New Roof Leaking

glenn h

I put ona room addition and before I did anything elese I wanted to see if it leaked and it but now I cant seem to stop it from leaking The addition is on a older model moblie home it is leakinmg where it is butted up agaist the mobile home any suggestions from anyone?

troubleseeker

Can't answer specifically without seeing it, but you obviously have a flashing problem. The only way to flash this successfully is to use a base flashing tall enough to go from the new roof to the top of the mobile home roof, then come down from the mobile home roof over the base flashing was a counter flashing, which should be lapped at least five or six inches onto the mobile roof and completely bedded into it. I would also have this counter flashing broken with a four inch wide kicker at the bottom that matched the slope of the addition roof and laid right on it when installed, to divert water away from the connection. Any type of flashing that merely turns vertically up the side of the mobile home and counts on some type of caulking to waterproof the top of it is doomed for failure.

shopjulius

make shure it is aluminum flashig because it wont rust.