What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
I have condo apartment in Miami Beach, Florida and have 3 years ongoing problem with repeated leak from above that damages ceiling of my bathroom.
The situation is kind of ridiculous because the owner of the above unit blames that leak is caused by condo a/c and water comes to his bathroom between walls and then to my ceiling
while condo association management blames it on the owner of the above unit.
What makes the situation difficult is that leak is not that obvious it appears from time to time and when plumber comes to check there is no visible leak only damage from the previous leak can be seen.
So it ended up that plumbers said they can't tell from where it is leaking.
Also the ceiling in my bathroom was repaired 4 times, 1st and 2nd time by the owner of above unit including that he did some repairs to his shower, after the 3rd leak he refuses to repair any more and
I did 3rd and 4th repair of my ceiling, but now the ceiling is damaged again.
Before the 5th leak I have covered plumbing pipes of above units that I can see from my unit with tracing powder which later shows marks of water on them which comes probably in between pipes and concrete,
but still hard to tell the source of it since above shower was resealed many times also the owner of above unit is not cooperative any more and won't allow to do any access hole in his bathroom.
What advise could you give me resolving such situation? What should be my next step?
I have condo apartment in Miami Beach, Florida and have 3 years ongoing problem with repeated leak from above that damages ceiling of my bathroom.
The situation is kind of ridiculous because the owner of the above unit blames that leak is caused by condo a/c and water comes to his bathroom between walls and then to my ceiling
while condo association management blames it on the owner of the above unit.
What makes the situation difficult is that leak is not that obvious it appears from time to time and when plumber comes to check there is no visible leak only damage from the previous leak can be seen.
So it ended up that plumbers said they can't tell from where it is leaking.
Also the ceiling in my bathroom was repaired 4 times, 1st and 2nd time by the owner of above unit including that he did some repairs to his shower, after the 3rd leak he refuses to repair any more and
I did 3rd and 4th repair of my ceiling, but now the ceiling is damaged again.
Before the 5th leak I have covered plumbing pipes of above units that I can see from my unit with tracing powder which later shows marks of water on them which comes probably in between pipes and concrete,
but still hard to tell the source of it since above shower was resealed many times also the owner of above unit is not cooperative any more and won't allow to do any access hole in his bathroom.
What advise could you give me resolving such situation? What should be my next step?