Anyone know about plumbing? Specifically heating pipes

[DancingLions]

I had a small leak, a drop at a time, coming from my kitchen light for 3 days. It's stopped completely and now started further along the kitchen, about a metre away. Again a really slow drip. Is it possible there's some sort of blockage in a heating pipe (There's a bedroom above the kitchen) that has moved along?

I'm with a housing association and they're being very slow to do anything. For them its not an emergency unless its gushing water! Plus they have a separate company that does their heating repairs so I could do with some clarity on what the issue is so I can contact the right people. TIA.

It's not a blockage - it's a leak, most likely from a radiator. You need a plumber and as you also have wiring/electricity in that area, it could be classed as an emergency. Phone for an emergency repair.
In the meantime, and I'm assuming that you do have a radiator in the room above, just put your hand on the pipe joins going to the rad. If you feel water there, that's a much easier fix and you might be able to get a container underneath it for now.
Good luck.

Above many kitchens is a bathroom.

It sounds like a leak.

Radiators don't leak as often as baths and other waste pipes, and especially showers when the seal against a wall fails.

Less often, it is a water tank in a loft.

Water will run along a ceiling and drip out when it finds a hole or crack. There is always a hole above a ceiling lamp for the wires to come through. Eventually you will see damp marks along the joints of the plasterboard. Eventually the ceiling will fall down.

The bathroom is on a different floor to both the kitchen and the bedroom above it (i'm in a converted property). The bathroom sticks out the back of the house with my neighbours flat below it. She definitely has no leak because she's had them before and she goes a bit bonkers! So I'd know. Although she may be away I guess.

The thing i don't understand is that if its a leak, why it has stopped? It's currently not dripping from anywhere. The spot i mentioned earlier had maybe 4 drips come through then nothing more. I could have easily not noticed had one not fallen on my head 😂no water has come through that light fitting for a good 24hrs now (i have something underneath so again I would know). So I don't really understand what's going on. Oh and there's also no radiator in the room above. Although I think the pipes are still there. But the heating guy checked around there yesterday and couldnt find anything.

You haven't been boiling lots of kettles and getting condensation?

I think the upstairs floor needs to come up for a look.

A camera probe might see something.

Bit of an update. The electrician came, he'd been booked when the water was coming through the light (an "emergency" electrician that should have come on sunday!). He took the fitting from the ceiling and said its totally dry. I showed him where the other drip was and he made a hole in the ceiling which released maybe 1-2 pints of water and now its slowly dripping through the hole but getting slower all the time.

So yes something is definitely leaking up there. I'll have to get on to them tomorrow re a plumber.

The hole is a good step to reduce damage to the ceiling by draining out water.

A small skewer hole is easy to fill and paint after the leak has been repaired and the plaster is dry.