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Roofing

Water running off side of roof

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 4.00 PM

Job description Edit It's a question I've got a severe problem with water running.off the side of my pitched roof and down the gable end wall before it even gets to the guttering. It's a detached new build house and seems to happen on both sides, (worse on 1 side than the other) and is making a right old mess at the bottom. Splashing water and.mud back up the wall. Is this a build problem with the roof levels (ie edge tiles not directing the water back into the roof and guttering).

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4 Answers

G J ROOFING

Rating: 5 out of 5
Bourne End
Seems to me that the verge may well have dropped, meaning water will continuously fall over the verge edge. Would recommend strip all verges back and reset with mortar. Hope this information is helpful
Answered13 May 2021
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Upkeep Contractors Roofing, Building & Refurbishments

Rating: 5 out of 5
Hornchurch
Hi there, The verge tiles should always be tilted up at the outer edge to guide the water to stay on the tiles until it reaches the gutter. Chances are that the gable wall was lower than the roof joists with the Weight of the roof tiles plus the cement verge or dry verge the roof battens will bend and dip, sloping the tiles to tip the water off the gable end. This can be solved with a continuous dry verge trough. Regards david
Answered13 May 2021
1

Anonymous user

I would recommended that you have an RPG system fitted as to me it sounds like the bottom of your old bitumen felt would have rotted away causing the water to fall in to the soffit fascia area resulting in it going down the wall and not reaching the gutter
Answered20 May 2021
0

Carvall Construction

Rating: 5 out of 5
Swindon
If it’s a new build then nothing should have dropped, more likely sounds like faulty workmanship. Really needs investigating with a site inspection. Hope this helps.
Answered3 June 2021
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