A Few Reasons Why Your Light or Ceiling Fan Might Be Leaking Water - Home Repair Tips

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[@surfandsnowbord]

Greg, great advice as always thanks! Two comments - firstly, if you think you have a leak I recommend an easy way of checking is to not turn the water main off at the meter, but keep it on and turn off all faucets/water consuming devices. If the meter is moving at all without anything using water you have a leak. Secondly, and I know this is the exception, but my house flooded a few times 2 years ago and we couldn't figure out where the water was coming from. No leaks in the house, and it would be dry for a few days and then all of a sudden flood again overnight. Finally woke up at 5 in the morning to hear water rushing into the downstairs from my main electrical panel. Turns out the neighbor's gardeners clipped a sprinkler line right next to my power company's distribution box, filling that, and sending water through the conduit and up into my electrical box!

[@gregvancom]

You're welcome and thanks for sharing. Your method will work fine if the leak isn't very big, but if water is gushing out of the ceiling that it might be better to shut the water off to the house. Then there's a story about your neighbor, all my God that sounded like a nightmare and hopefully no one was hurt. There are some stories I haven't ran into yet and yours is one of them, thanks for sharing.

[@mdarrenu]

Hi Greg. I have a 3 story (well including basement) apartment building (5 unit). My tenant in the basement had this problem a year ago in the kitchen and it went away after wasting money on a plumbing company that said "we don't touch electric fixtures". Now my tenant above him is having the same problem - but the tenant above her and the basement is not having the problem. I am a long-distance landlord. My biggest question is - Who handles these issues? Who would I call. I live in Northern Michigan. I am not a slumlord, I want to fix the issue before it gets worse. Its an old house (1960 built). The roof is pretty new (4 years). Sounds like it maybe a water line as you say - we can't figure out if it is related to rain though. Oh, the water tends to be brownish.

[@katheriner.7458]

We had a water leak from the upstairs bathroom down into the downstairs bathroom below it. Now the light fixture in the downstairs bathroom won't work anymore. Do I need to replace the whole light fixture or does all the wiring in the wall need to be replaced too?Thank you for your help!

[@WinmanDesigner]

Great video. Thankyou for the explanation. One question, I have a carport light that was experiencing this some time ago and the leak stopped when the house was reroofed, is it safe to put up a new fixture (and use the existing wiring) now that everything has been dry for some time.

[@gregvancom]

If it's not damaged, then you should be able to remove and replace.

[@samq2635]

Greg, Can you do a video on deck building with Light Gage Steel or your research on it? Looking for sizing information, ledger detail..etc. Would be interested in what you knew or found on this.

[@gregvancom]

I will definitely put that on my list of videos to be made in the future.

[@nilmargonzalez273]

Just woke up around 6 am with water leaking from our ceiling fan and fixture. Thank goodness we live in an apartment and don’t have to pay for this since it could be roof damage (we live on the top floor)

[@gregvancom]

Nothing like a nice roof leak to ruin your morning.

[@gpdewitt]

Another possible source of moisture in an attic is condensation on AC coolant lines where there is damaged/missing insulation. This could be some distance from the air handler, so I thought I would mention it.

[@gregvancom]

Definitely something else to consider and thanks again for your helpful contribution to our channel.

[@luannabarros1756]

Used too much water to clean the floor on my 2nd floor bathroom and it caused a leak on my light fixture on the first floor. Could it be that I just need to caulk the Beth room upstairs? Or could it mean plumbing issues? Is it okay to turn the light on since the water is no longer leaking? Or will the wires need to be replaced?

[@gregvancom]

Bummer and I just would be more careful cleaning, unless you know where the water is leaking through between floors, unless it is a plumbing pipe leak. As far as the light, maybe don't use it for a few days and then hope for the best when you decide to turn it on or take it apart and dry every part, then hope for the best.

[@cakepudding3220]

Water leaking and no hot water and some parts of house no light 💡 is this normal with a ceiling leak

[@garrysaint-vil725]

So should I used the light if the leakage is holding from the ceiling bc it closer or a bit further from the light

[@gregvancom]

I wouldn't use light until leak is fixed, if possible, just in case.

[@garrysaint-vil725]

@@gregvancom just found out yesterday and my mom told me and she told me do not panic about it

[@mikeshubinski]

My light fixture in shower is leaking when it rains for a longer period of time and I have a new roof.........HELP please

[@ladyt-cj4gg]

Yea that's what I figured

[@andresvalenzuela103]

Is it safe to keep using the shower even when there is a leak effecting the light in the ceiling below it?

[@gregvancom]

I wouldn't.

[@RobloxTVable]

My ceiling fan in my bedroom upstairs is dropping colored water when the central air conditioner is on/off please I need help

[@gregvancom]

If you have an air conditioning unit above this area, you might need the condensation line cleared or fixed.

[@robyneyeates4028]

I have a glass light shade fixture on the ceiling that covers the light bulb. I turned on light at wall switch and the light bulb blew. So I took off that glass bowl shade to discover there was approximately 2liters of water in the glass bowl. But the roof is not showing up any sign of moisture and the light bulb socket isn't dripping with water. All other light glass shades had no water in them. How is this possible?

[@robyneyeates4028]

Also the light globe was very clean yet the glass bowl had murky water with heaps of insects floating. I had a detector over six months ago who had to check all electrical sockets ect and there was no issues. I had not used the light switch for over six months as it spare room.

[@gregvancom]

I would also look for plumbing, bathroom or kitchen leaks, but if no plumbing in that area, you might need to recheck roofing.

[@bonnieabadi1026]

What if the water is coming out of a light fixture in the kitchen when its raining but the kitchen is on the first level and the house is a two story house? No water coming out of any fixtures on the second floor???

[@gregvancom]

If it only comes in when raining and you don't think it could be a roof leak then you might have a leak in the wall, possibly a window. Email me some pictures of the inside and outside for more information and keep in mind that water leaks like yours might be hard to locate.

[@bonnieabadi1026]

@@gregvancom Last night when it rained I did hear water dripping in the attic upstairs but the leak came out of one of the light fixtures in the kitchen downstairs where there is no window nearby, but no water on any of the light fixtures or anywhere on the second floor; not even the ones in the closet that is located exactly below the attic. Its so confusing ☹️

[@GergGrem720]

Did you ever receive a response for this? I am currently having a very similar problem. I’m having a professional come in a few days

[@emily91303]

This morning, the ceiling fan was leaking and I called my parents to repair 🧑‍🔧 the broken 😞 fan.

[@carmencamacho4537]

how to take the lamp cover off with that water in it, can I be electrocuted? I'm a single woman I do everything around here

[@gregvancom]

Shut the electricity off before touching the lamp cover to be safe.