We have a flat roof over our kitchen thats had a good 8 inches of snow sitting on it over the last couple of weeks.
Now we've got pooling water in the kitchen since the thaw and it looks like water is running down inside the wall cavity and pooling where the wall tiles and floor tiles meet.
I've been up on the roof and there is a 1cm split in the felt where the flashing meets the flat roof and so it looks like the snow has thawed and gone into the wall cavity here.
I've just had a roofer look at it and said the roof itself is a good solid concrete roof so doesn't need replacing but where the flashing meets the roof needs coating with rubber - I've asked him to cover the whole roof with the rubber and not just the flashing. He was fine with this.
but just got a call from another roofer coming to give me a quote - said he uses felt and its as good as the rubber - is this true?
Also, on the exterior of the wall that the water is running down is very damp - I'm getting this repointed same time as the roof - will the bricks dry out naturally inside and out?
Now we've got pooling water in the kitchen since the thaw and it looks like water is running down inside the wall cavity and pooling where the wall tiles and floor tiles meet.
I've been up on the roof and there is a 1cm split in the felt where the flashing meets the flat roof and so it looks like the snow has thawed and gone into the wall cavity here.
I've just had a roofer look at it and said the roof itself is a good solid concrete roof so doesn't need replacing but where the flashing meets the roof needs coating with rubber - I've asked him to cover the whole roof with the rubber and not just the flashing. He was fine with this.
but just got a call from another roofer coming to give me a quote - said he uses felt and its as good as the rubber - is this true?
Also, on the exterior of the wall that the water is running down is very damp - I'm getting this repointed same time as the roof - will the bricks dry out naturally inside and out?