Hi. I had a leaky pipe repaired today in a downstairs bathroom. I found water leaking from the ceiling of the bathroom; there's a bathroom directly overhead of this one. A while back I'd noticed some bubbling paint on the ceiling of this bathroom, but it wasn't damp. Figured humidity from shower. So, it seems the pipe that sprung a larger leak today has had a smaller one going on for a while now. That was in evidence when the plumber cut out some of the drywall in the ceiling to get to the pipes and there was a lot of mold up there.
So now I have to have a ceiling remodel done, but how to remove the mold and mildew up in the floor joists before the ceiling is repaired? Any easy home-owner solutions?
Thanks, Katey