Roof Flashing Repair In Ashburn, VA

 

Hi, this is Steve from Roofer 911.

I'm on a roof in Ashburn Virginia, and the homeowner has a leak where the lower roof meets up against the wall directly below that downspout. Now, one thing I tell my customers all the time, wherever you see the water stain inside your home, it doesn't mean that the leak is originating from directly above on a roof.

She got other estimates from other contractors and they were saying all you have to do is just seal where the roof meets up against the J channel with caulk and that will resolve the problem.

Little did they understand that, that leak could be starting from all the way up above and then the water is travelling underneath the shingles. Wherever the water finds an opening, that's where it will settle, and usually the water settles at the lowest point, and that's where the shingle roof and the metal roof meet.

The only way to resolve this problem is to remove all the roof material where the roof and the wall meet, repair or replace any damaged step flashing, and then re-shingle this area.

The ridge vent here has nothing to do with the leak, the ridge vent is fine. Once these procedures are done, this leak is over and done with.

My name is Steve from Roofer 911, and we specialize in roof repair in Ashburn, Bluemont, and all areas of Northern Virginia. I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.

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Vienna VA – Why A Roof Attic Fan Will Not Cool A House

 

Hey, this is Steve from Roofer911.

I'm at a home in Vienna, Virginia and the customer needs an estimate for an attic fan because it gets very hot on the top level of a split-level home. I want to show you something. Where you see all these orange, that's missing insulation around all these high hats and in fact it's all over, upstairs. Every high hat has missing insulation.

What happened was when the contractors originally installed the high hats, he removed all the insulation in the area of the light, did his electrical connections. Once he was done, he never put the insulation back.

Even if I was to install a roof attic fan, it will still get hot inside this home. Because all the heat from inside the attic is dropping down inside living space. With problems like these, the insulation needs to be built up and then we install an attic fan and they'll notice a major change.

Roofer911 provides roof repair services in all areas of Vienna and Tysons Corner in Northern Virginia. Call us today for an infrared inspection and estimate.
 

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Herndon VA – Roof Repair Specialist

 

Hi, this is Steve from Roofer 911.

I'm on top of a roof in Herndon, Virginia, and the homeowner has a few different problems and a couple different leaks. Now, the first thing I noticed is right over here. The roof shingles are starting to lift up, and there's a couple areas. There's another one right over here.

The reason why is because the plywood underneath was never attached to the rafters. What we need to do is remove all the roof material and the area of the problems, and then we're going to attach the plywood to the rafters with 10d common nails. Then we're going to re-shingle this area.

Now, also another thing is the bottom of the valley, I noticed the plywood here is sagging ever so slightly. It's not because of the valley, but instead because of this stack pipe. You can see the flashing is coming up, and also the way the roofer did the installation around the stack pipe was done wrong. He put nails into the flashing too close to the pipe, and so that's causing the leak down below.

Another thing which will cause a leak, directly below this pipe is hairline fractures to the aluminum flange and also the vertical seam here. We're going to seal that with polyurethane. Now with the roofing, we're going to remove all the roofing material completely around the stack pipe, install ice and water shield to the deck underneath, and then we'll re-shingle this area.

Here, they got a problem here. This is very likely leaking. There's a sagging area right here. It's very poor construction. I would really recommend to rebuild this area. The roof would have to be re-pitched a little bit and then install ice and water shield and re-shingle it.

Now also, this skylight is leaking as well, and I can see that the contractors just put a problem on top of a problem. What I mean is they just put cement on top of the roof shingles up against the skylight, and all you're doing is masking the problem.

The only way to prevent this skylight from leaking in the future is we've got to get down to the source of the problem, and that means remove all the roofing material completely around the skylight. Any flashing that's damaged, it's going to be repaired or replaced with new.

Once the flashing is done, then we're going to install ice and water shield, which will be fully adhered to the deck completely around the skylight, and then we'll re-shingle this area.

My name is Steve from Roofer 911, and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of Herndon, Centreville, and Northern Virginia. I can be reached at (703)475-2446. Thank you.

