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Hi, my name is Ken and I'm from rooftwins.com. We received a phone call
from a Great Falls home owner requesting an estimate for roof repair due to
a couple of different leaks that she has. One is around an attic fan and
the other one is around the roof pipe ***. I asked the home owner, "Were
these repairs done by a professional Great Falls roof repair company?" And,
she said, "No." I said, "That's what I thought."
This one here was installed by an electrician and this one here was
installed by a plumber. I know that sounds funny but I am usually 95%
correct every time I see a situation like this. She asked me, "How did you
know that?" I said, "Well, because usually plumbers and electricians don't
bring shingles."
In a situation like this they will just bring the attic fan, hammer and
nails. And for the plumber, he'll just bring the pipe *** and the hammer
and nails and that's all the material that they need. What they do in a
situation like this is, they lift the shingles up. They slide the flashing
underneath. What they did on this, they applied an adhesive underneath the
flashing and they just pushed it down and glued it into position.
This one here, they just nailed the outside edge down on both sides, and
then he tarred up over the nails along the whole outside edge of the roof
flashing. Both problems will cause leakage. What will happen is, when it
rains, water travels under the roof and it just goes underneath the
flashing. It just bypasses the tar, because it's all cracked and will cause
leakage sometimes directly below. But in a situation like this, it usually
will travel to a lower point of the roof.
This one here, even though, it looks like a neater job, is more serious.
Again, when it rains, water just goes underneath the flashing and will
cause leakage sometimes here, but most of the time, again, it leaks at a
lower point. But, this one here has one problem that the attic fan doesn't
have. There's a seam here with these two shingles joined and this flashing
here ends right here where my arrow is. From here up there's no flashing.
It's just felt paper. So, when it rains water goes inside the seam, goes
underneath the flashing and causes the roof pipe to leak. That will cause
leakage directly below and because of the sides being open that will cause
leakage to a lower point of the roof. So, if you're looking for
professional Great Falls Roof Repair Company that specializes in roof
repair and roof replacement give us a call or you can fill out our form at
RoofTwins.com. Thank you very much for watching the video.