Hi All,
I am trying to make the best out of a rotten situation. I am trying to stay away from the high cost of roof repairs due to a multiyear water leak behind a stucco wall that was not installed correctly.
The original design was that the lower elevated roof terminated into a wall that is of a higher elevation. Where the roof meets the wall a cricket was installed that drains to either side. This cricket was just felt paper and tar and below the finished tile at a width of about 12"(an extension of the underlayment). As the cricket approaches the corner of the stucco wall the tiles of the lower elevation butt up against the wall. In this design the water that flows off the cricket actually tries to under the tiles and out the draining hole at the eve. I have to cut a couple of tiles out to fix the damage. (See red area in image).
My plan is to install a copper gutter to replace a couple of tiles that had to be removed (see red area in image). The copper flashing will flat rectangle gutter that will provide flashing on the stucco wall and against the cut tile.
Here is my problem... I do not what the copper gutter to go all the way around the corner only about 6"-12" into the cricket just for visual esthetics and there is no reason to run copper where it will never be seen.
Questions1:
How do I join or make the transition from copper to the existing felt/tar cricket?
any advise would be appreciated.
John
I am trying to make the best out of a rotten situation. I am trying to stay away from the high cost of roof repairs due to a multiyear water leak behind a stucco wall that was not installed correctly.
The original design was that the lower elevated roof terminated into a wall that is of a higher elevation. Where the roof meets the wall a cricket was installed that drains to either side. This cricket was just felt paper and tar and below the finished tile at a width of about 12"(an extension of the underlayment). As the cricket approaches the corner of the stucco wall the tiles of the lower elevation butt up against the wall. In this design the water that flows off the cricket actually tries to under the tiles and out the draining hole at the eve. I have to cut a couple of tiles out to fix the damage. (See red area in image).
My plan is to install a copper gutter to replace a couple of tiles that had to be removed (see red area in image). The copper flashing will flat rectangle gutter that will provide flashing on the stucco wall and against the cut tile.
Here is my problem... I do not what the copper gutter to go all the way around the corner only about 6"-12" into the cricket just for visual esthetics and there is no reason to run copper where it will never be seen.
Questions1:
How do I join or make the transition from copper to the existing felt/tar cricket?
any advise would be appreciated.
John