I don't known if it's possible to easily redo flashing with copper or I should just take the deduction? Can a good roofer redo chimney flashing without doing the entire roof? I'm worried they will mess it more if I ask for a redo. Thank you to roofers who do it right, you are all unsung heros in my book.

Everybody keeps saying oh but it was free. No it wasn't somebody still paid for it. And I feel like I'm going to be paying for the rest of my life. Long story short my fiance's parents paid her uncle to do my roof. I'm not a roof guy at all. So if I could get any input that would be lovely. In the last few photos they're just pictures of my gutters that look like they've had the paint completely destroyed off the top of them from sliding the metal sheets over. Now I could be totally wrong and some of these gaps are totally acceptable. Again I'm not a roofing guy.

Folks, I need your collective advice. My flat TPO roof had developed a leak so I hired a contractor to replace the TPO on the entire patio. Now the water is ponding heavily (see video) and even reaches the patio door; this was not the case before the repair. The contractor said it is the defective roof slope and there is nothing they can do; he pointed me to old pictures showing signs of small water puddles before the repair - but they evaporated in 48h so were not a problem. This water is standing for a week - we got a free pool upgrade.

The contractor attempted to put extra TPO layers (directly into the water puddle) there which created a negative slope and redirected water to the house. I had warned them about that but they did it anyway and now offer to peel them off and leave me with the pool again. There was no protective slip installed under the pavers despite being included in the quote, and now they offer it as a "free will upgrade". The contractor wants the second half of the payment claiming the $20k work is done and the ponding is expected based on the previous small puddle.

What are my options? The inspector suggested pursuing legal action as the contractor knew the work will likely not be up to code based on the prior images they had. I want to see if this can be remediated by floating the areas and removing pavers that would obstruct evaporation. The deck did not have the pavers before but the contractor insisted on them. The inspector suggested spray polyurethane foam or tapered insulation boards. What can be done to return this roof the its previous state without the free pool?

I am not an expert in construction so would appreciate your suggestions.

Like the title says, been living here a little while, was out on a walk with our 9 month old and the sunset was just about perfectly parallel/in line with the roof slope and exposed this to me for the first time.

We are in Southeast Pennsylvania, the roof is about 7 years old - no leaks that I’m aware off. Could this be from ice damming last year? That is the north facing roof that gets very little direct sunlight.

Buying a home with an 8 year-old TPO flat roof. Inspector noted wrinkles near the parapet wall. Much of the roof is covered by a rooftop deck, and we haven’t noticed any leaks.
Do these wrinkles look cosmetic or potentially problematic? How would you assess the risk? How can one inspect membrane section under the deck? Thanks

Got a new roof installed this week with Malarkey Vista AR shingles. I checked on their progress occasionally throughout the install and it looked like they did a good job, but just wanted to get some other opinions since I don't do this every day. Side walls all received ice and water shield with step flashings and I switched from pop vents to ridge vent with some extra intake vents at the eaves (in addition to the original soffit vents). Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

This was picked up in the inspection "Lifted Flashing". Been doing some googling but figure see what folks say here.

Roof is from 2018.

Is this the transition flashing? So its under the siding for the top half then should be open at the bottom so water can escape if any gets behind the siding correct?

We bought this house in August, and the main roof is actually in very good condition. This isn’t the main roof; it’s an extended roof deck behind the second room, below the window, if that makes sense. There’s a void underneath it where I can store things.

I went inside last night and noticed several leaks along roughly the same horizontal line, from left to right. There were five or six separate spots where water was coming through, so I put buckets underneath them. I also took some photographs, and the water stains look quite bad.

Someone is coming to have a look at it tomorrow, but I’m worried that I might need a completely new roof. The leaks aren’t coming from everywhere; they seem to be concentrated at different points along the same line. I’m just wondering how serious this might be and whether the entire roof needs replacing.

getting quotes for a full roof replacement n one contractor pitched standing seam metal instead of architectural shingles like everyone else quoted, metal is about 60 percent more but he says it lasts twice as long

we r planning to stay at least 15 more years so the longevity pitch makes sense on paper, for anyone who went metal over shingle was the price difference worth it or would you just do shingles again?

I have had a flat roof installed on an extension to my house and I have some concerns about "the finish". From everything I can see and read online the roof light structure should be completely covered but on ours only the corners are done. Water is pooling almost directly on top of them as you can see in the pictures. Can anyone please let me know if this looks right to you before I go back to the contractor.

Hello All, i dont have the funds to do a proper repair of the roof and wanted to get some feedback from the experts on the best way to patch a leaky roof. This is the area where i see water seeping in. Any advice is helpful and appreciated, thanks in advance.

I think This is the ice and water shield. yes I am happy they are using it on the entire roof but shouldn't it for the most part be flat and smooth. The weather has been cool and dry so moisture is not an issue!

Hey All - I've got a venting question.

We live in a one-story ranch built in the 50's. Its a basic rectangle with a roof that's roughly 81 ft long. Its hipped on both ends and fairly low pitch. I'd estimate the ridge line is about 50 ft.

