About two weeks ago, the marketing and roof consultant team attended a seminar on attic ventilation giving us additional information and knowledge about the subject to share with our clients. Today, we’d like to take the opportunity to share with you the pros and cons of different exhaust and intake products that can be used to complete your roof ventilation system.
There is a growing trend in the roofing community and our client base, a shake roof is becoming a specialty item while a presidential roof accepts its position as a commodity in roofing materials. The perception is a presidential roof is easier to maintain and will look better than an old black decaying shake roof. The truth is, it does. Until the presidential roof starts to decay too.
Felt paper is one of the first materials put on during roof construction and one of the last materials to protect your home from the great outdoors. Yesterday we discussed three components you should be thankful for, and roofing membrane is one of them. A roofing membrane can come in several different styles: our branded synthetic underlayment or felt paper.
Below you’ll find an example of poorly installed felt paper. Poorly installed felt paper can lead to severe leaks and increased degradation.
Tis’ the season for family, holiday cheer, and thankfulness. We’d like to take a moment in between glasses of eggnog and perusing of online shopping deals to list a few things you should be thankful for that your roof provides. Your roof provides a barrier to the great outdoors, warmth for your home, and peace of mind that your loved ones are protected.
We’d like to bring to your attention three roof components that make these attributes possible. Without these components your roof can’t function properly, however if they’re properly installed and functioning you’ve probably never seen or heard of them.
Cracked concrete roof tile is a relatively common problem for tile roof homeowners. Understanding why cracked tile is a problem and what temporary or permanent solutions are available is key to solving your concrete tile roof issues before they become a major problem. Our roof consultant Ken explains in the video below what a cracked concrete roof tile looks like and the various options you have for fixing it.
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Hi this is Ken, Roof Life of Oregon, weāre on top of a tile roof today and weāre going to talk about broken tiles. Commonly you cannot see them from the street. You need to be on top of a roof to notice or identify any broken tiles. I have an example of one that has been broken it has been repaired, itās like a temporary style repair, itās not permanent, but at least its been addressed. If you see this right here, when you see a field tile, a lot of times the water is coming over this, and if this is not repaired or replaced water has the opportunity to get underneath the tile and onto the paper, so it could find its way into the home, this is a bigger issue. More common, we do see a lot of cracked or chipped tile and theyāre more subtle as the corner on this one has been chipped. That could be a bigger issue if water has the opportunity to get into the tile and freeze. It will continue to break and separate this tile and eventually need to be replaced. The main idea is to keep the water on top of the tile flowing down the roof into the gutter or away from the home. Simply having us out once every three years to do an evaluation we can repair and keep the roof working well.
We find a lot of transition metal on roofs with a lot of it poorly installed. Today we explain and show an example of transition metal along with a solution for ensuring you don’t get a leak in your roof.
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This is Roof Life of Oregon, weāre out at a roof today taking a look at transition metal, which is the part where the metal transitions from the roof to allow water to flow freely from the top to the bottom. As you can see here, the transition metal is bent up, and this is a result of using poor fasteners. This metal should be nailed down tight, not bent up as you can see in front of us here. So the solution for this that we would do is come out nail it down using ring shank neoprene nails to ensure itās all the way down and working right for your roof. The benefit of this is that the water is able to flow freely down your roof and wind driven rain wonāt be able to get up under the metal and into your shingles which will cause bigger problems than weāre seeing here today. So the best way to cure this is to have us come out, do a full roof inspection, and we can take a look to make sure youāre roof is working right and lasting long.
As stated in the video, to ensure your transition metal is in working order a professional roof contractor should examine your entire roof and its components. Fortunately we offer free roof maintenance estimates by calling [503-925-0125] or filling out our convenient roof maintenance form.
Roof leaks are a huge problem during the winter season of the Pacific Northwest. One of the main contributors is not having properly function roof components, specially pipe flashings.
Our team member Ken explains below exactly what a pipe flashing is and how they can cause a roof leak.
The responsibility for a clean planet rests with us and we need to make the right choices. Rooļ¬ng and sidingĀ product selection have a significant impact on your homeās energy eļ¬ciency and carbon footprint. G&R Certi-labelTM cedar shakes and shingles allow you to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and step conļ¬dently into the future, leaving a GREEN footprint on the path behind you.
Sustainable forest practices are very important to the health of our forests, and have actually resulted in larger forest growth in the slows down the spread of wildļ¬res which feed on end-of-life cycle trees and dry forest ļ¬oor debris. Over 175 million seedlings are planted each year in B.C. to replace the trees that have been harvested from the forests of British Columbia. As these seedlings grow into matureĀ trees, they actively absorb carbon dioxide gas from the atmosphere, store the carbon, and release life-sustaining oxygen. Forest products such as cedar shakes and shingles actually store the carbonĀ greenhouse gases, less global warming, cleaner air, and a sustainable forest product life cycle that can beĀ repeated over and over, century after century.
Alternative products usually rely on non-renewable natural resource extraction and depletion. Cedar is Renewable. Wood is 100% biodegradable, so when it comes time to dispose of it, cedar will be absorbed back naturally into the earth, unlike wood substitutes that can linger in landļ¬lls for many decades. Cedar is Energy Eļ¬cient. Wood products consume less energy to produce than alternative products. Its high thermal resistance rating helps reduce energy consumption, keeping your home cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
Choosing G&R cedar shakes and shingles for your home is an environmentally responsible, GREEN product choice. Help keep our planet clean; use Western Red & Alaskan Yellow Cedar shakes and shingles for all your rooļ¬ng and sidewall needs.
Many cedar shakes & shingles are actually manufactured from salvaged fibre, which is wood left over from past logging work, or windblown material left on the forest floor.
The days of clear-cutting and mis-managing BCās forests are long gone. Sustainable forest practices are very importantā¦. In fact, only 1/3 of 1% of BCās forests are logged each year.
(source www.bcforestinformation.com)
Each year, managed forests absorb and store quantities of CO2 that are equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions produced by approximately 173 million automobiles.
(source: American Forest & Paper Association, āA Climate Fact Sheetā)
