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Roof repair _ leak in slate roof.
Tarring a slate roof to repair a leak . Temporary at best, likely to cause more problems at worst.In this case the original roof was installed with tin sheet metal used as flashing along the roof dormers. The thin metal flashing probably lasted 60 yrs bef
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The problem with aluminum gutter straps.
This is why you should think twice about installing aluminum gutters with aluminum hangers.
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Nailing the roof flashing
Roof vent flashing nailing. Previous roofer was not careful with nail placement and nailed this flashing right in the shingle cut out.
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Don't forget to finish the repair work.
Previous roofer did some repair work around the vent and chimney flashing. The homeowner called to say the vent pipe was leaking and the roofer was unavailable.
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Flat roof to slate roof transition.
This is a section of slate roofing above a flat roof that has been repaired/replaced. The lower two courses of slate will need to be removed and replaced.
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Roof repair, flat roof and ridgevent.
A pretty sad example of roofing repair and roofing installation. This is a slate roof on the front of the house with a flat / low slope shed roof on the back. This photo shows the roof peak, or ridge, where the two different roofs meet.
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Roof leak repair - barn slate roofing
Roof leak repair on an Ohio barn. This slate roofing is over a hundred years old and in great shape. Vermont mottled green and purple slate cut in a reverse scalloped design.
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Tile Roof Repair | Lead stack flashing
Repairing a tile roof soil stack leak.Repairing a lead plumbing vent pipe flashing on a clay tile roof near Cleveland, Ohio. The repair will be made by removing the original 6" lead flashing and installing a new full coverage lead pipe flashing. It i
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Roof Repair: Slate roof over bay window.
Slate roof repair near Cleveland, Ohio. The slate roofing was leaking at the rear wall and into the bay window area below.
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Clay Tile Roof Repair
An example of a common tile roof repair. This clay tile roof was leaking in several places around the roof. There were no broken or loose tiles in the immediate area of the leaks. Closer inspection found that the hip tile mortar had deteriorated and falle
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Copper Roof Repair
Repairing Bermuda style copper roof. Installed properly, this copper roof should have lasted for sixty years without repair. Unfortunately, the installers were inexperienced with metal roofing.
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Valley slate roof repair.
Example of some pretty poor roof repair techniques. This is a Vermont mottled green slate roof with copper valley flashings.The original copper valley flashings were replaced after they wore out and began to leak after about 70 yrs of use.
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Roof vent pipe flashing repair.
Example of a poor installation and repair of a bathroom vent pipe/stack flashing on an existing slate roof.This is a vent pipe for a bath exhaust fan that was added when a homeowner had their bath remodeled.
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Plumbing vent flashing repair.
The improper use of an aluminum roof vent flashing on a steep slate roof.This is a flashing made to fit on a pipe vent on an average pitch roof. Approximately 4/12 _ 6/12 pitch/rise.And usually used on an asphalt shingle roof.
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The " short slate " roof repair.
The quick and easy, and wrong, way to repair a broken or missing slate.
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Clay tile roof valley repair.
This tile repair will cause more damage than the broken tile it replaced caused. This is a french style clay tile roof. The valley flashing has been replaced and the tile repaired. Unfortunately, the roofer did not know how to, or did not have the equipme
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Slate roof repair and tarred valleys
A terrible way to repair a slate roof with copper valleys. At the bottom left of the picture are some roof slates that have been replaced. It looks like a small section of the roof had been damaged, possibly by a falling tree branch, and a leak occured. T
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Roof repair - Chimney flashing leak.
Sometimes you can get an idea of how the finished product will look from observing the roofing techniques/practices of the roofing installer.
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Roof repair nails.
Use the right nails for the repair. This picture is of a couple of pieces of roof slate next to a valley flashing. These rusted and deteriorating nails were used to re install the slate after they had been removed by the previous roofer to replace the val
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Installing a soldered copper flat pan wall column flashing. For this repair, copper sheet metal is fabricated into a waterproof pan that wraps around the brick column and extends out onto the roof. The roof tiles are then laid on top of the copper pan and
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Roof edge to wall flashing.
Water is getting behind the wood cedar siding at this roof to wall junction and rotting the wall supports below. The three layers of caulking and exterior water divertor attatched to the gutter has been removed.
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Wood shake siding over flashing.
The existing wood shake shingle siding is removed. Here we can see the copper roof flashing is installed behind the siding.Any wind driven or heavy rain, ( or snow and ice )will be directed behind the siding and into the wall structure.
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Copper flashing against wall.
A close up photo of the wall flashing installed against the wall behind the wood cedar shake siding. There is also a lot of debris that has been blown and washed into the gap behind the wall siding.
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New copper flashing / water diverter
Re installing the flashing. The original copper roof flashing has been pulled away from the wall. The lower course of wood siding is then fastened to the wall behind the flashing. A new copper water diverter is fabricated and installed over the lower cour
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Completed wall to roof flashing repair.
The old copper wall flashing has been reset and placed on the outside of the lower wood shingle siding. A new copper rain diverter is fabricated and installed to direct water away from the side wall and the last course of wood siding shingles is re instal
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When "not" to repair a roof.
Often I come across a slate roof that’s just not worth repairing. Today I received a call from a local home construction contractor asking if I could give an estimate on installing a new pipe flashing on a plumbing stack he was replacing. He was remodelin
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Roof slate stuck to ice and water shield.
This is what happens when "roofers" install slate over granular surface ice and water shield membrane. The Vermont green roofing slate on this house has stuck to the ice guard membrane and had to be removed in pieces.
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