My Sunroom Roof Is Leaking

Interior mold and mildew issues.

My sunroom roof is leaking.

The thing is you can figure out strategically jerry where exactly the leak is if you go up there with a hose and just start at one end and very slowly drag it across the roof until you create the leak. Construction of roof is not right that is why when rain comes builds water on one spot and leaks. The sunroom roof attaches to the side of the eves of the house. There should be behind your fireplace something called a cricket which is a little part where the roof sort of peaks up into sort of a triangle point and that s designed to divert water around the fireplace.

Use a sewing needle or other pointed object to clear the weep holes so the windows operate properly. Inspect the weep holes at the bottom of the track on each window in the sunroom. The wooden post is destroyed by termites. You can further that action of the water washing around the fireplace by adding a diverter higher up.

Most commonly the joints and connecting materials between panels are one of the most vulnerable. Why is my roof leaking. In the past replacing the flashing has worked for a while but then the leaks start again. At least a portion of the sunroom wall would have to be removed to get to the water damaged siding that it is attached to.

How much depends on how the sunroom was built. We ve had several people who were not roofers or sun people sunroom people look at it and it s just not been successful. I am thinking that a membrane would work if it covers the sunroom and then goes up the roof of the house a few feet. Converting the glass ceiling to an insulated roof is doable again it depends on how the room was constructed.

In the longer term one of the most serious consequences of a leaking roof is mold and mildew growth. Patio roof is leaking and inside roof plywood rotten due to water leak. Overall this is the biggest sunroom problem and it can be due to several factors. Mold can spread throughout the home s structure to the hvac system and then to the rest of the house through the vents where it can invade carpets furniture and even clothing.