So... this came back to get worse... my "fix" with the ratchet strap meant the water didn't properly get to the drain anymore and too much of it ended up further back... oops, should have run a water-flow test... The water tray got very heavy with A/C dripped water and leaked from a different spot further back straight through the metal again (to the right of that pic/vid above)... annoying... more plaster damage...
but then it got MUCH worse as the entire tray "buckled" and down comes litres of built-up water into the insulation and plaster... and soon enough, the plaster's like "yeah, f**k this, I'm out":
Made a bit of a mess (excuse the blurriness of the photo, as Kelli was in a hurry to clean up the mess to prevent too much damage to the floor as well):
Kelli also had good foresight to put a sheet over the table to catch this bit falling on the table/chairs:
It got a little worse over time:
You can see the beginnings of a tarp we put up to "seal the heat from the roof in the roof" as it was quite a hot night.
Here's my handiwork to attempt to "fix it" properly (while Kelli did most of the cleanup):
The Red arrow points to where the water was pooling (slightly off frame) and shows the "standard drain bends" in the tray heading toward the drain pipe... The Yellow arrow points towards the only remaining "low" point (and also where the original "leak" came from where the metal buckled a bit along that "wall") after lowering the ratchet strap and mounting the entire "tray" higher around all edges /corners (confirmed with a bubble level that it should all drain properly now...)... the Orange arrow points towards where the "sealant" had cracked/failed underneath (the yellow-ish looking stuff) the pipe and where I added some more sealant to repair it (the pink-ish coloured bit).
In this one, the Red arrow points towards one of my mounting screws (before the "fix", the tray hung down below the actual body of the A/C unit), the Orange arrow points towards where the metal leaked and buckled and the yellow arrow points to where the plaster/insulation dropped out.
This was all late on Thursday night...
Enough damage was done that we had to make a claim on house insurance... fun times
Yesterday morning a few people came around to "make it safe" by adding some wood to stabilize it all and to use a de-humidifier & blower to dry the ceiling section over the next few days: