Roof Leaking Into Cavity Wall
Leaks on tile roofs only when it rains heavy no sarking under the roof tiles.
Roof leaking into cavity wall. The back east side of the roof is a shed dormer for most of the length of the house. Roof tiles start to do poorly when the roof pitch gets less than 20 degrees. On the front west side. Rustlehobs 24 dec 2015 in forum.
If there is a strong musty smell near a certain area of your wall there could be a water leak or mold growth behind it. Leaking into wall cavity. If tile grout has broken down water may be entering the wall through cracks between tiles allowing a small amount of water to enter the wall cavity and drain down to the ceiling below. The leaks tend to be located under or near windows skylights and along the transition to an attached garage where there is step flashing.
Wall cavities affected by water damage are vulnerable to mold growth which also has a pungent musty odor. Mold on walls and baseboards. Roof is roughly 12 12 pitch with kneewall height of about 40 in. Low pitched roof tiles.
New garage roof leaking at main house wall. Rustlehobs 24 dec 2015. The solution is to re grout and reseal the tile. Discussion in roofing and guttering started by cobson 11 jan 2007.
11 jan 2007 messages.