It is raining heavily outside, and I found out a pipe that seems to go up to the roof is dripping water around its fitting area, see the red circle area in the attached photo.
I have two questions,
a:What is this pipe for? What it is going up to the roof?
b:It seems that I can reach the leaking area relatively easy, can I simply do some quick fix around the fitting area or that is something I should leave to a professional?
It's a vent pipe, and the leak needs to be fixed on the roof, not on the inside. The rubber on your roof boot flashing has degraded. You can caulk it temporarily but the boot and probably some of the shingles around it will need to be replaced.
One hack, if you want to call it that is to take the rubber from a new boot and simply slip it over the old one, and caulk between the two. Then it can be fixed properly the next time you need a new roof.
There might be a 1% chance that the fitting you have circled wasn't glued but that's not as likely as the roof boot leaking.
When the rubber boot leaks, water follows the pvc pipe down and drips off the fitting. You would need to get up there and look. I'm not psychic, so I can't tell if it's dripping from the joint or if water is running down above that joint and just dripping off it.
"One hack, if you want to call it that is to take the rubber from a new boot and simply slip it over the old one, and caulk between the two. Then it can be fixed properly the next time you need a new roof."
I googled a little bit, it does not look too difficulty for the repair itself, but climbing up and working on the roof top sounds a little bit scary. I will call the roofing company tomorrow and see if this is under their warranty as the roof is only 3 years old.
The flashing is leaking and may have been damaged by hail. The typical roof flashing with the rubber stretchable seal is notorious for short life, but usually will last 10 years unless damaged. I have found that Oatey makes a great rain collar to seal these leaks up that just slips down over the vent pipe and slides down to cover the stretchable seal that has failed. You can't tell from the picture, but they are made from a thick rubber that lasts for years and keeps a repair from consisting of replacing the entire flashing.
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The local gas company decided to relocate my natural gas meter off of my patio and into the front of the house.
This is the picture my wife sent to me, I haven't had a chance to actually see the whole thing yet. However, I am not sure I want too.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think it is proper to use galvanized piping for a gas line. The piping in the house is all black pipe and I believe this section should also be black pipe.
I have to question the location of the shut off valve, though I am sure it may be functional, just looks like shoddy workmanship here.
I tried to look in the codes to verify black pipe should have been used. I can't find anything, code wise, that says galvanized piping can't be used.... didn't find anything that said it could either.
My concern is this is on the customer side of the meter, so if I don't address it now, it will become my problem later.
I will be going by city hall to check with their code guy, but wanted to see what you all thought here. Would like to sound half way knowledgeable when I talk to them.
Thanks.
Forgive my ignorance, but we had a plumber install a whole house filter. For some reason he didn't put down any drop cloth or anything so there is like silver soldering splatter on my painted concrete basement floor. How do I remove it. It seems like melted into the floor. Thank you.
03-06-22, 08:04 PM
