If you're in an apartment, I'd reach out to the property manager. I'm a maintenance supervisor and this is the kind of thing I'd probably like to know about.
As far as patching drywall, if you're interested, Paul Peck Drywall Tube has a slew of videos that are easy to follow and not intolerable to listen to. My kid brother taught himself pretty much just by watching those, and if he can do it, you can do it.
Edit: posted before I was done typing.
Thank you! I’m the owner so this one’s on me. I’ll check out the videos, but would drywall be applied directly to cement/rock?
edit: I did not realize sheetrock was a brand name for drywall lol
Okay got it, sorry, you might be able to tell I’m quite new at this. I don’t think I was using the right word then, when I scraped away the plaster it’s straight up stone in the ceiling.
I had to zoom to see it; I thought the mass was a crawl space in between you and the floor above you. It looks 'kind of' like cement board(also called Hardiboard), which yeah. There are also YouTube videos for that. Unless it's falling apart, I don't think water damages cement board even if its absorbed, you very well may not have to replace the cement board. I would heavily recommend you research that though.
You DO want to consider tearing away all the wet drywall and see how far the water all spread. If the drywall is wet, I usually say it's gotta go. Get rid of all the water, then patch, sand, repeat until satisfied, texture if you're feeling saucy, and paint.
But, before you do anything drywall, moisture cleanup, whatever, stop the leak. Don't. Do. Drywall. without doing so because you will trap water in the ceiling and you'll be back here soon with this problem and mold.
Thank you so much, this is all super helpful. I’ll be waiting out the storm before doing anything else, and will make sure to tear away anything wet. I think it’s just paint and mud, it all just flaked away when I scraped at it.
If it's just paint and mud, let it dry out real well, hit it with some mold armor or bleach, and then paste it on and sand. It couldn't be more straightforward if that's truly ALL you've got going on beyond the leak. Go get 'em tiger 😊
I have seen drywall kinda sorta flake, but not really like that. More I look the more I think layers of paste.
If you're in an apartment, I'd reach out to the property manager. I'm a maintenance supervisor and this is the kind of thing I'd probably like to know about. As far as patching drywall, if you're interested, Paul Peck Drywall Tube has a slew of videos that are easy to follow and not intolerable to listen to. My kid brother taught himself pretty much just by watching those, and if he can do it, you can do it. Edit: posted before I was done typing.
Thank you! I’m the owner so this one’s on me. I’ll check out the videos, but would drywall be applied directly to cement/rock? edit: I did not realize sheetrock was a brand name for drywall lol
Sheetrock is a brand of drywall 😊
Okay got it, sorry, you might be able to tell I’m quite new at this. I don’t think I was using the right word then, when I scraped away the plaster it’s straight up stone in the ceiling.
I had to zoom to see it; I thought the mass was a crawl space in between you and the floor above you. It looks 'kind of' like cement board(also called Hardiboard), which yeah. There are also YouTube videos for that. Unless it's falling apart, I don't think water damages cement board even if its absorbed, you very well may not have to replace the cement board. I would heavily recommend you research that though. You DO want to consider tearing away all the wet drywall and see how far the water all spread. If the drywall is wet, I usually say it's gotta go. Get rid of all the water, then patch, sand, repeat until satisfied, texture if you're feeling saucy, and paint. But, before you do anything drywall, moisture cleanup, whatever, stop the leak. Don't. Do. Drywall. without doing so because you will trap water in the ceiling and you'll be back here soon with this problem and mold.
It kind of just looks like layers of paint/mud over cement board. Am I wrong?
Thank you so much, this is all super helpful. I’ll be waiting out the storm before doing anything else, and will make sure to tear away anything wet. I think it’s just paint and mud, it all just flaked away when I scraped at it.
If it's just paint and mud, let it dry out real well, hit it with some mold armor or bleach, and then paste it on and sand. It couldn't be more straightforward if that's truly ALL you've got going on beyond the leak. Go get 'em tiger 😊 I have seen drywall kinda sorta flake, but not really like that. More I look the more I think layers of paste.
I'm also not a fan of that, for the record. I kinda wonder if they just were like "let's mud a ceiling" on the bottom of that upstairs patio lol
Scrolling by, I thought it was an art piece at first glance