Hi all,
I've had a roof leak for 9 months now (appeared 2 weeks after I moved in...suspicious to say the least) - I have been unable to figure out WHAT is causing it/what's wrong. It only travels through about 3' of attic space, down through attic subflooring (like 1.5" wood flooring) and then down a joist and into my bucket. No real room to create damage and I've got it airing out all the time in the open space.
Anyway, every shingle is in place and visible flashing is fine. I've caulked every visible seam/area needing caulking and the next rain storm it was exactly the same. The area where the leak is occuring appears to be where the 2nd story meet and has a seperation, seen in this picture:
Now, notice where the 2nd story juts forward about 4' on that first story roof. What should I see where that roof and wall meet?
What I just realized is that what I am seeing is shingles butting up against a faux-tudor trim piece. Shingles are directly abutting trim as the roof slopes downwards.
Now this roof is like 15 years old and as far as I know all the trim pieces are as well. My home inspector (10 months ago) said the roof looked 5 years old, it was in such good shape, and I agree from my novice eye.
And I'm guessing that underneath that trim and the shingles is a piece of flashing. But I don't understand how it's creating a water-tight barrier and I'm guessing that's where my water is coming in.
So - what should it look like in those situations? How should a roof go up into a sloping side wall? Or is this setup fine?
Joe
I've had a roof leak for 9 months now (appeared 2 weeks after I moved in...suspicious to say the least) - I have been unable to figure out WHAT is causing it/what's wrong. It only travels through about 3' of attic space, down through attic subflooring (like 1.5" wood flooring) and then down a joist and into my bucket. No real room to create damage and I've got it airing out all the time in the open space.
Anyway, every shingle is in place and visible flashing is fine. I've caulked every visible seam/area needing caulking and the next rain storm it was exactly the same. The area where the leak is occuring appears to be where the 2nd story meet and has a seperation, seen in this picture:
Now, notice where the 2nd story juts forward about 4' on that first story roof. What should I see where that roof and wall meet?
What I just realized is that what I am seeing is shingles butting up against a faux-tudor trim piece. Shingles are directly abutting trim as the roof slopes downwards.
Now this roof is like 15 years old and as far as I know all the trim pieces are as well. My home inspector (10 months ago) said the roof looked 5 years old, it was in such good shape, and I agree from my novice eye.
And I'm guessing that underneath that trim and the shingles is a piece of flashing. But I don't understand how it's creating a water-tight barrier and I'm guessing that's where my water is coming in.
So - what should it look like in those situations? How should a roof go up into a sloping side wall? Or is this setup fine?
Joe