Is this normal - drip marks on breather membrane in new roof

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Hi all

End terrace house had new roof (tiles, battens, membrane) within the last two years).

It’s been rainy gently the last couple of days - no high winds or driving rain - and I see little tiny marks on the breather membrane like wet spots or trickles. These marks were not here a week ago when we last came up into the loft!

They don’t seem to appear where the membrane is overlapped which suggests to me it’s coming from above.

To me, tiles should be taking aaay all water from rain and the membrane is there is an utter last resort in the case of extreme weather but opinions online vary about this. Some say it’s normal. Some say you shouldn’t be seeing it at all.

Looking for more opinions here. My instinct is that I should be seeing this. Roof pitch is quite low but appears to me like the tiles have sufficient overlap etc from the specs I can see online.
 
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Hi all

End terrace house had new roof (tiles, battens, membrane) within the last two years).

It’s been rainy gently the last couple of days - no high winds or driving rain - and I see little tiny marks on the breather membrane like wet spots or trickles. These marks were not here a week ago when we last came up into the loft!

They don’t seem to appear where the membrane is overlapped which suggests to me it’s coming from above.

To me, tiles should be taking aaay all water from rain and the membrane is there is an utter last resort in the case of extreme weather but opinions online vary about this. Some say it’s normal. Some say you shouldn’t be seeing it at all.

Looking for more opinions here. My instinct is that I should be seeing this. Roof pitch is quite low but appears to me like the tiles have sufficient overlap etc from the specs I can see online.
Yes it's normal for a building (especially a recent build) with high humidity. We always supplement our breather membrane with OFV's and vented ridge.
 
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They don’t seem to appear where the membrane is overlapped which suggests to me it’s coming from above.

Might it be condensation, of moisture, from below in the house itself? It has been a cold week, a few frosts, if the loft hatch has been opened...

It also might be due to inadequate ventilation of the loft.
 

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