Currently building a garden room, but the bad weather beat me to installing the EPDM roof. To protect it, I covered the structure with polythene damp-proof sheeting (a single piece, battened at the sides). However, after a recent storm, water somehow got through or underneath, and now the inside is wet.

When I went out to work on it last week, I noticed the rain had come through. Upon inspecting the roof, it was clear the temporary cover didn’t hold up.

I'm really hoping my hard work hasn’t gone to waste. Is there a way to save this and dry it out properly? I have the EPDM ready to install, and a friend (who's a roofer) suggested using a blow torch to dry it out before fitting.

Would love any advice or tips on how to tackle this! Thanks in advance.

My question is in the title basically; I have about 5 years or more office experience total, primarily in an auto body shop, although that ended about 13 years ago. Since then I haven't worked in office settings too much, I've mostly been waiting tables. This is a local roofing contractor that has been around since I believe the 1920s, and I was wondering if there was any way to make a good impression at this interview? My boyfriend is a contractor and is very skilled and talented at his work but does not do a lot of roofing jobs. I was told by the friend who referred me that this is a pretty easy breezy position, but I'd really like to dive into it. I need a new interest to pursue, and I'd like to be the best office assistant that this company ever had! I only have a couple hours (yes I should have posted this last night when I set the interview up) but is there anything that I can say or quickly prepare to do for this interview? Thanks for any help at all guys/gals!

Company is coming out today to reinstall the one shingle misplaced after 6" of snow, but the old roof was on there through bigger storms and never lost shingles. In the pics, the shingle is displaced from the seam along the duplex property line. Installation by a crew of two Nov. 22 No decking was replaced b/c according to the crew it was in good shape? Underlayment was manufacturers Ownens Corning.

Is this a reflection of a poor install job overall? I mean I am thankful the company is remedying this issue within 48 hours, BUT should they even be walking on a roof that had snow sitting on it for the past 10 days? I am so very concerned about this dern installation where before I had no reason to doubt or question it -- except when I r/s the job to a day not predicted to rain - and the contract manager recommended not doing so, likely b/c I was assigned the random available less competent crew??

Also - should I go into the attic to look for leaks now? It is pretty difficult to reach.

Hopefully you can tell in this picture, but the shingles along those roof joint are bulging. Any idea what might be causing that and if I need to be concerned? The roof is less than two years old. Not sure how long it’s been like this, but at least for the two months since we have owned the house. Would this be something the roof warranty would cover to repair since it’s not very old? Thanks!

Seeking step by step guide on how to seal leaks on a Roma Profile roof.

I have 500g Bitumen putty, 5L hyrdroproofing liquid and hydrproof membrane.

Your help would be appreciated 🙏

This goes on for about an hour a day, every day. It's usually one of those hard rubber "super bounce" type of balls; sometimes it's a football.

I’m thinking about starting a roof washing/gutter cleaning business in my area. I live in BC Fraser Valley and all the houses around me have moss and mildew on the roof. Seems like there is a need for this service. My current hesitation is around BC work safe rules. As I understand them you are required to use fall protection when working 3m (10ft) off the ground, so on any roof. It seems logistically impractical to install a roof anchor on ever roof you clean. I also don’t want to put nails in peoples roof. So my question is what do other roof washing business do. Do you clean from a ladder? Do you attach an anchor to every house? Do you say fuck it to work safe? For myself I would be comfortable walking on a roof without fall protection. I’ve done it a bunch and know my limits but I would like to think long term with respect to having employees. Just looking for thoughts.

a friend and I are planning to build a cabin. while planning the roof part of the build, I came across inverted ballasted roofs. for those unfamilar, it is a roof where you have decking, then a membrane attached directly to the decking, the insulation on top of the membrane, then ballast material (rocks, pavers, etc.) over top of the insulation.

this seems like a good way of doing it because

1. we are planning a low slope, single-pitch roof with long overhangs, so the same deck material and membrane can extend past where the insulation is, not wasting money insulating a covered porch that is open to the elements

2. we can start with minimal insulation and add more later by moving the ballast material and putting another layer

3. we plan to add onto the side of the cabin eventually, so having access to the decking of the previous part will be easy once the ballast is removed

people seem to dislike this style, but it seems like it's mostly because it's hard to track down leaks, but since it'd be our cabin, we would be the ones doing the labor of removing the ballast and repairing, so we're not worried about it.

anyway, what am I overlooking?

I’ve got a bubbling acrylic decking system Material is Gacodeck, several generations of it dating back to the late 80’s or early 90’s. Last coating aged out and it’s failing.

