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This might not be the simplest picture to figure out? Let me give your a hint. We received a call from  a very nice lady saying that her carpet was wet, an interior wall was damp, and she had mold in her attic. She was sure she had a roof problem. 

This might not be the simplest picture to figure out? Let me give your a hint. We received a call from  a very nice lady saying that her carpet was wet, an interior wall was damp, and she had mold in her attic. She was sure she had a roof problem. 

When we arrived at her home later that day, we started looking for signs that could lead us to the correct answer as to why she was having the moisture trouble she was. When stepping out of our truck, we stepped right into a potential clue: a steam of water running down her drive-way, even though the rain storm had passed over the day before. 

Once inside the home, we used a moisture meter to pin point the wet wall and carpet. We then asked to see her crawl space. It was flooded with 6″ of standing water. Next we asked a list of questions regarding any recent changes to their home such as new windows, new family members, additions, cooking habits, bathrooms and fans. We then headed up into the attic. We noticed mold growing on one side of the roof deck, nails with water driplets hanging off them and several duct pipes leading up to a single standard vent. The attic had good venting, apporx 14 vents with open soffit intakes. The home also had a gable vent with a powervent attached to it on a controlled thermostat.

But the answer to her “roof leak” problems was still not visable. We crawled towards a fan noise that was emanating from the master bathroom ducting. There we found two pipes blowing air into an exhaust vent. But as you can see from above, the roof vent was …….

Have a Merry Christmas and we will continue the roof mystery next year.