Roofing Blog
This Veterans Day, Thank You for Your Service: How Our Military Discount Works
Veterans Day falls on Wednesday this year, November 11. Before the week fills up with its usual mix of rain, wind, and leak calls, we wanted to take a moment to say something simple to the veterans, active-duty service members, reservists, and military families across...
Downspouts, Splash Blocks, and Drainage: Where Your Roof Water Goes (and Why It Matters to Your Foundation)
Most conversations about gutters stop at the gutter. Clogs and sags matter, but they only cover the first few feet of a much longer trip. Every drop of rain that hits your roof has to end up somewhere, and in a wet Western Washington month that is a startling amount...
When Roof Decking Has to Be Replaced: What Rotten Plywood Means for Your Re-Roof
Every roof replacement has one moment of genuine uncertainty. The shingles and underlayment come off, and for the first time in 20 or 30 years, the wood underneath sees daylight. Most of the time it is fine. Sometimes it is not. Here is what roof decking is, why...
Ice Dams in Western Washington: Rare in Seattle, Real in the Foothills
Ask most homeowners in Seattle or Edmonds and you will get a blank look, because at sea level in the Puget Sound lowlands, an ice dam is a rare event that needs a specific cold snap to happen at all. But our service area does not stop at sea level. Drive east on...
Flat and Low-Slope Commercial Roofs Before Winter: Drainage, Ponding, and Seam Checks
A pitched residential roof is forgiving. Water hits it and leaves. A flat or low-slope commercial roof is a different animal. Water has to be led off deliberately, through drains, scuppers, and carefully sloped insulation, and nearly everything that goes wrong with...
Algae-Resistant Shingles: Why Stain-Fighting Granules Matter So Much in Western Washington
Drive through any neighborhood in Lynnwood or Bothell that was built in the late 1990s and look at the north-facing roofs. Many of them carry long dark streaks running from ridge to eave, as if someone poured coffee down the shingles. Homeowners often assume it is...
Standing Seam vs. Metal Shingles: Choosing the Right Metal Roof Profile for Your Washington Home
When homeowners on Bainbridge Island or in Snoqualmie ask us about a metal roof, they usually have one picture in mind: the long, clean vertical panels of a standing seam roof. That is one option. The other, which many people do not realize exists, is metal shingles,...
From the Columbus Day Storm to the 2024 Bomb Cyclone: What Puget Sound Windstorm History Teaches Us About Roofs
Every region has its signature weather, and ours is the fall and winter windstorm. Not tornadoes, not hurricanes, but deep Pacific low-pressure systems that swing up the coast and push wind across the Sound with enough force to take down thousands of trees at a time....
Attic Moisture in the Wet Season: How Poor Ventilation Rots a Roof From Underneath
Most of the roof damage we find in western Washington comes from rain. Some of it comes from inside the house. Every winter, our crews open attics in Everett, Redmond, and Gig Harbor and find moldy sheathing, frosted nail tips, and damp insulation on roofs that have...
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