Questions tagged [roof]
For questions regarding the roof of a home or other structure in general, including roofing types, installation, maintenance and repair, upgrades, venting, and potential problems.
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Stucco Cracks at Roof Line Causing Leaks
The stucco at the roof line is disintegrating causing leaks into the wall. We requested a quote from a roofing company thinking they could install a metal trim to cover the edge of the stucco. The ...
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Asphalt Shingles Roof Repair [closed]
I wanted to get some honest opinions from Roofers (only roofers please), about my roof. I bought the house 2 years ago, and have attached the roofing portion of the inspection. Based on the past ...
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Does this downspout design make sense?
I've recently started smelling a musty smell in my upstairs bedroom. The bedroom closet just happens to be where the downspout from the main roof drains onto the roof for my garage and creates a kind ...
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How to isolate a roof
This house has a roof with reinforced concrete beams and ceramic tiles. It's located in Castelo Branco, central interior Portugal, which can get very cold in the winter nights and very hot in the ...
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Tar and nails failing on roof boot. How to fix?
The nails fastening my roof boot to the shingles are rusting, and the tar around the nails looks like it’s failing as well.
What would be the proper steps to fix this?
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Collar Tie coming loose from rafter?
What should I do about this collar tie, all the nails seem to be coming out of the rafter or were not in correctly to begin with?
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Working Load of 4x6 Pressure Treated
Adding a shed roof to my building that will have rafters 16" on center.
How can I find the working load of a 4x6 pressure treated beam that is supported by 4x4 posts 10' on center? I will also ...
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What are some tools or methods I can purchase to trace a water leak?
A downpour of rain has caused one of the ceilings in my bedroom to leak. Now a small little hole in the ceiling is dripping water.
I would like to get to the bottom of how I can prevent this from ...
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Ceiling leaks in driving rain -- how can I find source?
Apologies if dupe...
Once or twice a year, in driving rain conditions, I get a ceiling drip on the northeast side of the house. Photo attached showing the damage. (Yes, kitchen. Yes, that is a stock ...
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How can I expedite snow melt on a roof? [closed]
There's snow on a section of my roof over an attic. It's cold outside so that snow isn't melting.
But I'd like to have a roof repair done. The roofer cannot begin while there is snow on the roof.
I am ...
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What shape/type of metal strap would you use to strap a collar tie to rafters?
Currently, the collar ties in the garage (from 1950) overlap the rafters and are nailed into the rafters from the side with just two or three nails on each end. There is one collar tie every 4 feet (...
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How to fix water missing gutter? [duplicate]
When it rains, water from the second floor downspout misses the first floor gutter on the right side and comes down the siding (as shown below). You can see the evidence (vegetation) growing to the ...
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Penetrations in spray foam roof
I'm doing renovations on my 60's house in the southern California desert and I need to make penetrations for plumbing vent pipe and a bathroom fan roof cap in a low slope spray foam roof but I haven't ...
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What can I do about the joint between my roof and brick wall leaking?
I have a bay window with its own roof, that connects to a brick wall. The joint between the roof and brick leaks when water is sprayed at or otherwise lands on the brick -- during our last hurricane, ...
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Epoxy paint or primer/sealer?
I have a coarse and porous concrete rooftop, and on Friday I went to a top roof-sealing company to buy primer to cover the roof.
While talking to the salesman, he mentions that the best thing for my ...
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Confused about a post not actually supported by anything in attic. hip valley roof
I was cleaning in my attic, and air sealing some electrical boxes, when I noticed something that looks like a supporting post that was nailed to the thin tongue and grove floor. It's in a hip and ...
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Likely cause for leaking ventilation fan
My roof has two DX11VSR ventilation fans that were installed about a year ago.
I have had repeated issues where rainwater gets into the ventilation ducts attached to these fans and then leaks through ...
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How should sub-fascia terminating into a lower roof be secured?
There was a pre drywall inspection done and one of the findings was a front gable fascia was not completely secured. The report also stated that this reduces the integrity of the roof and can be the ...
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Roof truss downward load
I have fitted a bike rack onto the underside of my roof truss mounting a plank of wood 22mm x 150mm x 2.4m which spans over 4 bottom chords of the truss roof structure. The bike rack will hold around ...
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Water collecting on timber outbuilding ceiling (inside), possibly structure related, causing water damage (is the structure the cause?)
I have a problem with a timber outbuilding built this last summer. I'm wondering if the problem is related to the fact that I asked the contractor to omit the insulation and internal OSB skin (to save ...
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Pressure treated plywood sold as exterior-rated but stamped as exposure 1 - safe to use for outdoor deck/roof?
I bought this plywood and it came very wet so I don't doubt that it is actually GC treated plywood; however, the stamp on it says exposure 1 despite Home Depot's website saying it's exterior rated. I'...
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Roofing plywood - proper staggering / cutting of sheets
Is this the correct way to lay out plywood to fit a 12x10 roof?
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Can a pitched roof be built over a rubber roof memberane on a 16x60 single wide mobile home?
I am looking to add some extra storage space,and add on a room to my mobile home. We had the rubber roof membrane replaced in 2020 and own the mobile home. I already have park approval to add a room ...
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Old Log home leaking
We recently purchased a 1975 log home in Northern British Columbia Canada. We knew it would require fixing up. We immediately had to get jobs so it has been slow going. When it rain we had a few ...
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Water running down beam [closed]
Water is leaking and running down a beam and is collecting collecting near the bedroom. I can't fix the leak right now.
Is there any way I can temporarily stop the water from flowing down the beam? ...
