Moss and Black Streaks on a Roof
Moss and algae get lumped together because they both show up as dark patches on a roof, but they behave nothing alike.
Finding a Roof Leak: Why the Stain Is Never Above It
A ceiling stain marks where water finally let go, not where it came in. Roof water travels sideways along the underside of the deck, down rafters, across…
Inspecting a Roof Without Climbing It
Most roof trouble gives itself away long before it shows up as a stain on the ceiling, and catching it doesn’t require a harness or a ladder against the…
Flashing: The Metal That Fails Before the Roof Does
Flashing is the metal (sometimes rubber or plastic) installed at every place your roof stops being one continuous surface: where it meets a wall, wraps a…
The Drip Edge: The Small Metal Strip That Matters
A drip edge is the L-shaped or T-shaped metal flashing installed along the roof’s edges, at the eaves and rakes, to guide water away from the fascia and…
The Ridge: The Line That Fails Quietly
The ridge is the peak where two roof slopes meet, and the ridge cap is the row of shortened, purpose-cut pieces that straddle that peak to shed water on…
Repairing a Roof or Replacing It
The honest answer is that a single damaged shingle or a small leak rarely tells you whether to repair or replace.
Gutters That Overflow Even When Clean
Gutters overflow even when spotless because the problem usually isn’t inside the gutter at all.
Missing Shingles After a Storm
A missing shingle after a storm isn’t automatically an emergency, but it isn’t nothing either.
Metal Roofing: What Changes Above Your Head
A metal roof doesn’t fail the way a shingle roof fails. It doesn’t wear down granule by granule under UV light.