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Alexandria VA – Roof Repair Specialist

 

Hi this is Steve from Roofer911 .

I'm on a roof in Alexandria, Virginia, and the homeowner has two different leaks: One on the lower roof, right in this area here, and the first thing I noticed is this nail punch and you can see there's a nail starting to pop right through the shingle, here, and there's another one here, and then another one over there … They're just scattered, there's probably about eight of them all together.

The roof shingles at the valley were installed correctly, so that's no problem, but what we need to do, is remove and replace these damaged nail popped shingles and then this leak will be stopped.

Another thing I want to mention, which will cause a leak if it's not taken care of. You see all the leaves have built up in the valley and that will cause water to dam up. The water can go right underneath the single-cut valley and leak inside the home; so I would highly recommend to keep these valleys clean. Very important!

Now, the other leak is on this other roof, and I'll show you exactly what's going on. First off, the roof has a very low pitch. Okay. All right, here's the ridge vent. The leak that they have is directly below this ridge, right along the entire length, so the only time this will leak it's got to be a very heavy downpour, and I mean heavy. Or a heavy melting snow.

What's happening is, underneath this ridge vent, the plywood is cut open about an inch and a half on both sides so, with that water getting underneath, it's dropping straight down inside the open breather; so, what we need to do is take this ridge vent off … Then we're going to seal the deck underneath with polyurethane, on both sides of the ridge, and then we're going to press and fasten a new ridge vent into the sealant, and make sure that we attach it to the rafters underneath, and then we'll reseal all the fasteners.

Everything else is good.

Again, my name is Steve, from Roofer911. We specialize in roof repair in all areas of Alexandria, Burke and Northern Virginia, and I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you!

 

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Ridge Vent Leak Repair In Springfield, VA

 

Hi, this is Steve from Roofer 911.

I'm on a roof in Springfield, Virginia, and the homeowner has a leak inside their garage from the ridge vent. The type of ridge vent system they have is ShingleVent II, and it's a very good system, but it's only as good as the contractor who installs it. I'll show you exactly what I mean.

When there's a heavy downpour or a wind-driven rain, the water's getting underneath these cap shingles and also through the open breather. It's finding an opening through the side of the nail that's holding the shingle in the ridge vent in place.

What the contractor should have done is before the ridge vent system is installed, they have to cut the plywood underneath, about 1 1/2 inches on each side of the ridge. Once that's done, then he should have installed ice and water shield, from say here and all the way up to underneath to where that plywood was cut.

Then you install the ridge vent, and the ice and water shield is going to seal all the nails that's holding the ridge vent and the cap shingles into place. If he would have done that, this homeowner would not be having a leak now.

What I would recommend is to take off this entire length of ridge vent which is 30 feet, install the ice and water shield, and then reinstall the ridge vent.

My name is Steve from Roofer 911, and we specialize in ridge vent leak repair and all other types of roofing repairs in Springfield and Tysons Corner in Northern Virginia. I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.

 

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Fairfax VA – Roof Leak Repair

 

Hi, this is Steve from Roofer 911.

I'm on a roof in Fairfax, Virginia and the homeowner has a leak in the valley, right in this area here. She's had this leak now for about ten years and every time the contractors come back they're always working on the valley.

Now, the last roofer who worked in this area, he did an absolutely perfect job with the valley.  He installed ice and water shield from top to bottom. Also when he fastened the shingles into place he nailed at least nine inches away from the valley center line so that's perfect.

Now, one thing I noticed is somebody put cement around this pipe flange so it's very tight so I cannot lift up the shingles to check the overall installation. What I would recommend is remove all the roofing material completely around the pipe flange. We're going to install ice and water shield to the metal and also to the wood deck underneath and then we'll re-shingle it.

Another thing is it's possible they can also have defective plumbing inside the attic even though I don't think that's the case because this leak only occurs when there's a wind driven rain, not with a heavy downpour.

As a precautionary measure, what we'll do is, we're going to put a PVC elbow on top of this and that will block any water from getting inside the pipe just in case there's defective plumbing inside the attic but at the same time it will allow the pipe to breath.

