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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
Because of tile and the need for stronger support?
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We have a flat roof. It's brutal. The tile is a facade.
When we bought the house, we didn't know there were issues because, and I quote "It wasn't raining at the time of inspection". It's not legal to go up on the roof with a hose, either. So, we had issues our first winter in the home. It was either spend $10k on a new roof (we'd already spent in excess of a $100k in the first round of remodeling) or pay $500 for it to be "repaired". We chose the cheap route.
Just this past November, we had some massive rains and it flooded one of my wife's closets. The drywall was trashed. So, we went ahead and had a new roof installed the first week of December. The next rains came in February and it didn't leak in the closet. But guess where it did leak? In my 9 month old daughter's room. Buckets by the hour. Gallons and gallons of water. It ruined the ceiling and a ceiling fan.
The roofers came out 5 different times after that to repair whatever they missed. Finally on the 5th time, no leaking.
It was such a drag. All of the contractors I've ever spoken with say that flat roofs are the worst ever.