Potential Concealed Water Damage... (tiling, insulated, ceiling, bathroom)

[WorldKlas]

We live in a condo and recently had our master bathroom torn down to the studs and reconfigured. It was a costly project ($32K) with the creation of walkin shower, custom vanity, custom mirror a glass accent wall and complete tiling on all surfaces. There is no surface not tiled except ceiling.

Last night our upstairs neighbor had a bathroom flood and water is still dripping down the edges of our ceiling in our bathroom. The entire glass tiled wall looked like a waterfall last night. Water was running down from above behind our mirror.

The maintenance manager at the condo suggested was water extraction service that would place an extraction machine in the bathroom for several days and a moisture meter could read-out when it was dry behind the tile. I like the idea of not ripping out tiled surfaces but am concerned about potential mold.

Do you think the extraction idea would be sufficient?

[Mr. In-Between]

Not if the water was actually inside the wall. If water is inside the wall, some part of the wall has to come out to properly dry what's behind it. If the wall is insulated, the insulation may have to come out. Simply drying out the room won't do anything for what's inside the wall.

[carcrazy67]

A moisture meter will not necessarily tell you if it is dry behind a wall. It will tell you if said wall is dry. I would make a hole and insert a boroscope to see. IR image would also probably give an indication.