HELP Standing Seamed roof leaking!!!
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. Maybe where joined to add-on rooms the house is very old. Although, two rooms were added at sometime.
The roofing meets at the yellow highlighted areas. They have been sealed and sealed so many times! We still have awful leaks.
The section with the red arrows show the pitch of the original roof and where it meets the slightly pitched roof over the added rooms. (upstairs is a powder room & very small bathroom. The below rooms are a laundry room and utility room.
I REALLY need this fixed! Please, if you have any ideas, let me know. Falling ceilings and trash can to catch the water is horrible!
Would the entire addition-roof have to be torn off? We have no idea how old it is.
I would have the roof replaced before irreparable damage is done to the rest of the home and mold sets in.
Does the roofing material overhang the gutters? Are the gutters pitched enough and are they clean and free flowing?
true about gutters. It may not be roof at all.
Water travels. So where it's leaking is not necessarily where the leak is. I would have a roofer who does metal roofs access the condition and where the leaks are. If you have access to an attic space, doesn't look like it, you can trace where the leak is. Another option would be to try and isolate approximately where the leaks are. Have someone run water with a garden hose in different areas of the roof while somebody is inside watching for any leaks to appear. I would hose each separate section of the roof panels one at a time. Possible the standing seams just need to be resealed and crimped. Or it could be the ridge cap. I have found many vent pipe flashing leaks using this technique that people thought were roof leaks.
I'm praying that is it!!!! Thank you!
Use this as a project post so we can see what you do. Would help a lot of Hometalkers.
Good idea to check the gutters. Water could be dammed up by debris then flowing over the pile of leaves, etc.