Snow Melting On Roof Above Bathroom

Water will run down the roof and can freeze at the eave which is cooled from the underside figure 5.

Snow melting on roof above bathroom.

Snow catchers at the base of metal roofs hold back sliding snow near the eaves. Snow disappears quickly from roofs above attics with little or no insulation but will stay a long time when. Definitely coming in from above as we can see the water dripping from the top of the. Another part of your dripping problem may be the way the vent pipe is routed.

The pipe exits the roof above the right side of the bathroom window as shown in the pics below. It s a slight dormer window in a sloped mansard second story roof. However i suspect that your snowmelt problems may be deeper than just an omitted roof vent especially because you said that melting occurs even when the fan is not operating. Sometimes when it s raining and even when it was below freezing snow outside we ve had water dripping inside a bedroom window.

Most of the houses in my neighborhood have this heat loss issue. If it has then the black flies have arrived. Exposed shingles or metal can easily be heated to 70 f 40 c above ambient air temperature and cause melting of the snow immediately next to the exposed roofing. It might be blocked.

Paint the out side to prevent water damage from the melting snow and make sure it fits snugly. Roof vents are also subject to blockage in heavy snow and they have been known to drip condensation back into bathrooms. It seems that when the snow melts why does the snow on the roof melt here. It could take a while for the warm moisture in the vent to melt the snow above it.

See pics the original stack was made of copper and only extended 6 inches off the roof. The warm moist air from the bathroom may be condensing in the cold vent pipe. Venting through the soffit is probably your best option. With the snow that roof is probably too dangerous to walk on so i m sure you did not look down the vent with a flashlight.

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It might not be.