Leaky Shop Roof

[Dan Clermont]

We have set into the monsoon season on the West Coast. We'll get pretty much solid rain for 4 months now!

Yesterday I went into the shop and saw a small puddle of water in the corner. We had a pretty heavy rain storm come through that night with "horizontal" rain and wind.

Tonight I went into the shop and noticed bubbling paint on the ceiling. Looks like we'll be pulling out some wet insulation tomorrow and repairing the roof. Can't seem to find the specific spot in the dark. [mad]

Thankfully all or my inventory has been moved into the new store and most of my big tools are in a seperate shop.

My wife and I were planning a big reno, looks like we may have to move that up on the priority list. Perhaps I'll get my dream shop now  ;D or at least my dream shop within city limits, meeting all of the local bylaws.

Dan Clermont

 

[EcoFurniture]

That sucks! I hope you will manage to stop the leak soon.

This must be a north american thing... leaking roofs. Every shop I worked in here in Canada had problems with it. My last shop too. I always had to cover everything with plastic when it was raining... Back in Germany I never even hurt of those issues! And the buildings there can WAY older then the ones here.
Actually there is a question for you guys: Why on earth can't we put just a slight slope on the roofs of our commercial buildings? Just a couple of degrees and we wouldn't have any standing water.... Well, it's just an idea  [tongue]

 

[woodshopdemos]

Dan,
  Why not cover it with a thick blue tarp and still go to Reno.

 

[Dan Clermont]

Hi John

It'll either be a blue tarp till spring or I will just re-shingle it on my own. Very straight forward 140 square foot area with one roof vent.

Just wanted the roof to last one more monsoon season without any issues till we figured out exactly what we wanted to do.

Dan Clermont

 

[Frank Pellow]

Bummer [crying]  [crying]  Vancouver is famous for leaky buildings, so you are adding to that long long list.

John, Dan said reno, not Reno.   [poke]

 

[tDot]

Dan,

Lay down some 6mil poly on the roof, from the gutters up to the peak, shingling each successive layer, stapling out over the soffit, then again at the top of each layer of poly, where it will be covered by the next layer, I leave the bottoms loose but you could attach them with Tuck tape if you wanted, then cover that with the tarp.  Tarps by themselves fail in our climate.  Dont know why, they just wont last solo.  I've used that system to protect some pretty big renos through the winter here on the North Shore, and no leaks... that included the year that Stanley Park was leveled by wind.

Hey Andreas, I had a German carpenter working for me last year, he was from Stuttgart, he was laughing at us for sloping our flat roofs too much.  He said in Germany they make the roofs hold more water, and that actually protects the membrane.  Of course he still insisted on wearing the cord pants and full traditional German carpenters outfit, even in the rain, so I dont know how sane he was.

T