Source Of Ridge Vent Leak In Burke, VA

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Hi this is Steve from Roofer 911.

I'm on a roof in Burke, VA and they have roof leaks because of improperly installed ridge vents. There's approximately 40 feet altogether. Visually, when I look at the vent, everything looks fine. All of the fasteners are going into the rafters and the overlapping seam for each ridge vent was done correctly but the ridge vent is leaking.

The reason why is right here where the roof shingles meet up against the ridge vent. If there's a heavy downpour or wind driven rain or even a melting snow, the water can get up underneath the ridge vent and then the water will drop down inside the open breather.
    
Many times, the water doesn't make it's way all the way up but instead when it gets up to about right here, the water will curl underneath the roof shingles, travel down the roof in between the shingles and the felt and wherever the water finds an opening like a tear in the felt, that's where the water will settle.

What we need to do is remove this entire length of ridge vent. Once that's done, we're gonna repair or replace any damaged roof shingles and then we're going to seal the deck heavy with polyurethane on both sides of the open breather. Then, the new ridge vent will be pressed right into the sealant and then when we fasten it, we need to make sure that we penetrate the rafters and reseal all the fasteners. Again, once these procedures are done, no matter what the weather type, this will not leak again.

My name is Steve from Roofer 911 and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of Burke and Northern Virginia and I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.

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Source Of Ridge Vent Leak In Burke, VA

Source Of Ridge Vent Leak In Burke, VA appeared first on www.Roofer911.com

 

Hi this is Steve from Roofer 911.

I'm on a roof in Burke, VA and they have roof leaks because of improperly installed ridge vents. There's

approximately 40 feet altogether. Visually, when I look at the vent, everything looks fine. All of the fasteners

are going into the rafters and the overlapping seam for each ridge vent was done correctly but the ridge vent is

leaking.

The reason why is right here where the roof shingles meet up against the ridge vent. If there's a heavy downpour

or wind driven rain or even a melting snow, the water can get up underneath the ridge vent and then the water

will drop down inside the open breather.
    
Many times, the water doesn't make it's way all the way up but instead when it gets up to about right here, the

water will curl underneath the roof shingles, travel down the roof in between the shingles and the felt and

wherever the water finds an opening like a tear in the felt, that's where the water will settle.

What we need to do is remove this entire length of ridge vent. Once that's done, we're gonna repair or replace

any damaged roof shingles and then we're going to seal the deck heavy with polyurethane on both sides of the open

breather. Then, the new ridge vent will be pressed right into the sealant and then when we fasten it, we need to

make sure that we penetrate the rafters and reseal all the fasteners. Again, once these procedures are done, no

matter what the weather type, this will not leak again.

My name is Steve from Roofer 911 and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of Burke and Northern Virginia and

I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
 

 

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Source Of Roof Leaks In Falls Chuch VA

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Hi. This is Steve from Roofer 911. I'm on a roof in Falls Church, Virginia. They have a leak right in this area here. There's a few different things that causing the leak.
    
One thing I noticed right away is the fascia ... Not the fascia, the stepflashing up against he fascia board. They put the stepflashing on the outside. It should be behind the wood fascia, so he contractors built themselves a water trap. The water can very easily get in through the seam here and then leak inside the home.
    
What we'll do is we're going to remove all the roofing material where the roof and the wall meet. We'll repair or replace any damaged stepflashing, and then reshingle this area.
    
Also, another thing is the shingles here have no overlap going into the gutter, so again, the water can come down the roof and curl underneath the shingles, go behind the fascia, go behind the wall, and leak underneath the roof. We're going to extend the shingles a little bit further into the gutter, but I wanted to show you something else.
    
Like I said, that leak is right over in here. Now, also here's a valley right here as well, and I noticed when I lifted up the singles there were nails fastened too close to the center line. What we'll do is remove all the roofing material from he bottom of the valley up to the top, we'll install ice and water shield and then reshingle it. Also, the bent pipe, we'll do the same thing. We're going to remove all the roofing material completely around the bent pipe, seal the flashing with ice and water shield and then reshingle it.
    
Now, another thing is here you can see there's a lot of leaves built up in the valley and it's serving as a dam. The water comes down the roof, hits the leaves, and the water dams up and it goes up underneath the shingles. Wherever there's a nail exposed in the area, the water will seep right through the side of the nail. The water will travel underneath the shingles and then settle on the lower roof.
    
Again, my name is Steve. We specialize in roof repair in all areas of Falls Church and Northern Virginia. I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
 

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