No sooner had I published my previous post than I had reason to question some of the decisions I made when the insulation was being installed.
Late yesterday afternoon the heavens opened. While it was still raining we noticed that water was pouring into the attached garage and from there into the basement. The basement wasn’t flooded. There was just a pool of water at the bottom of the steps into the garage. But now I am really concerned that the leak that I thought I had repaired by redoing the garage roof and adding the new siding has been exacerbated instead of repaired and that having the new siding may make it hard to identify the source of the leak and the insulation may also get soaked. Fortunately Roxul (the mineral fibre insulation that we used) is not damaged by water but presumably the wood studs could be.
It is going to take some time to sort this out, especially when the roofing company has been very difficult to deal with, and they will probably point a finger at the siding company. Stay tuned …
