Garage Roof Flashing Leaking
Worn out flashing or missing sealant can also cause roof leaks around dormers.
Garage roof flashing leaking. Flashing sections could slide out of place due to missing nails or cracked caulking. Flashing s put where a chimney penetrates the roof or where the roof joins a dormer. Expert advice on how to repair roof flashing and chimney flashing prevent ice dams and solve other roof flashing problems. This article illustrates and discusses alternate or rather goofy attempts at roof wall intersection flashing to prevent leaks water damage and points out where leak risks may remain.
Flaws in the roofing materials or the flashing where the roof meets a. Water may enter the garage through the walls but the source of the leak could be higher on the structure. Sometimes the water shows up at a ceiling spot distant from the leak. In our page top photo my grandson tanner gilligan points out the white caulk that was installed as a stopgap measure where the builder has installed a bay.
Flashing seals roof transitions where absorption can occur or where water runs down. Rotten or missing trim or siding can allow water to leak behind flashing and into your roof. Some roof leaks are tough to locate. If your ceiling has a plastic vapor barrier between the drywall and the attic insulation push the insulation aside and look for flow stains on the plastic often water runs to openings in the vapor barrier such as at ceiling light fixtures.