My cousin came over and found where the roof is leaking. I have a two story
house, There is a gabled roof on the top story, then on one side there is a
wall with a raked section of roof. Where the raked section meets the wall
is where I got a leak. He lifted the tiles and found moisture where there
shouldn't have been. He said that the flashing was crushed probably during
the stucco application, and the paper finally deteriorated and allowed water
to seep in. So, He's going to come over later in the week, lift up about 12
feet of tiles, tear out the flashing, put down new paper, lay down some tar
where the flashing goes and renail the tiles back down. I asked him how
these cement tiles are made where they can be nailed down, and he said when
they are casted, the casting molds leave to places where roofing nails can
be driven in. He thinks I may get away with out having to replace any of
the dry wall. Being where the leak in the dry wall was located, the water
was dripping at a seem. There is no visible water marks on the vaulted
ceiling. We'll just retape the area, sand it, and repaint. So, I may get
off cheap, just material cost.
