Below are photos documenting problems with a new membrane roof installed in 2022 in Santa Barbara County. Below the membrane is fiber board, sheet rock, plywood sheeting, 1-1/4 T&G and the living space. This roof has experienced several episodes of becoming moist under the membrane, requiring a complete tear off and re-roof. Each sharp object left on the roof could get stepped on or have materials stacked on top of it and cause a roof leak. Each unsealed stanchion left for months could admit rainwater and suck in moist air every evening.

Missing flashing.

Nuts and bolts.

Rivets, screws and sheet metal.

Rivets.

Rusty razor knife blade.

Screw.

Unfinished flashing.

Screw.

Screws and debris.

Screws, half-assed sealed stanchion, unsealed stanchion.

Screws and nails.

Sealed plumbing vent, unsealed solar stanchion.

Sharp-edged flashing digging into membrane.

Metal conduit scrap, sheet metal scrap.

Unsealed stanchion.

Unsealed stanchion.

Water Pooling, unsealed stanchions.

Water Pooling, unsealed stanchions.

Posts for 2022. Each post is a potential leak point if left unsealed.

Proposed solar panels for 2022.