Imagine yourself at home, enjoying a great TV show, and in
the next moment you feel water drops from the ceiling on your head. This may not
be so common (luckily!), but it can be a terrible nuisance when it happens.
The first thing that may cross your mind is calling one ofthe licensed Barrington roofers in the community, who can repair the damage.
This is easy, but not as cheap. If you have some basic skills and prefer to
save some money, you could attempt to locate the roof leak yourself and even
repair it, which would be an inexpensive process, as long as you take adequate
measures to keep your roof and yourself safe from more damage.
Leakage location can be done from both the inside and the
outside of the house. Sometimes it takes time to find the leak, especially as
water could have flowed along pipes and other surfaces before reaching the
ceiling.
Sometimes, if you are lucky, the problem is just above the
leak, so mark this position and start the verification process from this point.
A house with an attic requires an in-depth inspection for any signs of water
infiltration or exposed insulation.
You could also use water, on a sunny day, to identify a
leakage, by pouring it on different areas of the roof, until you find the leak.