Here's another thing.  Here's the valley and here's where the leak is here.  One thing I noticed is they've got a shingle vent too, a ridge vent, which is very good and it prevents condensation build-up and mold inside the home and it also helps to release some of the warm moist air trapped in the attic.

With a ridge vent the plywood is cut three inches, excuse me, one and a half inches on both sides. If there's a driving rain blowing towards the ridge vent and if it's not waterproofed underneath properly, the ridge vents will cause a leak. If the water gets underneath the ridge vent high enough to where the plywood was cut here, the water will drop straight down inside the attic and you'll see water damage inside the home directly below. That's not happening.

What's happening is the water's getting underneath the ridge vent and it's finding the nails that are holding the shingles into place and then the water's seeping through the sides of the nails. The water's traveling underneath the roof and wherever the water finds an opening like a valley, that's where the water will settle inside the home.

With this leak, we have to work on the ridge vents directly above the valley. It's about fifteen feet on this side and also about fifteen feet on this side because that leak could be coming from anywhere. The leak could be starting from over here traveling down the roof. The leak could be starting anywhere above here and the water's traveling underneath the roof.

That's it. Once we repair the ridge vent and install ice and water shield underneath, and then reinstall the ridge vent, they won't have this leak anymore.

Another thing I noticed is the flashing around the attic vent is coming up. What we'll do is we're just going to lift up the flashing, insert flashing cement underneath, and then fasten the flashing into place and make sure we hit the rafters underneath.

Overall the roof is still very good. There's a little bit of algae but it can very easily be cleaned. They've got at least another ten more years life on this roof.

 

Again, my name is Steve. I'm Roofer 911 and we specialize in roof repair and roof replacement in all areas of Fairfax, Annandale and Northern Virginia, and I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.

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When It’s Time For A New Roof In Vienna, VA

 

Hi this is Steve from Roofer 911.

I'm on a roof in Vienna, Virginia and this home definitely needs a new roof. You can see the shingles are completely deteriorated, there's a lot of shingles that are missing so a lot of water is getting inside the attic space and then also it's dropping down inside the exterior wall.

Also when they did the valley here they put nails that are too close so the wood is getting underneath the valley and seeping through the sides of the nails, also there's a lot of debris at the bottom of the valley and that's serving as a dam so not all that water's going down.

The water hits the leaves here and it backs up underneath the shingles and then it leaks inside the home. Also the rubber collar around this pipe has a hole in it right here but also the collar has collapsed. The way they did the roofing around the pipe was done wrong.

There's just too many things that I'm seeing that makes me feel we definitely have to install a new roof. Also they never installed aluminum drip edge along the eaves and there's a large gaping space here so with a driving rain the water will get in here, travel through the soffit and then down inside the wall and leak and settle on the lower roof. All this section here needs to be done over, lets see what we've got on the upper roof.

There's a lot of algae and moss, it could be cleaned but I wouldn't recommend it, this roof is just so old. The way they did the roofing next to the chimney housing is wrong, they put nails into the flashing and also you've got a nail pop here so the chimney is leaking as well.

Also I noticed there's no ridge vents going across the top of the roof. Something strange going on over here with this ridge, let me see. That's strange, they've got a wooden board here, that's really weird, I don't know why they put that there, I guess to serve as a gummy ridge vent but it's serving no purpose whatsoever.

I would really recommend this roof to be replaced, very much so. Also there's a problem here, the shingles are lifting up, the gutter is dented so the water's overflowing over the back of the gutter and inside the home. I'm going to write up an estimate for a new roof.

Again, my name is Steve from Roofer 911 and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of Vienna, Dulles, and Northern Virginia and I can be reached at 7034752446. Thank you.

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Roof Leak Repair In Gainsville, VA

 

Hi, this is Steve from Roofer911.

I'm on a roof in Gainesville, Virginia where the homeowner needs roof repair because of a leak. The first thing I noticed is the homeowner performed a temporary repair by putting a tarp down and then screwing into the wood completely around this patch.

Now, the screws will make this situation even worse because the water will get underneath the wood, seep through the sides of the screws and inside the house. The plywood is rotten underneath. This area here where they have the leak, that's not the source of the problem.

