around and they're reluctant to do such work bcuz it requires a lot of hacking. Is there no device or technique to detect the seepage/leak from within the wall?

Yes I have. The thing is that in my aunt's condo the management would solve such an issue but unfortunately mine won't take the responsibility. Just need a recommendation here... Mould has start to spread...