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[Daniel.]

I joined Walmart+ again and ordered a mosquito net for $11.

I'm not spending four months being the resident mosquitoes' blood source.

[Daniel.]

1 leak is now 4 or 5. The tile is the width of the hallway and then squared. It's sagging. It's clearly holding water. The water drips out several times a minute. The water is an ugly brownish yellow. This is clearly due to the water picking up pollution.

[Daniel.]

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[Daniel.]

Update. The ceiling tile developed a seam in the middle; then, a flood was released; then, the tile split in two pieces.

Finally, they fell out of the ceiling, flooding the hallway a second time, and, then the tile fell to the floor.

Concerns: flooding, pink insulation, tile might have asbestos, the daylight I can see from the hole in the ceiling.

[Daniel.]

I'm getting an estimate. People generally want to do whole roofs. They don't want to do small jobs like this one. My handyman developed perceptible dementia, sadly. I haven't given up on finding people.

But it might turn into a DIY project.

[Big_Al]

That's a serious roof leak if you see daylight through the hole. The entire roof might be structurally unsound. Not a DIY repair if it is!

Good luck with whatever course of repair you choose.

Big Al

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@Daniel. said in omg:

Concerns: flooding, pink insulation, tile might have asbestos, the daylight I can see from the hole in the ceiling.

Add to that the possibility of mold from trapped moisture up there.

I'd be calling in a professional roofer to assess the situation. I agree with @Big_Al , this may not be a DIY situation.

Good luck with the repair.

[Mik]

Yeah, i don't think you need a patch here. But you might need a temporary tarp if you could find one.

[AdagioM]

Temporary can be as long as you need it to be. My neighbors had a blue tarp on their roof for years. I think it lasted until they sold the house, and the new owners took care of it.

[Mik]

Florida is the home of blue tarp roofs. Just fly in after a major storm.