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Hi, this is Steve from Rooftwins.com. I met with a homeowner that lives in
Annandale, Virginia and she needed a free estimate for roof repair. Now,
when I was inside the home, I noticed that the leak was right in these two
areas here, and she's paid two other different roofing companies from
Annandale that tried to resolve the problem, but the leak keeps coming
back. So the first thing I noticed is all the leaves here caked up in the
valley that can cause the water to damn up and travel up underneath the
shingles and leak at the sky light.
But the problem is, who ever originally did the repairs, all they
did was put cement around the skylight and cement underneath the roof
shingles at the valley, and all that's doing is masking the problem and it
does absolutely nothing to stop the leak. The only way we can stop this
leak from reoccurring again is we have to find the source of the problem
and that means taking things apart. So the first thing we'll do is remove
all the roofing material completely around the sky light, remove the
apron flashing here, and also two courses of vinyl
siding. Once everything is removed and cleaned up, we're going to replace
all the damaged flashing and install ice and water shield and new flashing.
The flashing will be going behind the vinyl siding as well. Now, another
thing I noticed is when the contractors did the roofing at the valley, they
nailed the shingles too close to the valley center line, all the way up to
the top. So we're going to remove all the roofing material at both sides of
the valley, install ice and water shield from the bottom all the way up to
the top, and then reshingle both sides. Now, another thing very important, here
you see a nail exposed at the joint and what that is, is right here
where the shingles join together, that's an open key, so any nails that are
exposed at that joint; that will cause a leak to go underneath the
shingles, leak at the valley, and then also leak at the skylight as well.
So we need to lift up every shingle on the mansard roof and also on the
upper roof and any nails that are exposed at that joint; we're going to seal
it, put aluminum step flashing over the sealant, and then reseal the
shingle again. Once these procedures are done we've targeted this leak from
every possible angle and this roof leak in Annandale VA will not come back
again.
My name is Steve from Rooftwins.com and I can be reached at 703-997-9200
and we specialize in roof repair in Annandale, Virginia. Thank you.