Home Improvement

Deathwing_sl said:

Went out to my detached garage to drive to work and noticed there was a small leak. I've seen this only once before and after it dried, I went up there to inspect and couldn't find anything wrong. Is there another way to detect/fix an inconsistent leak? I'm sure I've driven to/from work while raining enough times that I would have noticed this more than twice if the leak was more consistent. Nothing special about the rain today. Moderate throughput, it's been raining for a while, no wind.

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What was wet? Just the concrete floor? A wall? A drip from the ceiling?

Are there any vents or vent pipes in the roof that would have flashing around them? Basically anything in the roof at all that breaks up the natural flow of the shingles? (skylight, vents, etc?)

I can't imagine a ridge vent clogged or otherwise allowing water into the attic. That isn't how it's designed. Maybe hurricane winds, but you need to worry about shingles flying off during that.

Ridge vents leak all the time. Especially the shitty aluminum type. There are two basic types of ridge vents. An aluminum ridge vent that comes in 10ft pieces that's typically a white, black, or brown ridge vent. The other type is a shingle over ridge vent that has cap shingles nailed over the top.

Let me know which type you have.

Oblio_sl said:

So you like rotted decks, 30 year roofs with raised corners, 30 year old paint job/color schemes & shitty gutters?

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Nah, a lot of that shit needed to go. And the practicality of having a deck raised just to chest height... you couldn't use the space underneath for anything much besides storage. and for that it would have needed to be walled in and the deck would have needed to be a solid surface and something would have to be done about the water. So there are some challenges in replacing it.

I did like the deck though. This does give you a lot more space and makes it cleaner. Something about the stairs looks a little bit strange.

But this is the south. Every house has a deck / long porch on it. That's probably the only reason it looks odd.

You would be able to see the cap shingle from the inside. The top of the roof isn't sealed like normal. There's a small opening. / \ for example. You can look up (or reach up) and feel the underside of a shingle on the other side.

Xarpolis_sl said:

You would be able to see the cap shingle from the inside. The top of the roof isn't sealed like normal. There's a small opening. / \ for example. You can look up (or reach up) and feel the underside of a shingle on the other side.

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Not exactly right. Some cheap cap over ridgevents are a thin mesh that you can barely see through to the shingles but most you cant. If you have unobstructed vision of the shingles through a gap at the peak you don't have a ridgevent.


To op: The only advice i can give you is make sure none of the cap shingles blew off the ridge vent. You can also measure inside from the outside wall to where the leak is coming in at and then go up on the roof and measure to that spot(make sure to add for roof overhangs etc.) and see if anything looks out of place. Don't go up on the roof if its a steeper pitch or you're not comfortable with it. Not worth falling of a roof for a small leak. Or just call a professional.

Yeah that's probably a good idea. Just keep an eye on it after it rains for awhile.

Oblio_sl said:

Building closet organizers today... best Ric Flair impression "WOOOO!" I know you are all jealous!

I am making the best of it and reminiscing the days of my youth by rocking out to 80's music.

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What design or brand did you go with? This is my project for next year in m6 condo. I am leaning actually towards paying for a package like closetsbydesign versus DYI. I wanted something that would help resale value.