Even after we replace all the damaged shingles and replace all the damaged plywood, the leak will come back again if we don't perform a certain repair. Right above this wood, there's a nail pop, so that's one source of the problem.

Also above, there's another nail pop here so the water's seeping in through the sides of the nails, traveling underneath the shingles and wherever the water finds an opening, that's where it will settle.

Also, I checked the flashing up against the wall. Everything is fine, the bricks are fine, the gutter here is pitched beautifully. The roof above is fine. So these nail pops are the source of the problem. We need to replace all the damaged shingles, also the plywood and once we're done, this leak will not come back again.

My name is Steve from Roofer911 and we specialize in roof repair in Gainesville, Nokesville, and all areas of Northern Virginia. I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.

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Roof Inspection And Roof Repair In Springfield, VA

 

Hi. This is Steve from Roofer 911.

I'm on a roof in Springfield, Virginia, and it had a few different leaks, and I'd like to show you exactly what's going on with this home.

There's a leak all the way down at the corner, and when I lifted up the shingles along the valley, I noticed some of the nails were fastened too close to the valley center line. What we need to do is remove all the roof material, starting from the bottom, all the way up to the top of the ridge, and we're going to install ice and water shield, which will be fully adhered to the deck, and then we're going to reshingle this area.

Also, when I did an infrared scan inside the home, I noticed a little bit of moisture down here, and so that's coming from the ridge vent. The reason why is because it was never waterproofed underneath.

What we need to do is remove this ridge vent, which is approximately twenty linear feet, and then once it's removed, any shingles that were damaged in the process, they're going to be repaired or replaced, and then, very important, we're going to install polyurethane to the deck on both sides of the ridge. Then the ridge vent is going to be pressed into the ceiling, and make sure that we attach it to the rafters underneath, and then we'll reseal all the fasteners.

Also, we're going to check this gutter to make sure there's no debris in there that's clogging the downspout, because that can also cause a leak, but from what I see, everything looks good.

Like I said, the leak is all the way down at the lowest point, so we need to repair everything that's directly above, and here, you can see there's another valley that leads all the way down to the bottom, so what we're going to do to the other valley, we're going to do exactly the same here.

Also, there's a ridge vent directly above this area, too, so we got to remove it, and then we're going to waterproof underneath. With this leak, you have to target it from every possible angle, because if you don't, the leak will come back.

Also, there's two shingles over there that are missing. That's not causing the leakage inside, but eventually it will, so we're going to replace those shingles with new, but as I was walking around, I noticed a couple other things.

Here, the flashing is done incorrectly around the stack pipe, so the water's getting underneath, and eventually it will leak inside the home.

Also, where the flange meets up against a pipe, many times you develop fractures, and it can cause a leak inside the home, so somebody sealed this with calk, and it's not going to leak from the flange, but it will leak from the stack pipe here from the seam. If there's a driving rain, the water can get inside the seam here, channel it's way inside, and then bypass the calk here, and then leak inside the home.

Now when I was coming up, I thought I saw some nails in the flashing over here as well. Let me check this. Yeah. No, I thought I saw some nails, but overall it's okay. We're going to seal the leading edge of the counter flashing with polyurethane. The brickwork is okay. That's not a problem. Everything here is good.

Again, my name is Steve from Roofer 911, and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of Springfield, Centreville, and Northern Virginia, and I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.

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Infrared Roof Leak Detection in Reston, VA

 

Hi. This is Steve from Roofer 911.

I'm at a home in Western Virginia, and I wanted you to see something. Here's the sky light and they have a water stain that's on the back side. You see the red and the blue on the back side? That's moisture, and that water is travelling one to one a rafter, so the source of leak is not from the sky light, but instead it's originating from further up above, and I'll show you exactly what I mean.

Here, all this red, all this blue, that's all wet, and it's wet over here as well. I need to go to the room directly above to see if there's water that's travelling from other places as well.

Yeah again, my name is Steve from Roofer 911 and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of Western and Northern Virginia, including Fauquier County, and I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.

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