But weather inside is even worse. Thankfully, this weather intrusion was only sort of partly inside, so it wasn't too much of a bother, but it was still something that needed to be attended to.
The roof leak causing this peeling paint has actually been an issue for as long as I've lived in this house, but given how little it rains here in California (especially in the middle of our wonderful megadrought) I hadn't really given it much thought. Just a bit of peeling paint from the few times it gets soaked each winter wasn't going to ruin everything.
However, since I had the time and half a tube of cold patch, I decided to climb up there and make another attempt at sealing things up.
It was obvious that the issue was in some way related to this roof jack, given its proximity, but with the way roof leaks go it's never all that obvious what the exact cause of the leak is. So, I buttered up the cracked sealant where the roof jack met up with the plumbing vent, slathered on some goop around the base, schmeared some on some shingle seams, and frosted over some popped nails.
I actually think the popped nail just above the roof jack might have actually been the issue. When the roof was redone last, they didn't actually remove the old, curled shingles and instead just laid down a new layer over top. This isn't the best way to lay down shingles, but usually it doesn't cause many issues. That is, of course, if you use long enough roofing nails. Which they did not. As a result, the nails have been working their way out of the sheathing, and the heads have been erupting through the shingles, leading to a number of leaks that I've had to patch over the years.
And now that I've patched a few more, I hope that it'll keep even more of the weather on the outside where it belongs.
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