Timeline for How can I locate and repair a leak on a flat roof?
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| Dec 31, 2020 at 13:56 | comment | added | Jay Roy | Thanks. I will talk to my contractor regarding re roofing. Can I keep the roof flat or should I change it ? | |
| Dec 31, 2020 at 8:34 | comment | added | Andrew Leach | That's your problem. There is no shortcut. If there's boarding under the extension roof, where it's sagging and pooling, then that boarding needs to be replaced; the missing boarding has allowed the felt to sag and develop holes. Once that's happened water will get everywhere. Been there, done that. @jwh20 is right. | |
| Dec 31, 2020 at 1:25 | comment | added | Jay Roy | Boarding is present on top of ceiling joist and asphalt layer is present on top of it but boarding is missing across the border line of the new addition and I can directly see the sparkly black asphalt layer. That is what you see in the first picture as well. The hole is on that black asphalt right above the water droplet that you see in first pic. | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 21:28 | comment | added | Andrew Leach | The top picture isn't particularly clear, but do you have any boarding on top of the ceiling joists, or is the black sparkly stuff in the photo the bottom of the asphalt/felt layer? | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 15:42 | comment | added | Jay Roy | A littte bit of history...I am the home owner and i dont do construction. This is a 110 year old home which is my primary residence since 2012. 4 years ago i decided to do some addition to the house. The red shingles are where the original house actually ended. The square corner is the new addition. There were no leaks prior to the addition. 2 years after the addition, i started experiencing the leaks, so i called the same construction company, they came over and i think they applied some flashing cement. It was fine for couple of years and this winter i am facing the same problem. | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 8:11 | comment | added | Criggie | Do you have the resources to do it better? Adding some fall to that roof would make it so much better - specially with all the red shingles draining in from the right hand side. Comment because its not answering the question, but does address the long-term need. | |
| Dec 30, 2020 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackDIY/status/1344161293465489409 | ||
| Dec 30, 2020 at 3:00 | answer | added | CoffeeBaconAddict | timeline score: 2 | |
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| Dec 29, 2020 at 23:13 | answer | added | ojait | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 29, 2020 at 19:22 | history | edited | isherwood | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 29, 2020 at 18:56 | answer | added | blacksmith37 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 29, 2020 at 18:52 | comment | added | FreeMan | @Phaelaxz the best way to "agree" with an answer is to give it an up vote. Since jwh20's answer doesn't show any vote activity (as I'm typing this), then you haven't done so. Go ahead and give him a vote for his efforts & to show your agreement properly. The rest of what you typed could have been a comment on the answer instead of the question. | |
| Dec 29, 2020 at 18:40 | answer | added | Ed Beal | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 29, 2020 at 18:29 | comment | added | Phaelax z | I'd agree with jwh20, what is currently there does not look properly done to me. And you shouldn't have standing water, even on a flat roof. I too will say remove and rebuild that section of roof. You can try some silicone to do a temporary patch to at least stop the dripping for now, but do not rely on it long term. | |
| Dec 29, 2020 at 18:14 | answer | added | jwh20 | timeline score: 12 | |
| Dec 29, 2020 at 18:11 | history | asked | Jay Roy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |