Melanie wrote:

Just had new roof, eavestroughs with flashing installed last spring.
This year we have these wet streaks running down one side of the house
(see pic here http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?i...898931qq3.jpg).

Did they screw up? Prior to having the work done, our original 40+ year
old gutters never did this at any time of the year (rain or snow melt
down)...

Been trying to get a hold of the roofer but wouldn't you know it they
never seem to return our calls! : (

If anybody could offer their wisdom I'd really appreciate it...it will
also help once I get a hold of our roofer...

Thanks in advance!
Melanie

Wow...thanks for all the input! I can tell there's a lot of experience
here with these things!

We had new shingles and flashing and eavestroughs done last year..all by
the same outfit.

We insulated the attic in '02 with bats to R50 making sure the vents
were clear (hubby had to clear away some wood chips that were spread up
there partially blocking vents). There's no insulation in the overhang.
Hubby also removed and replaced old soffit vents last summer further
clearing them out to ensure proper ventilation when refitting new ones.
There are plenty of vents on the roof as well that the roofers installed.

We did not have icicles hanging from our eaves this winter/spring as I
saw on other houses in the neighborhood suggesting heat escaping through
attic/roof. NOt sure if these are ice dams?

Nothing vents to the attic. Only bedrooms and bath on second floor and
no exhaust fan even in the upstairs bath. Plumbing vents were not
shingled over either.

We never had this problem until we had roof/eaves re-done last year.
This did not occur either during the rains following roof/eaves
replacement...only with the spring meltdown. And it pretty much is only
happening on the one side of the house.

We're working on getting another gutter person down to evaluate and
estimate costs for replacment (thank you guys for that sound piece of
advice!). Unfortunately these guys left a bit of a sour taste in our
mouths right after the job was done which I won't get into here...hoping
they'll come through and do the decent thing and fix this up!

In the meantime I'm going to get hubby to go up there and inspect things
....check for flashing at least.

Thanks again everybody!!

Melanie