WHY DO ROOFS LEAK?
Here
are select 08 common roof leakage causes for the geographical territory of Goa
as ascertained by Civil Engineer Rajaram Parkar, Proprietor of Parkar
Constructions and Owner of website www.goawaterproofingsolutions.com
A STICH IN
TIME SAVES NINE:
The
above saying may be made by our wise ancestors from old, but it can save us
lots of money, equivalent in gold. Most Indians do not have the culture of
maintaining properties or machineries. It is our Indian tendency to wait till
things get worse or till they breakdown completely.
Regular
repairing and restoration helps any property structure in being protected from
yearly wear and tear due to normal depreciative forces of nature.
Presented below are 10 Select Common Roof Leakages
Reasons in Goa:
1. How old
is your building structure? What is properties age?
Just
like human beings, even buildings may they be home, office or factory
structures, they all have a limited life span of efficient service. The older
your building structure, the longer it has been exposed to climatic conditions
and weather patterns that cannot be escaped by any man made structure.
2. Broken or
Missing Shingles on all types Roof Protection Tiles
Shingles
are a tiny portion and section of building material, usually with a butt end
denser than the other roof tiles. Shingles are commonly used on Mangalore
Terracotta tiles and other materials roof covering on residential buildings and
occasionally for siding.
Shingles
can be of wood, terracotta, asphalt or slate materials too. Generally attached
on the roof tiles in overlapping pattern or rows. Broken and brittle shingles
easily tend to fall off from the roof completely with a long passage of time,
leaving your side roofing angles totally open and exposed to rain, heat and
other natural elements. Parkar constructions suggests that property owners
should get their roofs inspected by roofing professionals and change missing,
broken or damaged roof shingles on time.
3. Clogged
Gutters
According
to the expertise of Parkar Constructions, it is commonly expected for dry
leaves, sticks, dirt and garbage picked by birds and rats to get stuck in
roofing gutters. When this rubbish and
unnecessary foreign material gets collected in the gutter, then rainwater won’t
be able to freely flow into the drain or fall away from the sloping roof of the
house, and this could lead in the future to a leaky roof.
4. Roof
Vents
Roof
ventilation is very important for letting natural dispensation of heat and
moisture to discharge and escape from the area below your roofing tiles, but
they can also be a cause of leaking if they are damaged or not sealed properly.
5. Cracks
and Holes in the roof slab
Due
to natural wear and tear, especially if a building structure is old by age, one
will easily notice hairline cracks, fissures within the outer surface. An
experienced Waterproofing contractor will find Crevices, Splits and Fractures
within the roofing surface normally not easily detectable to common person’s
naked eyes. Cracks, crevices and holes naturally happen due to the erosion process
of nature. If left undetected and unattended to, this definitely leads to
future leakage and seepage and waterproofing issues.
6. Expansion
and Contraction and Condensation of Roof Ventilation areas.
During the cooler winter months, warm air will float up to the roof ventilation area and might cause condensation if it cools down swiftly. This condensation can cause roof leaks and even mold if ignored.
7. Your Roof Flashing Has Cracked
Flashings
are water water-resistant materials such as metals, plastics, or other
resilient materials fitted inside walls during construction. The job of
flashing membranes is to assemble water penetrating the exterior through
fissures and crevices thus to direct the water back outside through designated
drainage areas. Roof flashing guides water away from main parts of the roof,
but it can also be a area that becomes weak to roof leaks. Every property owner
over a period of time has to regularly check flashing for fissures and damages,
making sure it are correctly watertight and sealed.
8. Wrongly Sealed Roof Valleys
In any building construction, a roof valley is the meeting point where two sloped roofs meet together. These roof valleys are designed to help water flow away and off the roof of the property of building. But if the valley isn’t properly sealed, this can be another additional site of roof leaks to happen.
