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Norminn

wrote:

I have a small (stone tile) deck off of a second-story master bedroom.
It leaks (into the kitchen below) when it rains. I've called about ten
different people to try to get it fixed. No one wants to do it. I
think I am going to have to fix it myself.

I am not handy.

The various repair people who have come to the house are split: Half
say I need to retile. Half say it needs to be waterproofed.

How does one go about waterproofing a leaky deck?

thanks in advance for any wisdom you have on this.

Do you know what is under the tile? Might be flashing, caulking, or bad
membrane under the tile. We put sealer on a concrete deck, second
story, to keep painted ceiling below from peeling (outdoors). Sealer
and caulking the expansion joints fixed our problem.

If it was originally a flat roof system that somebody put tile on, you
may need new roof.