Home inspectors warning residents of water damage as weather warms up

MONCTON A Moncton home inspector iswarning home owners and residents that warmer weather could allow melting snow to seep into homes, causing major water damage.

Dan Connors speaks for Metro Maintenance and Inspection and his staffare in the process of restoring a home with somemajor water damage.

Connors sayswarm days and cold nights can allow water to seep in through roofs.

There was a severe case of water damming, he said. Where the water backs up under the shingles and gets the roof boards wet and causes the insulation to get wet and its a snowball effect right down into the basement because it goes down through the walls.

Connors says homeowners can avoid the problem by allowing water to pass through their eavestroughs.

If we dont clear our own down spouts and stuff like that the waters got no place to go, he said. Itll back up the spout and inside the roof and youll have water damage almost anywhere in the house.

But some say the damages are catching homeowners by surprise.Scott Douthwright is a project manager at FirstOnSite Restoration.

Some people are surprised, he said. Theyve never heard of ice damming before.

Douthwright says snow-related damages have been keeping them busy.

A good chunk of them are ice damming claims, he said.So people are starting to get water damages coming in from the build up ice along the eave of the house.

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Home inspectors warning residents of water damage as weather warms up