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Originally Posted by rexxfan
For a few years now, whenever we have a heavy rain with a lot of wind, we get water leaking from our laundry room ceiling. In January I had Batterbee Roofing (the original roofer) over to have a look and while it wasn't obvious what might have caused it, they found and fixed a few areas around various vent pipes above the general vicinity of the laundry room that might have been responsible if they weren't 100% tightly sealed. Flash forward to earlier this week when we had very heavy, windy thunderstorms overnight. In the morning we had water on the laundry room floor again. So, it seems we didn't find the real cause back in January.
I climbed up in the attic space over the garage with a strong flashlight this morning to have a look. While I didn't see anything obvious like a puddle or water stains, I did see a duct of some sort that is sitting right over the laundry room ceiling. I am not sure, but I think it might be the vent for the water heater in the garage (although we don't actually have a water heater there, we have one of those on-demand Rinnai heaters in a different location). Anyway the duct in question travels a very long way from the point of origin all the way across the attic space and up towards the roof. The first picture attached shows that. The duct was apparently so long that it had to be split into two pieces and those two pieces are joined together and taped up right above the laundry room ceiling. The second picture attached shows that.
My theory is that when there is a heavy windy rainstorm, water enters the duct at the top and flows down the duct to this junction and sits there (because its a low point) and leaks through onto the ceiling below.
So anyway, my question is, who would I get to fix this? Before I found this I put a call into Batterbee to have them come back to have another look, but if this is the explanation, I don't think a roofer is what I need. Thoughts? Many thanks.
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My first call would be to Mike Scott Plumbing 352-748-9111. Based on your post, this doesn't appear to be a job you relish taking on yourself. If in fact this vent stack was for a hot water heater, a plumber should be able to verify this, and suggest a fix or a remedy.
That being said, since the duct looks flexible, it appears to be for your dryer vent.