Water enters at a seam or penetration, runs along the top of the deck or inside the insulation, and drops through the first opening it finds, often a fastener hole or a deck joint metres away. That is why chasing a stain from inside rarely works. Tracing runs from the roof side, following slope and structure back uphill from the interior evidence. For the specifics of each system we install, see
parkade waterproofing and
flat deck waterproofing.