My landlord (who is the builder of the block of flats) has done a repair to the balcony on which there was water ponding due to the scupper hole being above the floor level. They laid a new deck on top of existing felt and then new felt above. However, after the repair the water is still there (yes, it is considerably less water now, but it is still enough and it stays and does not drain nor evaporate after several days). Is it OK as I am being told?
UPDATE: Thank you for your replies!
There are rubber promenade tiles installed on top, so there is very little chance this water will ever dry on its own unless I lift the tiles and sweep the water out. The builder's argument is the water will not go on top of the tiles.
I am a leaseholder, i.e. I own the flat, but balcony repairs are the landlords responsibility according to the lease.
Are you a tradesperson and able to answer this question?
Should be ok but if they changed all the levels for that reason shouldn't really be there but standing water is not a issue if done properly most flat roofs have a little on them
Answered8 October 2019
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Anonymous user
Any kind of pooling on any roof type is never good and will eventually cause that area to break down and rot over time.
Hi, water laying on a flat roof is not a problem at all.
Answered8 October 2019
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Anonymous user
As you can see very mixed opinions on this, my take is in general there shouldn’t be any significant ponding on the roof as regardless of what system you use and how well it been done it will fail eventually period.
I agree there will always be a little ponding especially where areas of the roof are thicker then others this can’t be helped at all but I’m talking really little ponding so little the next day sun will evaporate it by late afternoon kinda thing.
Your landlord has tried to fix the issue to be fair to them they’re doing better then most landlords would do, it’s their property they’re paying the bill if there happy you should be happy especially if it’s not leaking anymore.
It’s annoying the job hasn’t been done to a completely to a satisfactory level but it’s a hard job getting a prefect finish with falls when your over boarding they were better off ripping up and starting over again but the issue with that and most likely in your case there a lot of work, money and possibly disruption involved for such a small area.
Update:
I guess as you actually own your flat this makes it slightly more difficult and I understand your concerns more now but I’d just want for it to leak again it will leak again in 5 years time if it ponding then hopefully it will get done right second time around. It won’t cost you anything I assume the building owner pays for all internal damage done by the leak.
