hard to believe

[John Dirks Jr]

I can't believe it went 11 years like this. And yes, there are water stains on the interior ceilings of that room.

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[Jim Baird]

...and you can see the shadow where the old stepped caps used to be.

[aaronjones]

yes its absolutely unbelievable as water spots are clearly visible on the walls. Though there is bit of darkness because of shadow.

[mgbinspect]

A few years back, I inspected a home with a roof that was installed with the cutout for a ridge vebt, but the roofer never installed the vent. You could not even tell from the ground, because the ridge cap shingles looked complete from below. For ten years there had been a hole in the roofing about three to four inches wide that ran the length of the ridge, and yet the only consequence was a slightly gray stripe of fiberglass batt insulation below the opening. Of course, being at the ridge, only rain drops that fell directly through the gap entered the attic - no runoff water. If I hadn't seen it, I would have expected much worse consequences. It was surprising that no one had ever questioned the attic being open to daylight at the peak.

[John Dirks Jr]

At first I thought this installation was original to the house. Now I think this step flashing is a repair that was never finished off by adding the counter flashing to cover the steps.