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Why roof repair in Westland often starts with wind

If wind has lifted or taken shingles off your Westland roof, water can get in even when nothing looks wrong from the yard. Each shingle seals to the one below it with a strip of adhesive, and on a roof twenty or thirty years old that bond dries out and lets go in a gust. Most Westland homes are ranches from the 1950s to the 1970s, with one wide, low roof that catches a lot of wind.

Plumbing vent boots are the other usual culprit. A vent boot is the rubber collar that seals the spot where a plumbing pipe comes through the roof, and the rubber cracks in the sun long before the shingles wear out. A ranch roof often carries several of them, and each one is a small opening that can drip into the attic or run down a wall.

What we fix on a repair visit

You should know what the visit involves before anyone climbs onto your roof. Our crew looks over the whole slope, not only the spot you noticed, because a lifted shingle usually has lifted neighbors. We replace missing and loose shingles, reseal the ones that can still hold, and swap cracked vent boots for new ones. Our roof repair service covers all of it in one visit.

We also check the flashing, which is the bent metal along chimneys, walls and roof edges that steers water away from joints. Kincaide Roofing has spent 20 years roofing Wayne County, and our wider roofing in Westland work is done by the same crew. The estimate is free, often the same day. If water is coming in right now, we can often tarp the roof or make a temporary repair within 24 hours.

When to stop repairing and replace

If you have fixed this roof more than once, you may be paying to delay a bigger bill. Repair works when the damage sits in one area and the shingles around it still lie flat and keep their granules, the gritty coating that shields them from the sun. When shingles curl or go bald across the whole roof, a new patch will not hold because the old material around it keeps failing.

We will tell you honestly which side of that line your roof is on. A full roof replacement in Westland means a tear off to the decking, the wood under the shingles. Then ice and water shield and Owens Corning Duration shingles go on, and most homes are finished in one day. Call (734) 224-5646 and we will take a look for free. Owners in nearby Garden City can read about roof repair there too.

Roof Repair Questions From Westland Homeowners