Recently had a new standing seam metal roof installed. Roofers could talk the talk but I was not impressed with the quality of work overall. My main complaint is that they installed the roof so that most of the sewer vents go right through the middle of a seam. The boots are clearly not designed to accommodate this and they’ve succeeded in creating more work for me in the future; which is what I was trying to to avoid by spending the extra money to upgrade to metal. The boots are going to leak. In fact, they already have.

I was pretty pissed about this initially and told the owner of the roofing company that if they had bothered to tell me this was going to happen, I would have moved the damned vent pipes myself if they weren’t going to. The right fix would be to replace the panels and move the vent pipes but I have a feeling getting them to do that is going to be difficult if not impossible.

Is there a boot that’s designed for this kind of install or a better way of sealing these? Or, am I going to be stuck checking and resealing them every couple of years?

  • GhostalmediaEnglish
    6•7 months ago

    I’d probably start by looking

    For something like this, if probably hit up YouTube and search metal roof + roof boot or pipe flashing

    Two potential options.

    Option 1. More caulk. It’s possible that the roofer did put caulk under the boot. Perhaps they only put calk on the perimeter. https://youtu.be/eidzG74VT5U

    Option 2, put another panel on top of it and create a big ass shingle. https://youtu.be/mwOdoaX0ZXw

    And that said, when I’ve had problems with flashing and my roof, the best thing to do is to get into the attic while someone pours water in specific areas. That’s the fastest way to know what specifically needs to be fixed.