The most common culprit, will be a roof leak or a plumbing water supply That's leaking. Let's get down to the bottom, literally. That & # 39; s where most of the drywall water damage repairs will need to be done.
If you have water leaking from your roof, there 's a drywall ceiling will be damaged and if it has an acoustic or popcorn type ceiling texture on it, a large area of the ceiling texture will need to be scraped off or removed and then re-sprayed after the water damage repairs have been made.
The problem sometimes people get the illusion that a smooth water damaged ceiling from a roof leak, will be easier to fix and their right. The problem is, after the repair has been made, if it is not done properly, the repair will stick out like a sore thumb.
It is difficult to match some type of ceiling textures. The heavier the texture, the harder it If you have a lightly sprayed orange peel type texture, you can count yourself lucky. This repair will usually be easier to finish than a smooth ceiling repair.
You will need to smooth out the whole ceiling, using dry wall joint compound, until it is totally flat or smooth or scrape all the acoustic old ceiling texture off and start from scratch.
Once the entire ceiling is smooth, you can apply your new texture or acoustic ceiling. Some contractors will actually figure out the job that way, just to save them a view of heads later.
If there is other water damage to the ceiling, you might even think about removing all of the drywall, replacing it and re-texturing the entire ceiling.
