In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 25 Jan 2020 07:33:13 -0800 (PST), trader_4
wrote:

On Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 9:31:38 AM UTC-5, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 24 Jan 2020 22:09:33 -0500, Joe
wrote:

On 1/24/2020 9:43 PM, 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 [leak] 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.

Maybe toss a Harbor Freight tarp over it and nail 'er down?

Thanks. I know about tarps. I can't tell if you are trying to help or
you're just being sarcatic.

Can you or someone who knows something tell me what the picture shows?

And if the oblong holes are the weep-holes, and if opening any that are
closed would help keep water from backing up into the attic? Can you
tell me if there is anything wrong with having caulking at the bottom
edge of the ridge vent?


Less important. The guy who came out says there were no drip edges
installed. When the house was built in 1979, would that have been
acceptable? When the first replacmeent roof was put in in 2007, would
it still have met the standard of the industry? Or did I basically get
short changed?

Built in 1979 you better make sure the roof isn't made of fire retardant
plywood. IDK about drip edge in 79, nor does it matter. But it certainly
should have been put on in 2007.

Yes, maybe the lack of a drip edge was why there was damage to some
plywood, even though that same plywood is original.

Per my other post, that roofer was a hack.
But living in your little safe space, you have me blocked and won't read
this.

I made an exception, since it's my roof. I was impatient with Joe
because no one had addressed the weep holes.

It's going to be pouring and very windy today, hope you don't get
too wet over there.

Rain was predicted, but little occurred and now it's supposed to be
clear. I wanted it to be raining enough to go in the attic and see
where the leak was.