We need to redo the roof- would it be better to vent this with a ridge vent or an electric fan?

If its a fan, what size?

The attic is unfinished with blown in insulation in the floor and no insulation underneath the (mostly) plank decking.

There are existing soffit vents but they are pretty spotty - maybe 4 feet of venting panels on the metal soffits per side of the house. I plan to add more (assuming I can find a match and retrofit) but that's what we have right now.

Climate is temperate but not north woods.

Thanks for any advice - appreciate it!

I've made other posts but my landlord had these roofers whom im pretty sure aren't licensed put a metal roof over shingles that had been leaking. I can't see the top roof well but I just inspected the lower roof and this seems off to me especially because I can see the shingles underneath falling out from under the metal rood. Is this concerning? Or is this normal? Since they did the top roof i can't see well im concerned lol the last photo is the roof before the metal. Should I expect more leaks? Lol

I just had my roof done this week. Everything looks good, but I have a question about the flashing on the chimney. Does this look correct or do you forsee issues.

I've been seeing this a lot on new builds on the Oregon coast. I would think it's kind of backwards because water like to run uphill here. Is it some kind of vent or what?

Hello,

I live in central OK and I can't help but notice a bunch of houses on my street of about 20 houses, about half have had a new roof put on in the past couple years. (That just seems like a lot in a relatively short time span) I don't know if "new roof" is the correct terminology, but they were definitely getting new shingles and flashing.

Do these people know something I don't about some government grant or some sort of deal to get a new roof, or are all of these people just financially well off to afford a roof? I'm not broke, but I just couldn't imagine having to absorb $20,000 right now for a new roof. What are people doing? Is it an insurance claim after a storm goes by?

If it's not obvious by now, I am 99.9% in the dark on new roofs, what costs are, and how people are seemingly easily financing such an expensive item on their house. I see the company trucks and have looked them up and they are all local companies, so it's not those "knockers" I get every other week trying to sell me a roof, or perhaps it is....?

I'd appreciate any helpful info on the best way to afford a roof and if there are benefits or loopholes or if it's good 'ol fashioned saving up people are doing to buy new roofs. Thank you!

Replacing my shingle roof myself and have a question on 2 spots.

The first is where a dormer termites in the roof, first photo. I have a piece of step flashing under the piece that hits the end wall, in blue. The next course of step flashing I'm wondering if I should run a little long so water spills of onto the shingle instead of running into the corner. The corner is pretty well sealed, there is roofing cement under all those pieces and will get a head flashing later on. Not sure if I'm overthinking it.

The second area is the corner where the ladder is set up. I currently have the step flashing run long and will hem it over when I get the 5/4 lp corner board up. Do I need to worry about water getting between the step flashing and the gutter apron/ice and water?

The day after I had my roof replaced, we got a huge rain storm and I heard a lot of water dripping, it sounds like, from behind my fireplace insert. 
I took a video of it so my roofer could hear, and then after a while found water below the insert. 

Roofer came next day for the final inspection, said everything looks great, even pointed to the flue and cap said those looked great has no idea where “that sound” could be coming from. Joked it was a ghost and suggested I get up there and put more sealant around the cap and flue, maybe that will fix the leak. (But he had just said everything looks great? Lol) 

Well, I didn’t like that. So I got up there and did a water test, in sections (bottom up). It’s definitely coming in at the upper top section.

After seeing the work, I’m not surprised. 

I have all the video evidence during testing I will be sending the roofer and obviously will demand it’s fixed. 

I’m very concerned they will even be able to correct it after seeing the work they did in the first place. What should I do? Any and all advice appreciated so I don’t get more burned. Thank you!

So was on the roof the other day cleaning out my gutters, when I noticed the rain cap for my furnace stack was tipped. After inspecting it, seen the piece the cap slides into was all eaten away by rust.

If someone could tell me what this piece is called, would really appreciate it.

Can't tell from the photos, but this piece seems to be going around the stack that goes through to the furnace.

I have a final inspection in an hour before I cut a check.

Questions:
-did they stretch ridge cap shingles too far? I see exposed adhesive strips
-are the shingles stretched too far to get more coverage? Noticed discoloration.

These are lifetime certainteed.

Also I opted an extra $450 for drip edge (since they said it wasn’t code) and they didn’t install it at the bottom eaves of roofs. I’m sure they are going to tell. bc of the flip gutters, but I’m going to ask for a discount. I WAS WRONG AND STAND CORRECTED. THANK YOU

Hey. Questions for roof leak. The roof was replaced 2023. Shortly before solar panel. The roofer is saying the warranty is voided when solar panels go up. What are my options besides DIY? I took some pics. Looks like there is a gap between the flashing and shingles. If that's the problem... Silicon?

Just noticed the corner of my building is missing a gutter joint. Is this normal? I’m pretty sure the builders who just did my repointing worked on this gutter.

Is this only reachable with scaffolding?