Trouble, sorted by sign
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Every page starts with signs you can spot from the ground or a window. If none of them sounds like your roof, call (732) 487-3991 and describe it.
Stains, drips and lifted shingles near Rahway
- A brown or tan halo on a ceiling that grows after rain
- Drips, damp insulation or dark roof boards seen from the attic hatch
- Shingles curled, cracked or missing in the yard or the gutter
Tear-off, re-cover and layers on older Rahway roofs
- Shingles curling or cupping, with gray grit collecting in the gutters
- Bare or dark patches where the surface granules have worn away
- Repairs that hold for a season and then fail somewhere new
Wind, limbs and tarps after storms near Rahway
- Shingles missing, lifted or creased along the edges and the ridge
- A limb, a section of fence or other debris lying on the roof
- Gutters bent or hanging, or metal flashing standing away from a wall
A planned look at an aging roof before trouble starts
- A roof old enough that nobody remembers when it was installed
- A house just bought, with no roof records in the file
- A storm passed and everything looks fine from the sidewalk
Low-slope roofs: seams, drains and puddles
- Pools of water that outlast the rain by two days or more
- A bubble, split or lifted edge along a seam in the membrane
- A ceiling stain beneath a porch roof, an addition or the back kitchen
Overflows, sagging runs and downspouts that dump at the wall
- Water pouring over the lip of the gutter in a hard rain
- A run that sags, pulls away from the fascia or shows daylight at a joint
- Streaks on the siding or soil washed out under a downspout
Ice at the eaves and water behind the walls in winter
- A heavy band of ice built up along the eave
- Long icicles hanging over a door, a walkway or a gutter
- Water stains on a ceiling or wall along an outside wall after a thaw
Where roofs meet chimneys, walls, vents and skylights
- A stain on the wall or ceiling next to the chimney
- Peeling paint or dark streaks on siding where a roof meets a wall
- Metal strips standing away from the chimney, or gaps filled with old caulk
