Firewall is wet! Water getting inside ruining wall & carpet. Is faulty roof or chimney likely to cause this?

Question

Firewall between connected properties: my house and 15+ year vacant garage. I had flat tar roof completely done 3 years ago. Garage's roof not done in years. Damage is to the 1st floor of 2 story house. No evidence of water at 2nd floor ceiling level. Told that means it's not likely the roof. Have been trying to get owner of garage property to open up to view his side of firewall to no avail. Bugging Phila. Licenses & Inspections for help - NOTHING! Whenever we get several days of rain my carpeted stairs get soaked next to the firewall and the plastered brick wall starts to pucker and peel. AT MY WIT'S END! Damage is buckling, peeling, crumbling and patchy wall and baseboards. A meter reading of moisture once said there was more water in the wall than in my body. Don't know how much that is but sounds like a lot! Problem is no pro has a definite answer of where the water is coming from. Color me extremely frustrated. I do need my chimneys done. Gas boiler for heat & hot water tank.

Answer 1

sounds like the flashing on the garage roof. If it's vacant then I would have somebody get up on the roof. Nobody is around to tell you to get off. fix the problem because it's causing more damage to your house.

Answer 2

First you will desire to make certain approximately getting the roof repaired so the leaking proceed. your components vendors coverage would conceal this if the leak is by way of typhoon harm. you have water harm on your partitions and ceilings which will would desire to be addressed additionally. Water in carpets has a habit of wicking into baseboards, up partitions, into underlayment and floor joists. Sounds as in case you have already gotten previous the factor to attempting to keep the carpeting. call a enterprise that does water harm fix artwork, get their expert opinion and then bypass from there. you would be able to would desire to tear out the carpet, carry out a little underlayment dry out/fix/resealing previously setting up new carpet. the faster you handle all of those factors the faster you will ward off greater harm or perhaps greater effective cost to scientific care the priority.

Answer 3

a leak with no evidence on a second floor near a chimney, that is failing, can be found on the first floor ,first, in many cases the chase of the chimney, more than likely, ends with its footers along with your first floors. at the same time anew roof dont mean a quality job. remember water and gravity (path of least resistance)

Answer 4

actually it sounds like the chimney needs tuck pointed.....also you mention a plastered brick wall. it could also be the mortar joints could be failing. if you can powder the mortar between the bricks, you most likely need that wall repaired.

Answer 5

flashing........!