Our roof is leaking

Mrs.Greg

Omg. I want to cry right now. DH is OOT for work. I called him in a panic. We just had the moss removed from our roof a few weeks ago and they did some repairs. So DH said to call them to put a tarp on. The water is dripping from the light fixture in the toy room. All I can think about is the damage in the attic crawl space. Someone PLEASE tell me it'll be ok

nonoemily

That sucks. I'm sorry.

zbeesma86

can you get up into the attic and put a bucket or towels or something to keep it from coming through??

Mrs.Greg

hls19 said:

can you get up into the attic and put a bucket or towels or something to keep it from coming through??

I put a bucket under the light fixture to catch the water. The roofing company is on their way with a tarp. It's actually stopped dripping for the moment.

zbeesma86

oh good! I am so sorry- something always seems to go wrong when my DH is gone. Glad the company is coming back out to put the tarp down! Hopefully they can find the leak and patch it up quick!

CiderWench

I'm sorry. We had problems with a leaky roof a couple years ago and ended up having to get a new one. It was a financial pain in the ass (as in, I would have just rather spent that kind of money on something else.)

Mrs.Greg

The guy came and was super nice. It's not supposed to rain until morning and it's not dripping anymore. He said he'd have to use nails to hold the tarp down and that could cause more damage. He said he can be back at 8am to check the attic/crawl space and repair the roof. I freaked out, of course, because DH said to get it tarped. So I made the guy call DH and talk to him. DH agreed the guy was right so no tarp. I freaking hate this

minerswife17

I'm sorry. We had this problem a few years ago, our attic wasn't that bad. Hope they get it straightened out for you this a.m.