I've been in my house for about two years now, and my neighbor across the street said the previous owners had their roof installed less than five years ago. I am seeing a water leak in one of my bedrooms, specifically on the south side when there are heavy rains. The roof itself looks great, but the edges on the back side of my house are setup strangely.

The leak drips down from the top of the window:


I climbed into the attic and found the leak in four areas:
Roof leak - YouTube

Water seems to be coming from under the drip edge. This is what my roof edge looks like:



I have a feeling the drip edge is not installed correctly (it should be underneath that layer, right?). I am getting a leak on the south side of my house when there are high winds and heavy rain. This is what I think is happening:



Any suggestions on what I can do to fix this? If it means ripping out the drip edge and re-installing it under that layer, I'll probably just call in a roofer.

Here's what the backside of the house looks like -- it's a better view of the pitch too:


What is that layer called anyway? They're not shingles or gutters..I've heard "starter strip"?

 

Disregard this post, I restated the same idea in a new post.

 

Any chance you could bridge the existing valley area with plywood and other structure so that the runoff exits the roof well beyond the vertical projection of the wall outside; thus, eliminating the collection of water in the valley altogether. Just a suggestion.

 

(Sorry for the weird description, I'm not sure how to explain what I'm seeing)

Looking at your second photo,from the foreground, I see a leaf on the drip edge, 2 rust spots, then what appears to be a gap in the "drip edge", with a downspout (?) below it.
If so, does that mean that the "valley" is serving as a gutter for the roof??
That design may be the source of your problem.
I've only dealt with a few roofs, but I've never seen a setup like the one in your pictures.

Maybe some of our more experienced roof people can comment.
Good luck with your problem.

 

I've never seen such a thing either. It looks like a jacked-up mess to me that all needs to all be ripped off and replaced. I'm sure that when you call your roofer, he will have some choice words for the guy who did that work. ;-)

 

Unfortunately, yes. I've posted this on other forums, and apparently it's a "standard" installation. I don't like the design either, but apparently a lot of houses in my city have their roofs setup this way as well. The only difference is the drip edge. I'm probably going to have to call a roofer in the next few weeks since I've been researching this online for a few weeks now and it hasn't gotten me anywhere

It's a bit disturbing because if the internet doesn't know what's wrong, I wonder if a roofer I bring in would..

 

Ive never seen that before but I live in snow country. It looks like a bad design no matter where you live. If you are looking for a tempo fix you could just maybe strip and tar it. EPDM might be a better option for the bottom like that, but a standard eave with regular gutters would be even better in my opinion

 

Dammmm now thats a dam. I am surprised you just have one leak. I am also surprised that you eave has not fallen off. Its screamin "LEAK" And that edge is called roll roofing and under that is water and ice shield so we hope might be the only thing holding you up.

 

wow I saw your video. It looked like there was mold in your attic. I was going to suggest a rubber peel and stick but after seeing the vid I say rip the section were the rool roofing starts and redesign the slope and I would also suggest sucking up the insulation that has mold on it while you are doing this and spray some bleach to kill the mold. BUt I can tell you from experience its serious.....