I have this aluminum sheet roof with a drywall inner ceiling (very common in these parts).
The roof was originally 1 aluminum (galvanized) sheet that ends in a gutter that is flushed against the concrete wall as can be seen in the images. We then added a grill mesh sheet to trap dry leaves that would clog up the gutter.
1st: The aluminum sheets are not totally flat, they have crests and troughs.
2nd: A second sheet of aluminum was added to the roof because the first (original) one was too thin and therefore we were worried about leaks due to breaks in the sheet caused by people working on the roof.
3rd: A while back the drywall ceiling was cut open from the inside to locate the leak. Indeed I filmed that the leak was coming in from the grill mesh sheet that was trapped between the roof sheet and the gutter flashing. The repairman moved the grill mesh sheet out from there and laid it over the roof sheet and repaired the drywall.
The leak continues. It starts as soon as it starts raining even a little but so its not an issue where the gutter fills up because its clogged. Im thinking the possibilities are:
1. The gutter flashing is somehow broken and the gutter wall facing the inside of the house is letting water in. I doubt it would be a simple hole or small leak on that gutter wall since it begins to leak as soon as it rains. If anything, I would think the entire gutter wall is just missing. Even so I have my doubts.
2. Im thinking the new roof sheet is shorter or maybe one of its crests somehow lines up and dumps water onto the old sheet which then doesnt make it all the way to the gutter channel and so water leaks inside the wall...or water from the new sheet falls onto the old sheet which has a deep groove or dent which makes water retrace back to the away from the gutter and leak towards a hole in it.
Im taking the ceiling apart tomorrow but I want to know if there are any other suggestions as to how water might be leaking into the house so quickly after rain starts?
The roof was originally 1 aluminum (galvanized) sheet that ends in a gutter that is flushed against the concrete wall as can be seen in the images. We then added a grill mesh sheet to trap dry leaves that would clog up the gutter.
1st: The aluminum sheets are not totally flat, they have crests and troughs.
2nd: A second sheet of aluminum was added to the roof because the first (original) one was too thin and therefore we were worried about leaks due to breaks in the sheet caused by people working on the roof.
3rd: A while back the drywall ceiling was cut open from the inside to locate the leak. Indeed I filmed that the leak was coming in from the grill mesh sheet that was trapped between the roof sheet and the gutter flashing. The repairman moved the grill mesh sheet out from there and laid it over the roof sheet and repaired the drywall.
The leak continues. It starts as soon as it starts raining even a little but so its not an issue where the gutter fills up because its clogged. Im thinking the possibilities are:
1. The gutter flashing is somehow broken and the gutter wall facing the inside of the house is letting water in. I doubt it would be a simple hole or small leak on that gutter wall since it begins to leak as soon as it rains. If anything, I would think the entire gutter wall is just missing. Even so I have my doubts.
2. Im thinking the new roof sheet is shorter or maybe one of its crests somehow lines up and dumps water onto the old sheet which then doesnt make it all the way to the gutter channel and so water leaks inside the wall...or water from the new sheet falls onto the old sheet which has a deep groove or dent which makes water retrace back to the away from the gutter and leak towards a hole in it.
Im taking the ceiling apart tomorrow but I want to know if there are any other suggestions as to how water might be leaking into the house so quickly after rain starts?
