Leaky Roof

When we first looked at our home in Florida, the realtor told us that the previous owner had a lot of work down on the roof, and the owner before that had the roof tiles "glazed" to keep their color.  When we migrated back from Tennessee, I noticed a small part of the ceiling in the garage had discolored and drip marks staining the interior walls.  I called the company that had done the previous work and he came out to take a look.  While he inspected the leak, he let me know what other work he had done, which was a kind of good news, bad news story.  The good news was he had re-done most every valley area on the roof at the request of the owner, the bad news was there were a few left he had not done, including the couple over the garage.  He sent out a crew a week or so later, and they were done in a few hours.  Nothing fancy, work a tile loose, and the rest can be easily taken out.  They scabbed the joist where the leak drizzled down in the attic, replaced any of the wet plywood, applied a newer style, self-sealing membrane that will easily last until we replace the entire roof (no time soon I hope), and reinstalled the tiles they removed.  They did break a couple of tiles along the crown, which are standard sizes and were easily replaced, mudded the new crown back in, and glazed to match with some of the old glaze that was leftover from previous work I had stored in the garage.  After speaking with the company owner and the roofers, I have a better understanding of what to look for as leaks on tile roofs almost always occur in valleys or roof protrusions where flashing is involved---the problem typically has to be chronic to rust out the nails holding the tiles and stringers to the roof sheathing.  In this case, the nails in the flashing at the intersection of the crown and fake dormer had rusted away over many summers of hard rain.

All Done!