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Should old mineral felt be removed from a roof before applying new felt?
I will soon have to re-felt a shed roof, almost flat, not pitched. As in nearly horizontal. Are there any advantages/disadvantages in leaving the old felt in place, or should that definitely come off ...
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Warm spot on Roof + Attic Rotting
I had a contractor come in (failed the DIY part :() and inspect the roof. He suspects that the ice melter is bad and the moisture is coming from the bathroom exhaust fan. He fixed the holes and ...
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Loose and missing struts(?) in attic roof
There appears to be loose (3 of them) and missing struts - two of the struts are lying on the ceiling.
Should I get them fixed quickly? We live in NJ where there is snow load on the roof.
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Is it good to paint old concrete roof tiles in a light color?
Our house is around 50 years old and has dark concrete roof tiles that have never been painted. I am wondering whether it is a good idea to paint them in white or a light color to deflect sunlight and ...
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Rake wall for "flat" roof structure - any way to do it yet maintain consistent stud heights?
I'm working on a flat top roof structure, but was advised at the end of https://diy.stackexchange.com/a/262338/135898 to at least keep it to a 1/8-in to 1/4-in per foot slope rather than being ...
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Proper plywood and blocking pattern / approach for 12x10 roof?
If building a 12x10 flat-top roof with 10ft joists spanning the 10-ft dimension, what is the proper way to cut the plywood and position the blocking?
I'm assuming I should cut the 4x8 sheets to be 4x5,...
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Should I get insulation for a room in my house? What are some drawbacks to wall/roof insulation?
In 1 room in my house on the middle floor, it gets super hot in summers and super cold in winters. So I'm thinking of getting it insulated, I've heard they put stuff like sponge/foam in the walls and ...
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How important is roof felt in terms of keeping the house dry?
There are multiple rips in the roofing felt of my home to the point the roofing felt doesn't really exist towards the end of the roof area in large places. The roofing felt is in poor condition but ...
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Should roof decking be re-nailed after replacing fascia?
When replacing roof fascia boards, is it common or required to re-nail the roof decking into the new fascia? My contractor says this is not necessary because the decking is nailed to the rafters ...
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Repairing leaking shed skylight [closed]
Several of the tabs on my sheds "skylight" have broken off and now the roof leaks. What can I use to cover this area and stop the leaking?
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Why are nails showing in my attic after new roof was installed?
I live in Northwestern Florida (Crestview), and I never go in my attic during the summer because it's tooo hot.
In July we got a new roof and solar panels. I had to go in the attic to retrieve ...
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I have a fibre glass roofing on my trailer and water accumulate near roof vent. It cause leakage
I have a fibre glass roofing, and water accumulate near ventilator. It makes it way and cause leakage. I need to make some slide on that Groove so water won't stay there. I don't want to redo roofing ...
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How can I prevent water between metal roof ledger board and shingle roof drip edge?
We added a shed roof on our barn for our camper, but the contractor didn't measure correctly to account for flashing. Before you say "sue him" I'd like to see if there's another fix. Due to ...
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Wood burning stove chimney leaking
A house we bought a few years ago has a newly fitted wood burning stove and chimney. During combined heavy rain and high winds we will get water leaking down our inside wall near the stove.
I’m went ...
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Is ridge vent wrongly installed or damaged?
We recently had a roofing company do a subpar job installing a new roof. I noticed that the ridge vent isn't completely flush with the shingles (plastic wavy from left to right).
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Is this ...
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Fixing the underside of the roof
We had a hurricane roll through and it's almost impossible to get someone to come look at our issue.
The wind bent this part several different ways and it wont go back with out large holes / gaps in ...
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Gap where soffit meets roof
A racoon has been getting in the soffit for the last few weeks. I have tried trapping him with no success. The roof is to steep for me to climb up. A roofer looked at it and didn't know how to ...
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Maintenance of internal roof drain
we have an internal roof drainage system on a 1880 small condo building in New England (MA) that goes to the sewer drain pipe. I just cleaned the outlet for the first time since we moved in. I am ...
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Installing Flashing on Roof
Bought a house a few months ago where the roof of a one-story garage meets the wall of a two-story house, like in this image.
Recently noticed that there is mold and a leak in the corner of the ...
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Fixing garage roof by adding 2X4 rafters to existing rafters
My garage roof attained water damage on one side. Now I am pulling that side of roof completely off where the damage is. Now I need to cut away the rot and sandwich new 2x4's to the existing 2x4's. ...
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Securing a twisted beam
I discovered this twisted underpurlin. Due to the twisting, the beam is sitting on the edge of the strut. I don't want the purlin to deform further, thereby falling down from the strut.
Question: Does ...
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Venting a roof with no soffit or gable
My house has a vented cathedral ceiling via soffit vents at the bottom and box vents at the top. There was a storage room added on later which covered up the soffit in one corner of the house. Now, we ...
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Does the white cement between tiles absorb water
Our roof is covered with white color cooling tiles and we have cemented the gaps between the Tiles with white cement.
Whenever the tank in the terrace overflows , it falls on the terrace tiles,runs on ...
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Drip edge replacement
The drip edge on my house is peeling back and wasn't noticed until significant water damage to the soffits occurred. Doesn't seem like it was ever actually fastened to the sheathing with nails, nor ...
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Can I remove these rafter ties? what else can go?
I have a standard 2 car garage (20 feet by 20 feet) built in 1948 with some interesting roof structure. There appears to 5 rafter ties which are separated by 4 ft for the first pair then 2 ft for the ...
