Start underneath
In the loft with a light, following staining and tide marks uphill along the framing and the underside of the deck until the trail runs out.
Roof Leak Repair in Somerdale, NJ
The stain on your plaster marks the end of the journey rather than the start of it. The work is to walk that journey backwards and shut the opening at the top of it.
Tell us where the mark is — (856) 521-4133
In short
Water moves before it drips
It runs along the underside of the sheathing, down a rafter and across the top of a ceiling joist before it finds a gap. A mark in a back bedroom routinely begins at a chimney on the far side of the house, which is why this job is priced after the search rather than before it.
How it is traced
Working back to the entry
Match it to the slope
Once the area is known from below, the matching patch of roof is gone over from above for the actual opening.
Water test where needed
A hose worked slowly up the slope in sections while somebody watches from inside. Slow, dull, and the only certain method on a stubborn one.
Fix the cause
Boot, flashing, valley, nail hole or lifted lap, whichever it proves to be, then re-test the same way before anybody leaves.
Worth knowing
Why the decorating waits
Plaster and drywall stay damp for days after the entry is closed, and fresh paint over a wet ceiling blisters. The roof gets fixed and the decorating waits until the mark has dried and stopped growing — which is also the clearest evidence the right hole was found.
Also on the list
The rest of what this crew does
Roof Replacement
A full tear-off and a rebuilt covering, with the tear-off, the decking allowance and every component on its own line of the estimate.
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Targeted work on a covering with life left in it, quoted as a fixed job rather than by the hour so the figure cannot drift.
Read the page →Storm & Hail Damage Roof Repair
Wind and hail damage recorded in detail on the slope, then repaired to the same written specification as any other job here.
Read the page →Roof Inspections
The free visit on its own, for anybody who wants to know the state of a roof without a price attached to the answer.
Read the page →Siding
The wall below the roofline, priced on the same document and done by the people already working on the elevation above it.
Read the page →Gutters & Downspouts
Getting rainwater off the roof and away from the foundation, quoted by the run so the figure is easy to check.
Read the page →Before the next rain
Describe the mark
Where it is, how big it is, and whether it grows during rain or hours later. That narrows the search considerably.
Describe the mark — (856) 521-4133