On Friday, January 24, 2020 at 9:43:13 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
What does this picture show:
https://static.companycam.com/lambda...eg?d=2880x2880

My standard 3-tab shingled roof is leaking into the 2nd flor in one spot
and a roofing company came out and looked at it.

I can't see the back half of the roof from the ground and I haven't been
up there, but from inside the attic I do see that several sheets of
plywood are water damaged, so even though it's only 13 years old, I need
a new roof, right? But I'd rather wait until warmer or drier weather,
and I'd like to just solve the one leak into the 2nd floor until then.


A roofer who came to look at it told me it shows that those who put on
the replacement roof 13 years ago caulked the weepholes in the ridge
rail, and that's the reason for the lake that bothers me. Is that what
you thought too?

Does that happen? Is it a problem?

Are those oblong holes the weepholes. Of those in the picture, it looks
like only one is partly blocked, and the others are open.

Can I get a handyman to clean out the weepholes, to last me until the
summer?

If it's the caulk, it's been there for 13 years. How come no drip into
the 2nd floor until this year?

Thanks for any help you can give.


This is interesting. Do you remember several years ago, we were
discussing ridge vents here? You claimed that the cutout for your ridge
vent was like a foot wide? And I said that can't be, that they are
typically cutout about one inch on each side, two inches total?
And that having one that wide made no sense? But you insisted that was
the way it was? Well, I guess you were right. LOL

Your roofer was a hack. With a normal 2" wide cutout, the ridge vent
cover is wide enough that water can't go uphill under it and get inside.
And they are not caulked, like yours is, which is further proof the
roofer was a hack. If the opening is indeed very wide, then the roofer
who did the replacement probably caulked at the edges because he figured
wind drive rain would get under it and run inside. Bad idea. The
correct idea would have been to reduce the size of the opening to what
it should be.

Is that the only picture? I presume the main area
is over your unit, where the problem is? To the right, which I assume
is your neighbor, there the roof sure is hosed big time, right up by
the ridge vent. It's all buckled. Is this even your problem? Isn't
this a condo situation, where the roof is a common area? If not, IDK
how this works, because it's all one continuous roof. What was the
process 13 years ago when the new roof was put on?

Finally, how old is this place? Back in the 80s for construction like
this they were using fire retardant plywood on the east coast. It had
a chemical added that activates at high temp and inhibits the fire.
Problem was that over time, roofs got hot enough that it activated
with no fire and the process releases an acid, that destroys the wood.
I'd make sure you don't have that crap. Most of it has already
been replaced. Of course you won't see any of this, since you have
me blocked from the little safe space that you're living in. Carry on.