(Tried to post this last night, but I can’t find it today so will try again).
I’m putting an addition on a 50 year old cottage in SW Florida. The old roof is southern yellow pine boards which is very hard to nail into and the new roof is plywood. The entire roof has been “dried in” using 30# roofing felt with the metal valleys and ridges installed but leaks like a sieve when we get a storm that drops 1″ of rain in an hour. The final roof will be V-5 crimp metal. Should I be concerned at this point about the leaks or will the metal roof be totally watertight? Who should be responsible for getting rid of the mold, mildew and water damaged insulation; my contractor or me? Thanks in advance for your help.
Cheers:
Ron.
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"Dried in" ought to be dried in. Around here the framers like to call it "blacked in" when it leaks.
I'm curious how the ridges could be installed before the roofing.
I'm not green anymore.
"I'm curious how the ridges could be installed before the roofing."I probably used the wrong term. There are some places, not on the top ridge, that have the same metal as the valleys, but are the opposite shape. Sorry for the confusion.
Cheers:
Ron.
I guess that would be the hips. Don't know how they could go on first either.
Is the water running under the valley metal? Just because they're installed on top of the underlayment doesn't mean they'll shed water.I'm not green anymore.
Who should be responsible
Is that covered in the contract?
Your other post shows in this same folder. You might want to delete it so there aren't two going at the same time.
I'm sorry, I thought you wanted it done the right way.