I have EIFS siding on the front of my house and I have an issue with leaking on my roof. I think what is going on is that the water, during heavy rains, comes down where the blue lines are with a lot of force. It then smashes the side of the "rotundra" seen here and I think the water is finding its way behind the EIFS and getting past the flashing and leaking down into the house. The water then goes down and hits the roof below and splashes more which may also be where the leak is coming from. I live in Colorado where it is very dry so fortunately this only happens about 5 times a summer. I have seen a few of my neighbors around here have contractors come in and they take the whole exterior of the "rotundra" off and work it that way. That seems like major overkill and I think the contractors are ripping people off. The area is pretty much impossible to see from the street so I really don't care how sloppy this looks as long as it stops leaking. My plan is to remove the EIFS in the areas outlined in red and replace/expand the flashing behind it and then fix the EIFS. I have found this website for directions on repairing the EIFS (pg 23-24) - http://www.dryvit.com/fileshare/doc/us/description/ds498.pdf
My questions are...
1. I am very handy, but is this stuff somewhat easy to work with?
2. Do they sell patch kits anywhere to just replace small areas?
3. Where do they sell this, I don't see it on Home Depot or Lowes's website and I know the people in the store probably won't have a clue what I am talking about?
4. Does this repair sound legit?
My questions are...
1. I am very handy, but is this stuff somewhat easy to work with?
2. Do they sell patch kits anywhere to just replace small areas?
3. Where do they sell this, I don't see it on Home Depot or Lowes's website and I know the people in the store probably won't have a clue what I am talking about?
4. Does this repair sound legit?