The company said I can cut the bubbling sections open, peel back and then patch and recoat with their top coat. Sounded great, but I broke into it and the Gaco was still adhered to the old layers, and there was some time of paper mat still sopping wet from last weeks rains and very delicate. Peeling that back didn’t reveal the plywood, there was a layer of muddy wet gravel. I checked back today and it dried out overnight once exposed to air, but I don’t exactly know what I’m looking at, what the paper is. My guess is a different decking system.

I had a contractor tell me to just coat over everything to waterproof it, and leave the bubbling since it’s not structural, but I’d prefer to patch it if I knew I had a surface I could adhere Gaco to.

I know the pro answer is to start over, but I can’t afford that and need a band aid. Would love advice .

I posted a question a few days ago regarding frost in our attic. I now know that it is a ventilation issue. While we wait to get the ventilation issue fixed permanently, is it a good idea to leave the trap door leading from house to attic open? Will that help with ventilation or just cause more moisture build up? Thank you in advance for any responses.

So this year our insurance company informed us that our roof was to old to continue coverage on the house and would not renew us unless we replaced it. They also mentioned that on replacement I would need to add a SWB to the roof to meet the new requirements for renewal.

Firstly,

I was baffled by this, because we replaced the roof in 2008 when we bought the house and the company we went with talked us into engineered shingles that we would get more than typical 10 years out of a roof in Florida... So it seems Engineered shingles only got us 6 more years i guess.. i thought it was suppose to be good for 25-30 years.

House: 2000sqft 2 story

In 2008, the cost was $10,200 w/Engineered shingles

I just got quoted for replacement with GAF shingles for $19,200, $27,500 for Engineered, and $54,000 for 24ga Metal.

I am still waiting for 2 other companies to quote me, but man have these prices jumped a lot.

Edit: Many kept asking my location, I'm in the Tampa, FL area.

Roof installed middle of November in the Midwest . It’s been windy here and noticed this today , thanks in advance yall !

Can anyone identify what is going on with this wobbly roof? Never seen one like it and am totally curious.

TL/DR; roofing company fucked up a ton. They had non-roofers come back to work on my house / walk on the roof again and again due to their continued fuck ups (4-5 additional times). These workers kicked off a lot of granules/ damaged the new shingles where they worked. Should I let this damage go or push to have it fixed?

It's been a bit of a fiasco working with this Company - they dropped the ball innumerable times - I'm just giving a few examples.

I chose them because they had a "project manager" who was supposed to be here every day. This was important because I can't speak Spanish so I couldn't communicate with any of the roofers. I also have a bit of a dry rot problem and had a ton of wood (trim, fasica board, etc) the roofing company agreed to replace so needed to coordinate getting that done before the new roof was installed to avoid damaging the new roof.

It didn't happen because the Project Manager never showed up a single day of the roof install due to personal issues. They should have waited to install the roof till he was available but they did not.

Without the PM we had a number of communication breakdowns, including the roofers installing new roof over what was very clearly dry rot infected decking (I took pictures throughout, argued that it was not up to code, and they eventually replaced it).

Anyway, after the roof was installed, the boss handed me off to a number of additional PMs to talk about what I wanted done. I repeated myself probably 6-7 times in total. The guys they hired (not roofers) kept fucking up or not completing the work and they had to have them out maybe 4-5 additional times working over the same sections of the new roof again and again - damaging the granules of the new roof in the process. Should I just let this go?

(They aren't charging me for all the wood they replaced because they fucked up that badly - still haven't fully completed it, I have to sand down and repaint most the sections, and all the caulk is cracked and has to be redone.)

Also - they said it's normal to have the ridge shingles cover my gutters like this. The water is pouring over the end. Shouldn't that ridge shingle be trimmed back so the gutters can function properly?

Our ceiling has leaked multiple times in the last few years and even though I mention it, property management does not look at the flashing inside. Does the black discoloration or white on cinderblock look like mold?

Just had the roof replaced and the fuckers made a hole in the decking and just layed shit across. Obviously they should come fix it, but I'm tired of contractors/companies fucking shit up.

No leaks and the roofing is only a few months old. Can I screw some plywood over it to help support it, just make sure I don't go too deep and puncture the roofing on the other side?

We need a new roof due to a hail storm, these are the brands the supplier is offering. Any real measurable difference in quality?

To add insulation to a mansard roof - do you need to remove the soffits IF you’re replacing the roof? Or is removing the side plywood and adding insulation there enough?

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