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If the leaking has stopped because the tap has been turned off then the problem is fixed.
I’m afraid I have to disagree. Laundries are, by definition, places where there’s a lot of water going around. It may have been a leaking tap on this occasion, next time it could be an overflowing sink or a burst waching machine hosepipe. It’s a flaw in common property and the owners corp is obliged to fix it (unless it was caused by the owner renovating).
A new development in Sydney has just been halted and all the bathrooms re-waterproofed and retiled at a cost of, I’m told, $1million, because of the potential damage that can be caused and exacerbated by faulty waterproofing.
You’re right that probably there won’t be a recurrence. But when it comes to waterproofing, “probably” butters no parsnips.