Christmas day roofing fun

[xiodene]

So I woke up this morning to find some wet patches on the ceiling



This is the front of the house, in the bedroom. I have been up in the loft and there is no sign of water on top of the ceiling plaster board. The roof feels dry and the insulation is dry.

My only idea is maybe it's the guttering. But this is the first time I have noticed it and I hasn't rained for 2 days.

Does anyone else have any ideas?

[Ali2202]

Reindeer pee?

[xiodene]

Ali2202 said:

Reindeer pee?

Good shout, that would explain everything really!

[markbigears]

Have you got a water tank in the loft?

[lost in espace]

Wind driven rain? Very blowy and torrential rain 2 nights ago.

[xiodene]

markbigears said:

Have you got a water tank in the loft?

No the water tank has been removed, there is no plumbing in the roof now

[Big Al.]

Can you get access to the loft?

If so venture up a take a look!

[xiodene]

Big Al. said:

Can you get access to the loft?

If so venture up a take a look!

Yea i went up there first thing this morning, crawled over to the edge and pulled back the insulation (which was dry) There was no sign of any water at all. the top of the plasterboard was dry, where it would have been wet underneath. It is really odd

Edited by xiodene on Friday 25th December 12:01

[snuffy]

Condensation in the loft ?

I had that last year. I'd overdone some new insulation and put it too far into the corners. The loft is supposed to be open to allow air in. The black lining material over the rafters was dripping with water. If you touched it you got soaking wet.

I pulled the insulation back from the eaves and fitted some plastic slat type things that go in between where the loft lining material is joined and taht again opens it up an inch and allows air in. In a few days it was back to being dry.

Stick your head up in the loft and have a look.

Edit: I see you've already had a look.

[xiodene]

The black roof backing material seems to be try as well.

It looks like the ceiling as been wet from underneath. Its hard to explain properly, but when i looked at the wet patch from below it wasnt just damp, you could almost see the water glistening. But them from above it was dry.

[Skyrocket21]

Do you have finlock guttering? The awful concrete one that's a part of the wall. It would only affect the outside walls and usually saturates the cavity. Cold last night, hopefully not a small leak in a pipe.

Edited by Skyrocket21 on Friday 25th December 12:14

[vindaloo79]

What does the exterior roof look like above? ours leaked from where the felt is pressed and ripped against the timber. Then trickles down the frame and was hard to spot until I climbed right round.

[Simpo Two]

Were you drinking champagne last night?

[xiodene]

It's just standard plastic guttering. I poked my head out the window but couldn't see anything obvious. I also took a picture, but I'm not sure it is very helpful

[V8 Animal]

Santa had a wee

[Jaska]

I had the exact same thing this morning as you, it was nearly dripping down. Pretty sure it's just condensation as it was the coldest night in a long time and we haven't opened windows etc in a while. Just open the windows a notch and it should all dry out!

Eta: assuming it's in the bedroom you actually slept in last night and not a spare bedroom or a room you've been drying clothes in or something!

[xiodene]

Jaska said:

I had the exact same thing this morning as you, it was nearly dripping down. Pretty sure it's just condensation as it was the coldest night in a long time and we haven't opened windows etc in a while. Just open the windows a notch and it should all dry out!

Eta: assuming it's in the bedroom you actually slept in last night and not a spare bedroom or a room you've been drying clothes in or something!

Yes it was in the same room we slept in. I hope it was just condensation. It just seems to be strangely localised. I guess I will just keep an eye on it.

I went outside and check the guttering, it all looks fine from the ground. Hard to tell though

[triggerh4ppy]

get up on the ladder and check the gutters are not full of leaves. may be overflow back from the guttering

[Wacky Racer]

triggerh4ppy said:

get up on the ladder and check the gutters are not full of leaves. may be overflow back from the guttering

This.

[Aluminati]

xiodene said:

It's just standard plastic guttering. I poked my head out the window but couldn't see anything obvious. I also took a picture, but I'm not sure it is very helpful

That can’t be a chipboard soffit....can it ?