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Leak in balcony flat roof

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Hello 

 

After a couple of days of heavy rain and high winds I notice a brown stain on a ceiling below a balcony. 

 

It's right in the corner so I took a couple of decking planks up and saw a couple of possible problem areas (photos attached) 

 

I'm obviously going to have it looked at but in the short term I was going to try and fill these areas and see what happens. Pulling all the decking and framing up will be a nightmare. 

 

Where would you guys being looking at being the main problem area? 

 

The roof is a pvc/tpo welded membrane. 

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The split at the top isn’t good but I think your problem is drainage. Possibly leaves blocking the outlet has allowed water level to rise and find holes.

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Would that not also happen in normal heavy rain? If it was a drainage issue? Ok Rained hard before with no Issues.

If the wind blew the leaves around and blocked the drain hole them maybe not. It looks like a tide line around the side indicating water has been up to board level. 
 

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Yea I can see what you mean, you could be right but further along it has a overflow valve which would not allow it to reach that height. I think that tide line is a combination of me cleaning the mud and the decking running muddy surface water over the sides 

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3 hours ago, jack said:

 

Sadly, that doesn't appear to be the case.

Are they show now?

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