Posted by Texasmark1 on October 29, 2019 at 05:47:22 from (172.243.92.145):
In Reply to: Leaky roof posted by Geo-TH,In on October 29, 2019 at 04:04:46:
I think it was Sunday night a week ago that we had a big "front" come through.
I had a new roof (4/12 pitch, 30 yr. Timberline) installed first part of this year and was present for the whole thing.
I know that my fireplace-free standing Earth Stove, 8" triple wall, vertical vent, was sealed properly and has a new SS cap, custom made, sloped down in front, below stack opening and open in the rear....4" roughly above stack opening, 180* curved side to side, lubricated (by me) so it easily follows the wind direction blocking the opening, wind direction positioned by a vertical 4"x10" vane...............leaked, staining the sheetrock ceiling material adjacent to the ceiling flange. Never had a leak from this vent in the 40 years it has been there and Its good as new as I clean it out with a wire stack cleaner brush annually and know it's condition.
Round 2.
Coming off the 4/12 pitch roof, not part of the new roof as it didn't need replacing, I have an add-on room with a slope of about 2/12. I installed Mueller brand 3'x18' steel roof panels years ago because the slope was too shallow for conventional shingles and never had a problem until lately. Seems my house is sinking into the ground (Houston Clay) with the wet-dry cycles of the weather as of the last few years and this has upset the seams where the panels seal to one another. Took me awhile to figure the location of this leak but wind driven rain made it's way through the seam and into the sheetrock. I got some white roll/brush-on rubberized roof coating, $100 for 5 gallons, from Home Depot and after sealing the seams it seems I have that problem solved. The last 2 strong fronts through here haven't leaked a drop. Phew I hole that's over!
In answering your question: "Has anyone ever had such a proplem? A roof that only leaks when it's raining and it's windy", my answer is yes and they are not necessarily easy to find. I couldn't believe my new roof was leaking (in looking to solve the add-on roof leak) because of the effort the roofers went to ensuring a leakproof job at the interface of the main roof to the add-on. I even bought a 6' (sensor tube length) Fiber Optic camera and cut observation holes in the sheet rock/insulation of the ceiling trying to find where the "new roof" was leaking and no symptoms were found. Finally I decided that the only way the water could be getting in is wind driven rain coming down off the main roof combined with what fell on the add-on was leaking as described. So far so good.
Good luck on your search but finding roof leaks is said to be a trying experience......yes on that.
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