Signs you need a crew now
- A brown stain that's spreading while you watch
- Sagging drywall or a bubble of paint holding water
- Dripping at a light fixture or fan - kill that circuit now
- A musty smell under an upstairs bathroom or the attic
What happens when you call
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Tell us what happened. 30 seconds - where it's dripping and what's above it.
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You're connected with a local restoration crew while you're on the line.
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The crew confirms timing and sets your arrival time with you directly.
Why this one can't wait
Water travels along joists before it drips, so the stain is almost never under the actual leak - and a waterlogged ceiling section can come down without much warning.
The crew relieves the trapped water safely, traces the real source (pipe, roof, or bathroom above), and dries inside the ceiling cavity - the part a fan under the stain never reaches.
Local to Davidson County
Nashville floods fast - the 2010 and 2021 events proved how quickly creeks take whole neighborhoods, and ordinary thunderstorms flash-flood the low spots every year. Tornado season brings roof and structural damage, and the metro's fast-built growth stock runs slab foundations and attic plumbing that hard freezes catch off guard.
Tennessee policies treat wind and storm openings as standard perils; rising creek or street water is flood insurance, a separate policy many Nashville homeowners learned about the hard way in 2010. Freeze-bursts are covered when the home was reasonably heated.
Serving Nashville, Franklin, Brentwood, Hendersonville, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, and all of Davidson County.
Ceiling leak questions
Should I poke a hole to drain it?
If a bubble is visibly holding water, one small relief hole into a bucket beats a collapse - but if the ceiling is sagging, stay clear and let the crew do it.
Is a ceiling leak covered by insurance?
If the cause is sudden - a pipe or appliance failure above - usually yes. A roof that's been leaking for months is a harder claim. See the coverage guide.
It's dripping from a light fixture.
Switch off that circuit at the breaker and don't touch the fixture. Mention it on the call - the crew treats it as live until proven otherwise.
Creek flooding took the bottom floor - homeowner's or flood?
Rising surface water from outside is typically covered by flood insurance, not a homeowner's policy. Wind-driven rain through storm damage, or a burst pipe, is typically a homeowner's claim. Which way the water entered often decides which policy responds, so photograph entry points and water lines.