ice damming = roof leak
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:28 pm
this is sort of a continuation of this thread I started back in dec -I've reasoned it down to having to be ice damming up the water thats trying to move downward but is heading back under the shingle and finding a way down my walls /celiling
https://www.mobilehomerepair.com/phpbb/v ... ing+stains
wife and I figured theres not much we can do about the leak(s) which has produced several 1 to 2 inch stains along the north facing side of the mobile where the wall meets the ceiling .the best advice I got from a contractor was to shovel off the snow which my dad did for me last month ---then wait til spring to hope for stains to dry up enough to then paint over them
however - wife and I have redone all the flooring (mostly laminate in bedrooms /new linolium tiles in hallway/bath/hitchen) in the home except the living room --so we decided to go to home depot and snag some laminate for the living room .
while ripping out the old carpeting I noticed wet spots along the floor directly below the really bad batch of 1-2 inch celiling stains .I'd say in total theres probably around 1 foot worth of these wet spots when you add them all up which probably isnt too bad .The wetness seemed new and not something thats been lingering for a long time -but , I did something out of my comfort level and took off a sheet of paneling to see just how wet it was back there .Much to my pleasant surprise it was actually dry as a desert on the backside of the panelling and all the 2x4's running vertical as well as the one running along the floor and roof support were dry too .I decided to puncture the membrane so I could check out in behind the pink insulation and found that the plywood behind the pink insulation and the backside of the insulation had some frost on it -but nothing too wild and willy .I'm assuming this frost is the water that has leaked down the wall from the ice damming
I'm confused as to what I should do now -wait til things dry up on their own ? File an insurance claim and see if its worthy of gutting ?
third winter here and first time we've had this happen
crazy winter tho -alot of snow and colder than usual
there are no bathroom vent venting into the attic either -its vented through the wall instead
I've started looking at steel roofs but they probably cost more than my mobile is worth
arrgh -advice anyone ?
https://www.mobilehomerepair.com/phpbb/v ... ing+stains
wife and I figured theres not much we can do about the leak(s) which has produced several 1 to 2 inch stains along the north facing side of the mobile where the wall meets the ceiling .the best advice I got from a contractor was to shovel off the snow which my dad did for me last month ---then wait til spring to hope for stains to dry up enough to then paint over them
however - wife and I have redone all the flooring (mostly laminate in bedrooms /new linolium tiles in hallway/bath/hitchen) in the home except the living room --so we decided to go to home depot and snag some laminate for the living room .
while ripping out the old carpeting I noticed wet spots along the floor directly below the really bad batch of 1-2 inch celiling stains .I'd say in total theres probably around 1 foot worth of these wet spots when you add them all up which probably isnt too bad .The wetness seemed new and not something thats been lingering for a long time -but , I did something out of my comfort level and took off a sheet of paneling to see just how wet it was back there .Much to my pleasant surprise it was actually dry as a desert on the backside of the panelling and all the 2x4's running vertical as well as the one running along the floor and roof support were dry too .I decided to puncture the membrane so I could check out in behind the pink insulation and found that the plywood behind the pink insulation and the backside of the insulation had some frost on it -but nothing too wild and willy .I'm assuming this frost is the water that has leaked down the wall from the ice damming
I'm confused as to what I should do now -wait til things dry up on their own ? File an insurance claim and see if its worthy of gutting ?
third winter here and first time we've had this happen
crazy winter tho -alot of snow and colder than usual
there are no bathroom vent venting into the attic either -its vented through the wall instead
I've started looking at steel roofs but they probably cost more than my mobile is worth
arrgh -advice anyone ?