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Flat roof leaking

6K views 7 replies 5 participants last post by  redline 
#1 ·
Another thread relating to my recent house purchase:mad: .

I have a house with an extension where the roof is flat (10% gratient), today heavy ran and we get a leak:furious: . The leak is at the end of the roof so could have started from many places.

Does anyone have any hints or tips as to how to trace the source of the leak.

Does anyone have any ideas as to a temporary fix to get through an English winter. The idea was that next year (subject to saving the cash) that we would pitch the roof properly.
 
#4 ·
low slope roofs can be a pain. if you are going to re-pitch within a year i have a suggeston. i have incountered this problem recently with a commercial building. we applied rolled roofing but insted of overlapping the standard 2", we overlapped 4" and sealed all seams and nails with Fibered wet/dry roof sealer. start at the bottom (of-course) and when you get to the top make sure that the roofing is tucked under the siding atleast a little. hope that helps.
Randy
 
#5 ·
Did you nail through both layers at the laps?

Flat rrofs are really not a pain....HVAC, now thats a pain. :)
 
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