Friends home in Phoenix AZ.. , House is apx 35yo ... doesn't rain often, but clearly not draining well when it does & she is starting to see interior cracks in drywall.
Have you had similar problems? Any advice?
Thank-you!!!
water does not drain well from north side of house not seeing cracks on exterior (yet) seeing cracks on interior
I does look like water pools right next to the house. Some grading to direct the water away would help.
Your photos appear to be of interior walls and not the other side of the wall with the puddle outside. Where are cracks in your photo located?
Are you sure the interior wall sheetrock? I don't normally see stress cracks diagonal from a corner like that with sheetrock. Sheetrock normally pops nails or will crack in straight lines along the seams.
We're lucky, no exterior cracks and no crumbling of mortar I can see.. a couple interior doors do not close as square as I would like ...
Do you think a sloping berm of soil up against the house with an impermeable plastic barrier on top and then gravel on top of that directing the water to a gravel filled ditch parallel to the house about 5-6′ out would help? or would the barrier just insure that it would NEVER really dry next to the foundation ??
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My roof has had this 1 leak for 2 years in one spot in the living room. I can't get access to the attic so I cut a small hole in ceiling dry wall. It just rained and can clearly see the leak is coming from 1 nail and the roof wood shows a little wetness 2 or 3 inches to the right.
What is the best way to fix this? I thought of pounding the nail up from where it is leaking, then remove it from on top of the roof and seal the hole with roof cement. I've attached an image showing the leak from the ceiling. Note, that the nail is NOT visible on the roof.
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