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Just noticed this brown stain above my living room window. I don't have a ladder at the moment so can't reach it to touch it but the wallpaper near it is starting to lift so I think it might be damp. But it's on the ground floor and there doesn't appear to be anything else around it or in the room above it. My bathroom is on the floor above too but to the right. Could it be water travelling from the bathroom down or getting in from outside? It hasn't rained locally since Saturday.

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[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Water will move around so it hard to know for sure. If above that is attic then anywhere along the ceiling could be the leak. I had a leak by my chimney that traveled 20ft across the attic, doubled back and then found a drywall seam in the ceiling before leaking through and presenting its self.

Chances are high its a roof leak, but it could be a leak around a wall or window as well, but that is less likely.

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yea I've just found a section of seal that's lifted around my shower in the bathroom to the right so it might be that.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 7 points 1 week ago

Just to make sure, it is still a good idea to have a contractor over to take a look. Water may have been in the walls for a while before it came out the downstairs ceiling, and if you now have issues with mold or rot, they will be cheaper to resolve the sooner you start trying to resolve them.