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Notes from the ridge line

Written by the crews, mostly after finding the same mistake on another roof somebody else installed.

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Two roof slopes meeting at a valley, one side weathered and losing granules, the other newly shingled

Roofing

Repair or replace: how we actually decide

Three questions settle it, and the age of the roof is only one of them.

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Hail dents across an aluminium gutter and a metal roof vent cap, a chalk circle marking one impact

Insurance

What an adjuster is looking for after hail

Knowing the test they apply is most of the difference between an approved claim and a denied one.

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A roofer fitting continuous ridge vent along the peak of a shingle roof

Ventilation

Your roof is probably not ventilated properly

It is the most common thing we find, the cheapest to fix, and the one that quietly halves the life of a roof.

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A thick ridge of ice and icicles built up along the eave and gutter of a snowy roof

Winter

Ice dams, and why insulation fixes them

Heat cable treats the symptom. The cause is almost always warm air leaking into a cold attic.

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A homeowner reading a printed contract at a kitchen table while a roofer waits across from them

Hiring

Five things in a roofing contract worth refusing

Storm season brings crews from three states away. These are the terms worth walking away from.

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An aged asphalt shingle roof surface with heavy granule loss and curling tabs

Roofing

How long a roof really lasts up here

The number on the packet assumes a climate that is not this one.

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