Hi,
I just purchased a house. We looked around it in summer and had the Survey done in summer (not a full building survey).
Just moved in and, of course, it's been chucking it down. There is a huge leak in the garage roof.
I looked at it from the second floor window, it's black corrugated sheeting (assumed bitumen) with puddles of water on it. There doesn't seem to be any observable pitch at all to the roof so the water just pools. It's dripping in though the joints I assume along the whole length of the roof.
The whole thing looks brand new, not a trace of rust on the screws in the flashing. The beams, though sodden where the leak is are not soft and look new. The chipboard that is the ceiling of the garage is fine.
So yeah, very frustrating!
Is there anything I can do to waterproof it, if not is is a reasonable job for someone inexperienced to modify it so it won't leak?
I'm going to try measure the pitch tonight (don't have internet in new house yet) but I'm wondering how difficult increasing the pitch of an already installed roof is!
Opinions? (Any idea how much it would cost to get someone in to do it?)
I just purchased a house. We looked around it in summer and had the Survey done in summer (not a full building survey).
Just moved in and, of course, it's been chucking it down. There is a huge leak in the garage roof.
I looked at it from the second floor window, it's black corrugated sheeting (assumed bitumen) with puddles of water on it. There doesn't seem to be any observable pitch at all to the roof so the water just pools. It's dripping in though the joints I assume along the whole length of the roof.
The whole thing looks brand new, not a trace of rust on the screws in the flashing. The beams, though sodden where the leak is are not soft and look new. The chipboard that is the ceiling of the garage is fine.
So yeah, very frustrating!
Is there anything I can do to waterproof it, if not is is a reasonable job for someone inexperienced to modify it so it won't leak?
I'm going to try measure the pitch tonight (don't have internet in new house yet) but I'm wondering how difficult increasing the pitch of an already installed roof is!
Opinions? (Any idea how much it would cost to get someone in to do it?)