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Roof leaks at dormers and valleys in Garden City

If your Garden City home is a Cape Cod with dormers, water has more places to sneak in than on a plain ranch. A dormer is the small window box that sticks out of the roof, and each one adds corners where flashing has to seal the joint.

A valley is the fold where two slopes meet, and all the rain from both slopes runs down it. Many Garden City homes went up in the 1950s through the 1970s, so the metal in those valleys and around the dormers has had decades of freezing and thawing. When the seal cracks, water seeps behind the shingles and shows up as a stain on a ceiling well away from the leak.

Steeper slopes also mean the work needs proper footing and safety gear, which is one reason we do not send an unfamiliar crew to guess. Our roofing in Garden City work is done by our own people.

Grit in gutters and roof repair in Garden City

If you clean your gutters and find a sandy layer in the bottom, your shingles are shedding the coating that protects them. Those granules shield the shingle underneath from sun and rain, so once they wash away the shingle ages faster. When the loss spreads across the whole roof, roof replacement in Garden City becomes the better answer.

We check whether the loss is patchy or across the whole roof. A few bare spots near a vent or valley can be repaired through our roof repair service. Bald shingles all over the slope mean patching only buys a short delay, and we will say so plainly. The inspection is free, and the written quote comes with it, often the same day. Neighbors in Livonia can see how we handle moss and skylight leaks as well.

Roof Repair Questions From Garden City Homeowners