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How to detect a leak in your roof
By cooldude | August 5, 2010
Detecting the sources of water leaks in your roof can be a very trying job, but don’t let the idea scare you because it isn’t as scary as it is cracked up to be. You will be saving yourself a lot of money and put it to alternate uses rather than spend it on fixing your roof. All you need is to be able to climb onto your roof if necessary which, in many cases it is not.
Before you climb onto the roof, use binoculars of high power to scan your roof from the ground level thoroughly. It is very difficult to hide anything from these binoculars and chances are you will find the hole you are looking for. In most cases, the hole is not where the water leaks down from and so just locating the leak source will not be enough.
If you have a strong footing, get onto the roof and chances are you will find what you were looking for. Most common areas of roof-leaks are not the shingles. The flashing around the vents, skylights, chimneys and domes also lead to leaks in many cases. If you have an attic you can locate the leak by looking for pinpoints of light on a sunny day in a dark attic.
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