Problem
Top-floor bedroom ceiling stained after every monsoon. Previous contractor had coated the stain from below.

Top-floor bedroom ceiling stained after every monsoon. Previous contractor had coated the stain from below.
Thermal scan of the terrace and the ceiling below, plus a walk of outlets and parapet joints.
Cold path along the parapet-slab joint. The bedroom stain sat two metres away from the entry point.
Failed parapet joint and worn terrace screed. The ceiling stain was the exit, not the source.
Joint detailing, PU elastomeric membrane on the walkable terrace, outlets cleared.
24-hour pond test before handover.
Quoted 7-year PU terrace system, subject to drainage remaining as left.
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