Ceiling stain growing after rain
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Roof rather than plumbing if it correlates with weather. Which one determines who pays.
This is most common in homes built roughly 1940 to 1980. Post-war and mid-century — copper supply, aging cast iron stacks, 60 to 100 amp panels, first-generation central air.
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- Water under an old house after heavy rain
- Cast iron drain leaking below the floor
- Original galvanised supply burst
- Plaster holding water without showing it
- Damage from a burst pipe in a freeze
- Wet insulation under the floor
- Historic staining nobody has explained
- No shutoff valves at individual fixtures
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