Can you stop water penetrating a tile roof in 130 kph winds?

[hihosilver1953]

I had water pouring out of downlights in the ceiling of my house after 130kph winds from terrific thunderstorms which hit Brisbane. Hundreds of homes lost roofs or were destroyed. Go to the couriermail.com.au to see images. We had no structural damage but i just want to know if the water is hitting the roof horizontally is it a waste of time trying to prevent water getting in? Or can i put up plastic or something behind the tiles to collect water and drain it out of the roof space?

I pulled out the wet insulation bats but insurance says i have to fix the roof ridge capping and other ingress points before they will reinstall bats and replace fans and lights which filled with water.

the latest storm with strong to gale force winds is due later today oz time

 

[noseall]

do you not fit a secondary felt or membrane layer down there in Oz?

 

[hihosilver1953]

do you not fit a secondary felt or membrane layer down there in Oz?

Builders are 'supposed' to install sarking which is reflective on one side and tar waterproof compound on the other. However as I have found out we don't have any waterproofing and are up for big dollars to get the tiles relaid. i was not aware of the need before buying this house, but as usual am finding out its checquered history as time goes on

 

[noseall]

answering your first Q - remove roof covering and battens, apply membrane then re-batten and tile.

 

[hihosilver1953]

answering your first Q - remove roof covering and battens, apply membrane then re-batten and tile.

Installing a waterproof membrane is not mandatory in some states.

 

[2scoops0406]

answering your first Q - remove roof covering and battens, apply membrane then re-batten and tile.

Installing a waterproof membrane is not mandatory in some states.

Mandatory or not, do you want water p*ssing through your ceiling again, if not do as noseall says.

 

[Xenon]

answering your first Q - remove roof covering and battens, apply membrane then re-batten and tile.

Installing a waterproof membrane is not mandatory in some states.

Mandatory or not, do you want water p*ssing through your ceiling again, if not do as noseall says.

In a nutshell.

 

[hihosilver1953]

yes my options are limited .. am trying to organise a tiler (and the dollars required) to get the south western side which is the one the storms hit

I have a tiler coming out later this week just to replace inadequate flashing and to check ridge capping.

my tiler told me that a local house builder didn't put in sarking when he built in my suburb. He said that he'd moved here because it didn't get hit by storms and then had his ceilings fall in after last severe storm.
I got off lightly compared to a lot of others in the area.

 

[2scoops0406]

I wonder if they built Altantis where they did cos it had no previous history of flooding

 

[hihosilver1953]

What do all the real estate agents say position, position, position!

 

[Deluks]

What do all the real estate agents say position, position, position!

Over here they say location, location, location.

You must be thinking of another profession

 

[2scoops0406]

Yeah, over here a south facing aspect is desirable, whereas of course in Oz a north facing aspect is more desirable.