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Hi. This is Steve from Roofer 911. I'm on a roof in Falls Church, Virginia. They have a leak right in this area here. There's a few different things that causing the leak.
One thing I noticed right away is the fascia ... Not the fascia, the stepflashing up against he fascia board. They put the stepflashing on the outside. It should be behind the wood fascia, so he contractors built themselves a water trap. The water can very easily get in through the seam here and then leak inside the home.
What we'll do is we're going to remove all the roofing material where the roof and the wall meet. We'll repair or replace any damaged stepflashing, and then reshingle this area.
Also, another thing is the shingles here have no overlap going into the gutter, so again, the water can come down the roof and curl underneath the shingles, go behind the fascia, go behind the wall, and leak underneath the roof. We're going to extend the shingles a little bit further into the gutter, but I wanted to show you something else.
Like I said, that leak is right over in here. Now, also here's a valley right here as well, and I noticed when I lifted up the singles there were nails fastened too close to the center line. What we'll do is remove all the roofing material from he bottom of the valley up to the top, we'll install ice and water shield and then reshingle it. Also, the bent pipe, we'll do the same thing. We're going to remove all the roofing material completely around the bent pipe, seal the flashing with ice and water shield and then reshingle it.
Now, another thing is here you can see there's a lot of leaves built up in the valley and it's serving as a dam. The water comes down the roof, hits the leaves, and the water dams up and it goes up underneath the shingles. Wherever there's a nail exposed in the area, the water will seep right through the side of the nail. The water will travel underneath the shingles and then settle on the lower roof.
Again, my name is Steve. We specialize in roof repair in all areas of Falls Church and Northern Virginia. I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
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