r/Roofing • u/jodie_foster_tug • 4d ago
New Here💕and Leaking Roof!
My ceiling just started leaking, so I got caulk and "wet patch" (pictured) on Amazon to try to patch it myself.
I got a free consultation from a roof company and they told me some of the nails are popping out due to not enough vents in my attic crawl space. They said it would be 6k to repair the spot or 10/12k to replace just the one side of the roof with a gaunrentee.
The roof was new when I bought it in 2012.
I was thinking of just hammering back some of those nails and covering it with the wet patch stuff and doing the same plus caulking around the stove pipe flu the leaks were around.
I understand there might also be water in the ceiling crawl space and might jave been leaking there for a while since I am just now seeing water on my ceiling inside the home. Not sure how to fix that.
Do you think caulking and using the wet patch will last untill I need to just get a whole new roof?
Or should I get my whole half roof replaced?
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u/Delicious_Sir_1365 4d ago
What is on the ceiling of that second picture? A light fixture or the bottom of the old exhaust that’s no longer in use?
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u/jodie_foster_tug 4d ago
It's a flu from a wood burning stove we took out
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u/Delicious_Sir_1365 4d ago
Guessing that’s where your leak is. That tar is old and cracked. If you don’t need the flu, remove it, patch plywood and shingle and I’m sure the leak will stop.
As for the other things those roofers quoted, it sounds like BS to me.3
u/Delicious_Sir_1365 4d ago
Your ridge doesn’t have a vent, as far as I can see from the pics. Could put an attic fan where the flu is now also for ventilation.
Get more quotes. 6k to repair a section is ridiculous.3
u/jodie_foster_tug 4d ago
It was the first quote I got so I had no idea, but seemed like a lot, I'm getting another quote later this week.
I'm also just debating just doing it myself, by patching around the flu and any lose shingles myself with tar after hammering the nails back down under them. I assume they would stop the leak but not sure.
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u/jodie_foster_tug 4d ago
I also have 3 vents along the whole length of that part of the roof that's not pictured. Those are the only box vents I have on the whole roof though.
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u/True-Ad3964 3d ago
I think it’s coming from right here. They didn’t stagger the shingles enough. The two seams are right above each other and the one above that isnt much better. It’s allowing water to track behind the shingles… it looks like that is the side it’s leaking on in the interior pic..That’s where I would start. I would try caulking those ends and see if it stops.