Today I’m going to take another stab at putting video into my blog post. I took this video while I was in Korea, from my hotel room window in Youngsan. I had a great view of the roof with roof drains right outside my window. This was done while my wife was out shopping. That way I could focus on the roofing, which is my profession, even though we were on vacation. What can I say, it’s in my blood.
The modified roof was really very neatly done. All of the lines for the cap sheet were very neat and crisp. The coping looked very good and the tile work was magnificent.
There were a few issues with the details around the roof drain. They look like minor problems, but remember that this is in the drain area where all of the water is designed to flow. Small cracks like these at the peak of the roof will not allow nearly as much water into the building as they will in the roof drain area.
The flashing of the walls, including the metal counter flashing also looks like it was very professionally installed. I always enjoy seeing work like this that was obviously installed with care.
The nail and wire sitting on the roof membrane are always a concern. Any one who walks up there could step on them and puncture the roof membrane, easily causing a leak. Prevention of this sort of thing can usually be handled by building maintenance staff. The problem usually arises after some other mechanical trade has been up on the rooftop, maybe to service an Air conditioning unit or something.
This is one of my best videos to date. I think that I am finally becoming a little more comfortable on the camera. It really was a beautiful tile roof and although the modified roof had a few issues, it was very neatly done.
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