Roof repairs why we need weep holes

Roofing story number 3 is about the number of roofs in Sydney needing repairs - simply because roofers do not understand how weep holes work.
The lesson is not to try to stop water from getting in - but in designing in a system of draining the water back out.
We need relief valves in every facet of our lives. And life gets easier when we figure out how to design in these relief valves...

[@staringintothesun]

Very informative video 👍

[@joanpetervincent6175]

great vid

[@JSIUROOFING]

I love the content, keep making videos

[@roofingportal]

We have committed to one every week in 2024

[@LukeAyers]

Great education. Thank you

[@michellekiwikat6590]

Why in London they do not have weep holes and some of there roofs are decades old .. even hundreds of years old. They never have problems with water in their roofs. Only here in Australia 🇦🇺 well Victoria just started saying we now have to have weep holes.
The right question is how the dickens did the water enter. We now have to look at the pointing we apply. In the sixties. Water did not get in. Pointing was solid.

[@jerryyi4394]

Roof painting guy blocked my roof weep holes, I didn't know that at that time,he told that roof pointing could seal everything nowadays no more need weep holes. My roof started leaking a lot of spots after one or half years later. And then I drilled weep holes and it hasn't been leaked after six months since I drilled during a few heavy rain

[@sydneyshinshi]

Good advice.

[@ramasridher]

Hi there, Very informative but my question are
1.How do you paint the roof without blocking the weep holes?
2.Should painting be totally avoided and just keep up with regular waterblast and moss treatment?
3.How to improve the aesthetics of the roof tiles over a period?
Thanks.

[@roofingportal]

1. Get your roof painter to clear out the weep holes after the paint has dried. Easier said then done - because most roof painters will not be interested in doing this.
2. We do not generally recommend roof painting.
3. We are more concerned by function over form. Aesthetics is subjective and depends on whose opinion you are asking.....

[@1975tbm]

Hey mate, good video
I had my roof re-done by a bloke i regret using in November....he didn't do weepholes when he re-pointed, this was in December. I have a drill and a 400mm x 6mm masonry bit so i can do them. If they existed before, does it matter if i do them on the wrong side of the tile as to where they were before so to speak. I understand where i need to do them, it could just be in 2 places? Hope that maeks sense

[@jackyuen5668]

Hi,
We find that it is easier if you find out which side the old holes are on - because it is easier to drill through a partially blocked hole, rather than drilling a fresh hole.
But as long as the hole is at the lowest point of the 'valley' of the tile - it does not matter which side they are on..

[@1975tbm]

@jackyuen5668 thanks heaps for the reply mate

[@jaredreimer6772]

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