We had a new roof and a new bay window put in the living room. But there's still water coming in! The window guy says the roof is leaking, the roof guy says the window is leaking!! How can I tell who's right??
2006-12-13 02:37:45 · 10 answers · asked by armitage112 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Can you trace back the waters path through the attic?? Water sometimes will travel over the lip of the roof line and follow a rafter till it decides to drip down. It sure would've helped if you had mentioned where the water is. I doubt the water is coming from your new bay window. I believe the shingles are not overhanging enough and causing the above mentioned problem. This can easily be remedied by putting 6" metal sheathing underneath the roofing tiles on the edge to extend them past the end of the rafters. You may also want to get in another contractor or home inspector in to find out where the problem lies. Then with evidence in hand get the roofer to fix it for free.
My mother-in-law is having the same problem right now and the water is dripping in 6 ft. from the edge of the roof. I've seen the water travel along the rafters for over 12'.
2006-12-13 02:53:52 · answer #1 · answered by Brin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the roof of your bay window is leaking!
I'd suspect the flashing where the overhang/roof of the bay window meets the house.
2006-12-20 11:17:26 · answer #2 · answered by roadlessgraveled 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could it be the wall between the roof and window leaking? You may have a slightly crooked window frame that could be causing a bad seal.
2006-12-13 02:40:24 · answer #3 · answered by zara01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Odds are..it's the roof. Before you get a cardiac..Just start where the water damage starts...dig you way into the spot where the moisture is...avoiding electricity as much as possible.....And follow the path of the water. I may be wrong, though..so don't let either contractor leave without getting valid credentials.
2006-12-13 02:43:46 · answer #4 · answered by 35 YEARS OF INTUITION 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This may turn out to be very ugly for him. I would guess he did NOT order secret information to be given to the press. But once he found out about it he should have taken the high ground and went after the leakers. He did not because he instinctively knew the leakers were trying to do him a big favor by trying to make him look manly. Hussein is trying to stay at arms' length to save himself politically. While disregarding the tremendous damage this is doing to our country's ability to gather intelligence and perform covert operations. This shows him to be the narcissistic, closet-socialist maggot I always took him for.
2016-05-23 17:49:25 · answer #5 · answered by Cheryl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too much moisture from inside get the contractor back to fix up the problemyou possoble need vent in the roof now
2006-12-13 02:45:27 · answer #6 · answered by Elaine F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best and only way to detect a water leak it to wait until it rains then get in the attic with a flashlight and search for wet or damp trusses
2006-12-20 07:54:03 · answer #7 · answered by ace 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could it be the floor? i lived in a house where by one of the exterior doors a spot of carpet would always get wet when it rained we assumed it was the door but turned out there was a crack in the foundation.
it you cant think of anything else you might have it checked out hope thats not it it will cost a pretty penny to repair.
good luck
2006-12-16 16:22:33 · answer #8 · answered by disk_dragon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a water hose to the window and see if it is the cuprit
2006-12-20 11:45:24 · answer #9 · answered by Insane Truths 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
outside
2006-12-13 02:39:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