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[21 Jun 2011 | No Comment | 259 views]
Shingle Wind Damage Mississauga

Repair Summary:
Our Roof Repair Specialist found the roof had lost some shingles due to wind damage. We replaced the shingle using roofing nails and chem caulking.
Also there was an attic vent that was slightly leaking and had water getting under one shingle so we sealed it with chem caulking. We also sealed all exposed nails on all vents and around a pipe flashing. We performed a complete roof tune up.

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[13 Jun 2011 | No Comment | 251 views]
Wind Damage to Shingles Etobicoke

Repair Summary:
The home has missing shingles due to wind damage. We let homeowner know he has a specialty shingle – a mix between 3 tab and laminate shingle.
Our Roof Repair Specialist offered to cover area with deck armour and come back with correct shingles.
Homeowner said he will be redoing roof soon and requested that the shingles be replaced with any type he had.
We installed brown 3 tab shingles in missing areas.
We also fixed the area below where the shingles were coming loose – re secured shingles in this area.

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[10 Jun 2011 | No Comment | 240 views]
Animal Damage Causes Leak

Repair Summary:
The homeowner has animal damage in roof – they are getting in at the front corner of the home – Installed L Flashing which is a thick metal and then caged around the entrance. We then sealed all areas where it was nailed (the metal and the caging)
This will block squirrels from getting in to this area.
The second issue is a leak at the back corner of the home. We found a rip in the flat roof and sealed this with chem caulking due to the area it was …

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[9 Jun 2011 | No Comment | 230 views]
Vent Repair Needed For Roof Leak

Repair Summary:
The leak is from a roof vent. We removed the vent and one layer of shingles (roof has two layers of shingles). The vent was not installed with any sealant and with no underlayment. Damaged vent was replaced with a new vent and installed with roof cement and nails. Below this there was a leaking 3 inch exhaust pipe flashing – removed and replaced this. Above the leaking vent there are two attic vents – these are also leaking due to no sealant and no underlayment. These were temporarily …

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[3 Jun 2011 | No Comment | 339 views]
Furnace Stack Pipe Repair Mississauga

Repair Summary:
Problem: Homeowner has a furnace stack leaking on his flat roof. The seams that attaches to the furnace flashing were not bonded properly to the metal.
Solution: Today we used roof cement and membrane to seal the seams on the pipe flashing and also sealed the actual pipe on the seams with chem caulking.
There is also a second furnace pipe on other side of home that had the same problem and was leaking as well so the same process was done on this area as well.
It is recommended that there …

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[1 Jun 2011 | No Comment | 252 views]
Wind Damaged Shingles

Repair Summary:
Problem: There were three sections with missing shingles most likely wind damage.
Solution: Our roof repair specialist removed the broken shingles and installed new shingles using roof cement and nails. Roof cement will hold down the shingles so they don’t blow away in future.
Other areas could still loose shingles in the future as roof was installed with no underlayment and no sealant.
A roof assessment was done and the rest of roof looks to be in good condition.

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[26 May 2011 | No Comment | 459 views]
Repair Attic Vent Leak

Problem : Previous repair had been done and the roofing company had thought it was a valley leak – however the real problem was an attic vent leaking. It was not properly installed using roof cement sealant. Our Roof Repair Specialist took pictures of the water stains on wood underneath it which is directly above leak area on interior.
Solution: Removed and reinstalled new attic vent using roof cement and nails. Due to no underlayment when roof was installed and due to low pitch roof there are so many surroundings hips …

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[25 May 2011 | No Comment | 280 views]
Animal Damage to Roof Vent

Problem: A raccoon had managed to get on the roof and lift the vent and the shingles on one side, as well as the top of the vent which created a slight roof leak.
Solution: We had to remove the shingles in the surrounding area and we reinstalled the roof vent and then replaced the shingles in the area.

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[4 May 2011 | No Comment | 226 views]
Metal Valley Repair

There was a roof leak coming from the valley above the main entrance of house, we found two cracks on metal valley. The 2 cracks were 10 feet down and ten feet up from valley, both were caused by mishanding when they installed the valley.

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[3 May 2011 | No Comment | 220 views]
Wind Damage and Incorrectly Installed Vents

A section of shingles is missing, ten shingles in one area were missing due to wind damage.
We removed the excess tabs that were ripped and removed some hip and ridge shingles.
We applied roof cement to the area and installed new shingles. We also applied roof cement where the old shingles met the new shingles as well as under the shingle tabs so they cant lift up again with the wind.
We inspected roof surface
There are six attic vents on roof, two of these should be exhaust vents and have incorrect vents …