The 3rd wettest January on record helped to
underscore the ongoing problems we had with water leaking into
the great room. The roof over this area is actually the roof
deck. The roof deck is surrounded by a stucco parapet and the
theory for the cause of our water problems is that when the tile
was grouted, the weep screed in the J-metal at the lower edge of
the stucco got plugged. This caused water to back up into the
stucco and seep through the wooden parapet structure (natural
stucco is not waterproof). Any way, to fix it involved tearing
out stucco and tile and re-flashing, re-sealing and putting
everything back. 3/1/2005 -