I have a porch roof that meets the wall below on both sides. My home inspector suggested that the kickout flashing was missing but I think what he really meant was that it may be too small.
I had a “roof tune up” performed by a roofing company and he didn’t suggest any issues with the flashing. It’s actually built in to the stucco wall.
I wonder though if it sticks out enough and if not, is there a diy solution to make it bigger, or am I looking at ripping up the wall altogether to have it re-done?
It’s a bit high so I will get a picture when I can.
Slipping a piece of metal flashing under the last shingle is pretty simple. You are just trying to get the water away from the wall so it doesn't run down it all the time.
around the corner is where the higher roof has a downspout that brings water down to flashing which then makes its way around the corner into the picture you see and into those gutters and downspout.
So new update: not related to the flashing but looks like water is slowly trickling down the wall where the downspout that this flashing leads to (outside wall).
I just had my gutters cleaned so wondering if the process they used maybe loosened some old sealant.
we had snow today and the slow melt from the roof is the source.
is there something I can do to seal it while it’s wet? Most likely between the gutter and downspout is where I’m thinking it’s coming from.
If you look carefully (in photo 2) under the black flashing it "appears" that you may have step flashing back there, which would be good, and makes it less critical that the black flashing is on top. I'm guessing the original roofer didn't put the black flashing down.
Even if the black flashing was under the shingles, it isn't wide enough to prevent leaks.
There really isn't much you can do unless you want to pay both the roofer and the stucco guy to come back. It looks like the sort of thing that happens when neither trade is on the same page, and they don't coordinate their work.
If the stucco guy or your "tune up roofer" put the black flashing down, he really hosed every roofer that will ever work on that roof. Someday when your house is reroofed, that black flashing will need to be removed in order to reshingle and correctly flash the shingles at the wall.
Looks like you definitely should caulk the front side of the kickout flashing, and continue that caulking down around the drip edge, fascia, and stucco to the gutter.
Last fall I hired a contractor to build an addition onto our existing home. Although they were a reputable company we had tons of issues with them. While they did come back and "fix" the problems we had to make them redo many items due to how poor their quality control was (the company we hired offered the project management services while they hired out specific jobs to different crews/specialists). The basement was made of cinder block and was "waterproofed" with the tar and a foam insulation board. I was ensured that we would not have any water issues since it was "waterproofed." After they finished up I planted some grass so I have been watering the area. I only run a sprinkler once every day or two for maybe 15 minutes in the area. While the ground is wet, its by no means soaked and there has never been a pool of water.
Yesterday I noticed in one spot of the wall, there is already water penetrating through the cinder block! First off, its supposed to be waterproofed but I understand a ton of water could maybe cause something like this. However as mentioned I've only ran a sprinker in the area for 15 min every day or two for the last week. And even if the wall did get a little wet, it shouldnt penetrate all the way to the interior after such a short period of time. We haven't even had rain in the last 10 days or so. Also I water all around the addition and this is the only wet part of the wall I see. The 2nd picture is the outside, the wall is in between the downspout and exhaust pipe. What could they have done wrong to cause this? Again this construction started last fall and finished in late March/April of this year so it's very new.
Given all the quality issues we've already had, I am very concerned. I would like your input , thank you.
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Hi folks - I'm reroofing a small cottage. My ever-so-trusty phone weather app said today and tomorrow would be clear and sunny. I took off one side of the roof shingles today and now a two-hour storm is due in. By the time I heard about it, it was dark, I was exhausted, and it was too late to buy a tarp anywhere anyway.
It SHOULD be clear and sunny all day tomorrow and then most of the next day until late evening. Is about 36 hours of clear skies adequate time to let the exposed side dry out before putting down the underlayment? And I'm buying a tarp tomorrow.
Thanks.
04-13-21, 12:01 PM
