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When to Re-Roof...?
From the exterior, shingles can be showing their age by being cracked, curled or even missing in areas. Rotting Fascias and soffits are a good sign that the aging process is also affecting the shingles and wood underneath. When you look at the roof, there might be a bowing of the roof signifying that the wood underneath is rotted. Look for corroded flashing (metal). Clogged gutters may have large amounts of granules from the decomposing shingles.
Not as easily determined but nonetheless just as important, the interior needs to be checked. Water damage could be spotted in the attic, closets, ceilings and walls. If you see discolored areas, plaster or wallpaper loosening, soft spots in the walls, the moisture could be running down the inside walls so as not to be as noticeable. Whether or not you have a leak and know the approximate age of the shingles to be around 18 years old, you are probably due for a new roof soon anyway. Keep an eye on these areas to prevent any problems.
Don't Wait Till It's Too Late
If you do wait for a leak to occur, to decide to replace your shingles, you may encounter more problems than you want. When the water starts to come in, it can cause damage from the point where it entered and can wander through the skeleton of the house until you find it dripping from your ceiling fan or find the walls soft and moist. It can take up to a year or more of leaking to show on the inside, making it quite possible that interior damage can be of substantial cost for replacement by you the home owner.
Why is ventilation important...?
Whether it is Spring, Summer, Winter or Fall your home needs proper ventilation. Just like you have to breathe in and out, so does your home. Following are some of the reasons that you need ventilation.
The average family of 4 will produce 3 to 4 gallons of moisture that accumulates in the home. From shower, laundry and doing dishes, moisture will build up and rise into the attic.
The moisture needs to escape from the house to prevent mold, mildew and the rotting of your attic wood.
When summer heat enters your home, it also needs to exit. Otherwise it would become unbearable. In the winter it needs to escape to prevent ice-damming. Ice-damming is caused when the heat in your attic builds up. When heavy amounts of snow fall on your roof, the snow works as an insulator, causing the heat in your attic to melt the snow. As it melts it slides down to the gutter li
ne and refreezes there. This will then back up the water, thus entering into your house behind the shingles.
Thank you,
The Pro-Tech Roofing Team!
Pro-Tech Roofing has been locally owned and operated since 1998. That means you will get a roofing project that best displays your structure. It means that we will help you to select the materials that will give the performance and provide the life needed on your structure. We use materials from quality manufacturers and guarantee our work.
We Specialize in
- Residential Roofing
- Commercial Roofing
- Maintenance Free Sidings
- Seamless Gutters
- Roof Failure Investigation
Pro-Tech, Specializing in residential and commercial applications for new roofs, re-roofing, rigid and tapered insulation, ventilation, seamless rain gutter, aluminum and vinyl siding, new and replacement windows.
Pro-Tech applies all types of roof and roof drainage systems. Our sheet metal division designs and fabricates metal flashing for residential and commercial applications.
Pro-Tech also fabricates and installs its own "Standing Snap Lock Seam" metal roof systems and seamless rain gutter systems. We also provide diagnosis and troubleshooting over previous and new installations.
CONTACT PRO-TECH ROOFING - 303-681-9550