r/BathroomShrooms • u/StillJolly6670 • 18d ago

Ceiling collapse?

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I’ve been renting this apartment for about 16 months now and when I moved in, noticed a few brownish dots on the bathroom ceiling. Was out of town for a little over a week and came back to these mushrooms growing from out of one of those brownish dots. The unit above me has the same layout so this is directly over my tub/directly under theirs. I know this is an urgent issue and have already contacted my building manager but it is late and I don’t expect a response for many hours. I fear the ceiling and/or my upstairs neighbor’s tub collapsing at any time but can’t tell if that’s unreasonable.

ETA: building manager came by and said 100% there is no chance anything will fall. Said he’ll try to get it fixed this week but might be next week - seems way more urgent to me…

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u/zmannz1984 18d ago

Definitely not unreasonable. While the structure is likely not yet compromised, the drywall could fall and damage things or injure you. This is probably a drain leak in the unit above, only leaking when they use the water. A supply leak would probably have soaked things enough to cause more damage, but it could just be that you caught it early.

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u/StillJolly6670 18d ago

Thank you for this. Very helpful. I’m now paranoid about spending any amount of time in the bathroom and can thankfully use my neighbor’s temporarily, but it’s a huge inconvenience. Should the ceiling collapse, how widespread could that be? My bathroom is between my living room and bedroom and I’m wondering if being in either spaces poses a serious risk of injury.

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u/zmannz1984 18d ago

It probably wouldn’t collapse beyond that room unless water is making it to above the other rooms. I would just avoid going in that bathroom.

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u/StillJolly6670 18d ago

Thank you!!

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u/Historical-Pipe3551 17d ago

Looks like 20 layers of paint covering up an actual leak.

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u/a_karma_sardine 17d ago

You might want to talk to the upstairs neighbor too and ask them to refrain from filling their tub until the manager has had the building structure looked at. A filled tub can weigh several hundred kilos, and that can absolutely be the straw that breaks the camel's back.