Notes From Utah Roofs

Brick moves, mortar wears and the flashing around an old chimney was often never cut into the joints. What fails first and what a proper repair looks like.

Water travels along the deck and the framing before it shows. How we trace a stain back to the opening that actually lets the water in, and why patching the spot fails.

Older homes were sheathed in boards, not plywood. What we find when the shingles come off, which boards stay, which go, and how a soft spot gets fixed for good.

A peeling fascia board is usually a roof edge problem. Where the water gets behind it, why paint will not fix it, and what changes when the board is replaced.

Sagging hangers, leaking seams and gutters pitched the wrong way. How to tell a repair from a replacement, and what a new run should be sized and hung like.

Hail dents soft metals before it bruises shingles. What to look at, and how the adjuster visit should go.

Wet spring snow runs far heavier than January powder. Where the weight collects and what it costs you.

Very few roofs fail in the field of the shingles. They fail at the transitions.

Architectural against three-tab, why the nailing pattern carries the wind rating, and how color fades at elevation.

TPO, EPDM, PVC, modified bitumen and built-up compared, and why the drainage plan matters more than the sheet.