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I'm puzzled about my leaking roof. It's not leaking like a leak should leak.
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| Daniel Cullpeppper 2006-04-04, 6:21 am |
| Hi. Thanks for looking in.
Almost all leaks I've ever dealt with go Drip, Drip, Drip, forever.
But this one goes Drip, Drip, Drip, Pour, Drip, Drip, Pour, Drip, Drip,
Pour, Drip, Drip, Drip, Drip, PourŠ I hope you can see the pattern
there. The Drips might be 30 seconds apart, and then it Pours for 8 to
12 seconds. Then starts over with the single Drips followed by a Pour.
The question - What causes it to Pour every few minutes? I'm stumped.
If anyone would hazard a guess, or better yet, know why it does that,
I'd surely appreciate. Thank You,
Daniel Cullpeppper
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| tbasc@bellsouth.net 2006-04-04, 8:21 am |
| A description of the roof construction and the location of the leak
would go a long way toward giving us something to work with.
It seems clear that the water is being held by something until it
reaches a tipping point, then the something empties and returns to a
position that collects water.
That might be a bit of membrane that sags enough to collect water.
TB
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| Nick Hull 2006-04-04, 8:21 am |
| In article <040420060129127901%Dan@Cull.Pepper>,
Daniel Cullpeppper <Dan@Cull.Pepper> wrote:
> Hi. Thanks for looking in.
>
> Almost all leaks I've ever dealt with go Drip, Drip, Drip, forever.
>
> But this one goes Drip, Drip, Drip, Pour, Drip, Drip, Pour, Drip, Drip,
> Pour, Drip, Drip, Drip, Drip, PourŠ I hope you can see the pattern
> there. The Drips might be 30 seconds apart, and then it Pours for 8 to
> 12 seconds. Then starts over with the single Drips followed by a Pour.
>
> The question - What causes it to Pour every few minutes? I'm stumped.
> If anyone would hazard a guess, or better yet, know why it does that,
> I'd surely appreciate. Thank You,
>
> Daniel Cullpeppper
> .
Probably some teeter-totter mechanism that fills and dumps. This occurs
naturally in some rare springs, where the spring will trickle for hours
then suddenly flood and go back to trickle.
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"Daniel Cullpeppper" <Dan@Cull.Pepper> wrote in message
news:040420060129127901%Dan@Cull.Pepper...
> Hi. Thanks for looking in.
>
> Almost all leaks I've ever dealt with go Drip, Drip, Drip, forever.
>
> But this one goes Drip, Drip, Drip, Pour, Drip, Drip, Pour, Drip, Drip,
> Pour, Drip, Drip, Drip, Drip, PourS I hope you can see the pattern
> there. The Drips might be 30 seconds apart, and then it Pours for 8 to
> 12 seconds. Then starts over with the single Drips followed by a Pour.
>
> The question - What causes it to Pour every few minutes? I'm stumped.
> If anyone would hazard a guess, or better yet, know why it does that,
> I'd surely appreciate. Thank You,
>
> Daniel Cullpeppper
Possibly a depression between two layers of plastic sheeting. When the
depression fills, it "siphons" out over the lower edge until it empties the
depression. Then the cycle restarts.
SJF
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| Frank Warner 2006-04-04, 8:21 pm |
| In article <040420060129127901%Dan@Cull.Pepper>, Daniel Cullpeppper
<Dan@Cull.Pepper> wrote:
> Hi. Thanks for looking in.
>
> Almost all leaks I've ever dealt with go Drip, Drip, Drip, forever.
>
> But this one goes Drip, Drip, Drip, Pour, Drip, Drip, Pour, Drip, Drip,
> Pour, Drip, Drip, Drip, Drip, PourŠ I hope you can see the pattern
> there. The Drips might be 30 seconds apart, and then it Pours for 8 to
> 12 seconds. Then starts over with the single Drips followed by a Pour.
>
> The question - What causes it to Pour every few minutes? I'm stumped.
> If anyone would hazard a guess, or better yet, know why it does that,
> I'd surely appreciate. Thank You,
>
> Daniel Cullpeppper
> .
Fiberglass insulation in the ceiling? Water pooling in a depression on
the upper moisture barrier? Gets full, dumps a load?
-Frank
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| Daniel Cullpepper 2006-04-05, 4:21 am |
| In article <040420061608088875%warnerf@verizonDOTnet.net>, Frank Warner
<warnerf@verizonDOTnet.net> wrote:
> In article <040420060129127901%Dan@Cull.Pepper>, Daniel Cullpeppper
> <Dan@Cull.Pepper> wrote:
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> Fiberglass insulation in the ceiling? Water pooling in a depression on
> the upper moisture barrier? Gets full, dumps a load?
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> -Frank
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Hi Guys,
I hope I'm not too late in acknowledging your help. I wasn't expecting
response in the form of a łRe: Š
The house is 1940-ish and Art Deco in appearance. The roof is in
character with a 20 to 25 degree slant. In any vertical rain or cloud
burst there's no leak at all. It's only in a driving rainstorm from the
southeast does the strange leaking occurs.
Thank you all for you're thinking and possible causes. Now all I have
to do is to wait for some serious storming, wiggle through a tiny hatch
into the attic, and start looking for a teeter-totter that collects
that rain and take it from there.
So thank you again for giving me a starting point.
Daniel C.
BTW: This group really is helpful, warm, caring, and knowledgeable. If
only all were so civilized.
Dan C.
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"Daniel Cullpepper" <Danial@Cull.Pepper> wrote in message news:040420062339490724%Danial@Cull.Pepper...
> In article <040420061608088875%warnerf@verizonDOTnet.net>, Frank Warner
> <warnerf@verizonDOTnet.net> wrote:
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> Hi Guys,
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> I hope I'm not too late in acknowledging your help. I wasn't expecting
> response in the form of a łRe: S
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> The house is 1940-ish and Art Deco in appearance. The roof is in
> character with a 20 to 25 degree slant. In any vertical rain or cloud
> burst there's no leak at all. It's only in a driving rainstorm from the
> southeast does the strange leaking occurs.
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> Thank you all for you're thinking and possible causes. Now all I have
> to do is to wait for some serious storming, wiggle through a tiny hatch
> into the attic, and start looking for a teeter-totter that collects
> that rain and take it from there.
>
Why wait. There will be staining or deposits where the water pools.If the pooling
is visable, you should be able to see it dry.
Bob
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| Heathcliff 2006-04-05, 7:21 pm |
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Daniel Cullpepper wrote:
> Hi Guys,
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> Thank you all for you're thinking and possible causes. Now all I have
> to do is to wait for some serious storming, wiggle through a tiny hatch
> into the attic, and start looking for a teeter-totter that collects
> that rain and take it from there.
>
Another option, if you don't want to wait for a storm, is to crawl up
there and have a helper spray the suspect area with a hose. (For those
"I want my roof to leak right now" moments.) -- H
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| Edwin Pawlowski 2006-04-30, 12:21 am |
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"Daniel Cullpeppper" <Dan@Cull.Pepper> wrote in message
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> The question - What causes it to Pour every few minutes? I'm stumped.
> If anyone would hazard a guess, or better yet, know why it does that,
> I'd surely appreciate. Thank You,
>
> Daniel Cullpeppper
I honestly don't know, but it is an important question. Don't fix the roof
until you are sure we have the right answer.
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