What Causes Water Damage In Homes? (1)

12/13/2016 (Permalink)

Flat Roofs

A flat roof should have a slight gradient to it. Flat roofs are not normally actually flat. A flat roof then is very slightly convex and that’s how it is able to gradually cause water to run off of it and into your gutters. This slight slope can sometimes be undermined by various issues or it can deteriorate and slightly give way to create a genuinely flat or even concave shaped roof. If leaves, branches and debris should build up on your roof. This can create enough weight in order to apple pressure to the weakest point of the flat roof, thus causing it to collapse inward slightly. Thus, all water will now pool on the top of the roof instead of running off of it. you now have standing water on your roof which can be one of the causes of Water damage and Mold to form on the ceiling and the roof itself and which can cause a crack and a leak in your ceiling.