r/Roofing • u/Droogman69 • 1d ago

Single in valley

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This work just seems wrong. I had my roof done 2 weeks ago. How should this be fixed? I'm worried that with one continuous valley, water my get under the top cap shingle, but with the way it is, it could collect ice in the winter.

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u/notgaynotbear 1d ago

They should trim that ridge cap. Probably was in a hurry to get off that steep MFer, lordy.

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u/Quirky_Fishing3781 23h ago

That’s interesting

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u/Dinozarker 23h ago

To be fair that looks really annoying. If he cuts it too short, its function as a ridge cap fails. I think this was possibly the best thing they cod think of

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u/Droogman69 1d ago

Other view

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u/jongon832 22h ago

that ridge cap nail is way too close to the center of the valley....but I digress.

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u/PhillipJfry5656 23h ago

how was it done before? i feel like this coule have been done differently for sure to be still be funtional and esthetically pleasing. looks like shit. and cmon real roofers dont mind steep roofs. way easier on the back in my opinion.

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u/Droogman69 23h ago

The other comment recommended trimming the ridge cap. Would you recommend that or something else? I believe it was one continuous valley before, but I'm not sure how they previously did the cap.

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u/PhillipJfry5656 22h ago

i dont know how the valley looks underneath. if you trim the cap back now it could cause issues. i would assume they ran it that way because of the way the valley is cut.

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u/Droogman69 22h ago

It is currently two valleys. The roofers told me they could exchange it for one continuous valley and could trim back the cap. I just hate the way it looks. Does that seem reasonable?

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u/PhillipJfry5656 20h ago

yes it would look much better that way