Well we had a rainless day yesterday so I ran out and got a tube of all-weather flashing/concrete caulk and climbed up on the roof. I found a 1/4" crack on the corner of the flashing where the water was coming in. I caulked that and every other crack I could find on the up-roof side of the chimney.
Today we had rain, lots and lots of rain. While I haven't yet been up in the attic to make sure the leak is completely fixed there is no evidence in my make-shift funnel of any leak!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The Joys of Home
Gretchen heard this before we saw anything but we found a leak down the side of our chimney that we're pretty sure wasn't there last year. It has damaged about a 2' area of drywall on the ceiling but the joists and such, while wet, look like they'll be fine when the dry. For now we have a nice home-made funnel from the attic into a bucket in the house to avoid any further damage:
Hopefully the weather will be decent enough tomorrow for me to get up on the roof and try to figure out where it is coming from.
Hopefully the weather will be decent enough tomorrow for me to get up on the roof and try to figure out where it is coming from.
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