Hello folks Dave Schuelke here in Salt Lake City
performing a rain leak detection for windows and decks and garage and ceiling.
So come on in.
All right so here we are in the garage area and you can see that massive
amounts of previous leak damage here and the water actually travels across this
area to right there where those stains are. So that's what we're on the hunt for
right now. So we're gonna allow this water at the lowest point for a good 20
to 30 minutes and identify if it's the lower part of the deck and then again
work our way up. Alright folks so the first leak is right here directly above
the garage where waters been saturating. As you can see, there's multiple, multiple
suspect areas the stucco, the wood trim, the door, and the patio area here but you can
see that they applied this artificial grass directly on top of this entire patio. One of the
things to consider when you're doing that is you're holding all that water
weight onto your deck and depending on what type of substrate you have it could
compromise eventually. So you may want to stay away from an artificial grass
application. I know it looks great but long term not a good idea if you want to
keep your deck in a good state. All right, so here we're gonna go ahead now and
focus on finding the leak we're gonna start at the lowest point and then work
our way up. Okay, we're running water at this lowest point right here and what we're gonna do
is we're gonna kind of create a light rain and see what the absorption is and
it's exiting this patio area here. As you can see here we've got a buried drain.
We've got some snow here. This area here at this corner. So we're gonna do is watch and see how
this water migrates and also identify if there's leaks. Alright folks we're not
even like seven minutes into a leak detection but you could see how much
standing water this artificial grass is creating. There's no flow
whatsoever to that drain. That's a major, major, major problem. Alright folks, so we
were able to rule out that the decking material is actually in really good shape.
It's not leaking. Still professional opinion shouldn't have any holding water
up here, it should be draining, but it's not leaking. What we found was these cracks
in the wood here are absorbing water and then going down into the garage. So this
here is the breach that's allowing water to get in. You've also got some screws
here that are probably anchored right into this stucco, this needs to get
cleaned up because what's happening is water is getting in here getting behind
this flashing right here.
you can see we're getting the water rolling off of that flashing light
that's isolating that suspect area down here so let's continue here. Alright
folks so you can see how much water is coming down from that stucco area.
Alright folks so now that we've determined that the leak is here what we're
gonna do is offer some protection using flex seal. It's gonna seal this up
just in the event a rain does come it's going to protect the inside. I did it as a
temporary fix. All right folks let's go ahead now and go to the upstairs
family room. All right as you can see we've built our zip the door sealed
containment and what this does is it just protects dust but more importantly
if there's any mold inside this we're not gonna be cross contaminating into
the living area especially with kids.
So, we're ready to open up here. All right, folks this is a post look at what we're
dealing with you see that a little bit of moisture there. All right,
as we pull this insulation back we can see
the amount of moisture that's in here. So again
another good reason to open up your walls is to get rid of this type of
material because it'll never dry out unless you expose and remove and discard
this type of material. So this is the stucco that's leaking inside that containment there.
So six mil plastic and guerilla tape is a another thing to consider when you find stucco breaches
and you want to make
sure that you're protected. Six mill and guerilla tape works perfect. Okay
we ran water and obviously pushed it in to the lowest point which is that gap
right there between the stucco and the attempted sealant that was applied. It
took about three and a half minutes and then it started leaking inside the
window area exactly where the water had been dripping from previous rains. All
right folks well there you have it. Hopefully this helped
give you some insight on rain leak detection here in Salt Lake City. As
always thanks for watching.