ᐅ Flat roof with parapet wall on garage leaking

Created on: 28 Sep 2022 21:36
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Shasa
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Shasa
28 Sep 2022 21:36
I have a flat roof with a parapet on top of my garage. A metal box runs through the parapet, directing water into the gutter. The problem is that the roofing felt is no longer watertight at the transition to this metal box. It seems that the roofing felt was not extended overlapping into the metal box but ends exactly at the edge of the metal box. The roofing felt there can be lifted (see photo with plastic scraper), and water appears to be finding its way inside underneath. Now, whenever it rains, water leaks into the garage. Sealing it with bitumen does not work; I have already tried that. Does anyone know how to permanently seal this junction between the roofing felt and the metal box?

Thanks for the advice!

Darker, soot-stained rectangular interior channel; view through opening to roof tiles outside.


Close-up of a bitumen-covered roof edge with tar residue; houses in the background.


Red plastic scraper lying on dusty concrete floor next to a dark support.


Rusty metal box in the wall, open at the front, on a rough plaster surface.