Minor disaster...I hope

[tenohfive]

Long story short I've just bought my first house (having lived in rented accomodation since birth) and the only practical knowledge I have as a homeowner relates to drainage and s**t...I know all about s**t. Sod all else though, so I'm probably worrying unnecessarily.

I've just managed to overfill the bath. The first I knew of this was splashing as the water found its way through one of the kitchen spotlights.

I'm leaving it to drop dry at the moment, then when that stops I'm planning on getting the bulb out and drying everything I can in there, and leave it out for abit so any residual moisture dissipates.

How much of a drama is this, what should I be doing, and whats the worst case scenario?

[tenohfive]

Brilliant, doesn't sound too major then. I had visions of baths falling through the ceiling etc.

I'm not planning on lifting floorboards as I wouldn't know where to begin - its a pebble style floor thing (sure theres a proper name for it.) Might open the side of the bath up though to see if theres any obvious pooling.

And as said above, I hope I caught it early - I heard the water coming through straight away. I'd hazard a guess at 2-10 litres coming through.

Cheers for the advice everyone.

[tenohfive]

VxDuncan said:

This spot light - is it low voltage or mains? Whatever you do make sure it's all isolated before poking around. Wet plasterboard will still conduct 240V... Also make sure if it's low voltage that the transformer is totally dried out, preferably replaced. This may be situated on each individual spot, or (worst case) sat in a puddle of water somewhere in the roof void...

I don't know what a transformer would look like (other than the Optimus Prime variety.) I sense some googling needs doing.

Thanks.