BackgroundHello, we're the first owners of a top-floor two-level apartment of a low-rise apartment building. The apartment is one floor, but has internal stairs up to a small room that opens out onto the roof.When we had the place inspected before purchasing, our inspector told us, straight up, "The roof is going to leak." He said the roof, which is standard-looking, black roofing, has lightweight wooden deck flooring on it. He said the roof really should have that silver roof coating stuff to ensure it's safe.The building sponsors, who sold the building, said no-deal, it's fine. But the first weekend after we moved in, it leaked into our bedroom. They sent out their contractors immediately, who identified that where the pipes connect to the HVAC heat-pumps on the roof, was where the problem lay, and did .. something, to it.Problem was fine for a month, but recurred. Was fine again for a while, and then recurred, and then fine for a long time. It leaked a tiny bit once, after about a year, but by this time, the shitty contractors stopped responding to my calls. After much fighting, the sponsor is trying to make things right and is slowly trying to solve a few other remaining issues with our unit.The questionsIt snowed a ton in the last storm, and last night, with the melting, the bedroom leak came back in full force, much worse than it had been before. We have a half-full bucket that is currently being dripped into, and it expanded into other rooms too. We've alerted the sponsor who said they'll contact us on Monday.Question 1: Can/should we do anything in the meantime? The leak drips badly in one place, but a bunch of other areas now have visible water damage.Question 2: Are we at risk for mold? The builder last said that they'd sand a little bit and re-paint what was visually damaged from the original leaks. Is that sufficient?Question 3: It seems like every time the original contractors came, they'd slap a new coat of bubble gum on the roof. Do we actually need the aluminum coating that our inspector recommended? Are they actually ever going to be able to seal this in an effective way applying coats of [I think] flashing to where the pipes meet the roof? Or are they going to just prolong the problem until it's not their responsibility?Thanks all for any help you can offer.Here's a gallery of the leaks -- dunno how visible it is: http://ift.tt/2ki3QCG via /r/DIY http://ift.tt/2l5IpZx
