One with a steep pitch or one with a shallow pitch.
Push on roof shingle and water squishies out.
Look in your attic for signs of moisture.
There are times when it rains especially during big storms that water cascades off of a roof like a waterfall.
This is likely your problem if.
Drip edge metal valley flashing dormer chimney and kickout flashing are types of roof flashing that shed water away from the connections between roofs walls chimneys and other building assemblies.
When conditions are serious the wind pushes water around on a roof.
Drip edge flashing is supposed to push water away from houses.
Wind can easily push the water upwards before gravity pulls the.
Step flashing is found around the chimney and on walls that intersect a shingle roof.
Sometimes the water shows up at a ceiling spot distant from the leak.
A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles.
If one of the steps has become loose or rusted through water can creep behind it underneath the others and into the house.
If your shingles and underlayment leak water can get onto the plywood decking and rot it out.
Metal drip edge isn t usually required check with a local building official but it gives roof edges a nice finished look prevents shingles from curling over the edge and keeps water from running directly down your fascia boards.
This project guide is a combination of those two articles and it covers replacing the existing roof decking installing underlayment and ice dam protection laying the first row laying shingles in the field flashing ridge shingles and vents and more.
Install the drip edge.
However on the edges the drip edge must compete with the wind.
Shingles along with underlayments and ice and water protector keep wind driven rain from harming the roof s deck.
Step flashing protects the gap where roofs meet walls by weaving into.
Everything being equal ventilation shingle type climate etc which roof will last longer.
Some roof leaks are tough to locate.
Protect from wind driven rain.
While some skylight manufacturers include flashing in their products sometimes roofing professionals have to create it or purchase it separately.
Seems to me a steep hillside erodes more quickly than a low slope so i d think that roof shingles would wear out more quickly on a steeply sloped roof.
If your ceiling has a plastic vapor barrier between the drywall and the attic insulation push the insulation aside and look for flow stains on the plastic often water runs to openings in the vapor barrier such as at ceiling light fixtures.
While this is a normal aspect of roofing and.
Open valleys have metal flashing to protect this critical area of the roof.
Short sections of overlapping l shaped flashing are arranged to channel water over the shingle downhill from it.
The bounciness is limited to one or a few areas of the roof.
