avg_home_owner
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Background info:
- house was built in 1988
- roof was replaced in spring of 2014
During the recent heavy rain the roof covering my front porch has begun leaking water through the soffit. Unfortunately I cannot figure out how to remove the soffit to determine exactly where the water was coming in. My first theory was that it was leaking because there is a downspout that empties on that roof from the upper roof's gutters. I added another piece of downspout to direct the water into the porch roof's gutters, but this did not resolve the issue. Refer to attached pictures.
My current theory is that water may be leaking from where a couple of roofing nails were used to hold down the flashing. See pictures entitled "area where roofing nails hold down flashing.jpg" and "roofing nails used on flashing.jpg". I suspect that during heaving rains the downspout on the upper roof cannot drain quick enough and it overflows the trough and drips down the siding by the window. The staining on the siding suggests that water was be flowing there. The spot where the roofing nails hold down the flashing is directly under that water staining on the siding. I am going to try to recreate the problem by pouring water on those roofing nails and see if it leaks.
If my theory is correct and I can recreate the problem, then what is the best resolution? My first though is to using caulking or roof mastic.
Any other places I should check for causes of the leak?
- house was built in 1988
- roof was replaced in spring of 2014
During the recent heavy rain the roof covering my front porch has begun leaking water through the soffit. Unfortunately I cannot figure out how to remove the soffit to determine exactly where the water was coming in. My first theory was that it was leaking because there is a downspout that empties on that roof from the upper roof's gutters. I added another piece of downspout to direct the water into the porch roof's gutters, but this did not resolve the issue. Refer to attached pictures.
My current theory is that water may be leaking from where a couple of roofing nails were used to hold down the flashing. See pictures entitled "area where roofing nails hold down flashing.jpg" and "roofing nails used on flashing.jpg". I suspect that during heaving rains the downspout on the upper roof cannot drain quick enough and it overflows the trough and drips down the siding by the window. The staining on the siding suggests that water was be flowing there. The spot where the roofing nails hold down the flashing is directly under that water staining on the siding. I am going to try to recreate the problem by pouring water on those roofing nails and see if it leaks.
If my theory is correct and I can recreate the problem, then what is the best resolution? My first though is to using caulking or roof mastic.
Any other places I should check for causes of the leak?