Author: Guns482 » July 28, 2008, 7:42 am
When I purchased my house it has two very long valleys, however as the Thai's tile so the the valleys have a small space between the tiles, it meant that birds, leaves and anything else that liked to spend time in the shadow used it.
After about three years I had the same thing happen, water inside the house.
I contacted my local roofer Thai and I made him cut the tiles so that the valley gap was about 3 inches wide. NOW no leaves, birds or anything else and no water inside the house.
I have guttera and tanks to catch the water, they in itself do not affect water off the roof. Insulkation would just hide a probelm until it got bad.
Just check the gap in the valley if you cannot see the underlying steel or aluminum sheet, have the gap made wider, an electronic tile cutter willdo the trick. it saves thousands in replacing a roof, and all the hassle that goes with a repair. it is not a repair just a commonsense approach to a simple problem made more difficult as Thai builders lack in commonsense.