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Your central Ohio home’s roof is a marvel of engineering and craftsmanship. It is not a single object, but a series of interconnected parts. One part, the flashing, is seldom flashy but is still vital to your roof’s integrity. Continue reading “Flashing: Why It’s An Important Part Of Your Roof”
If homes came with parts manuals, those instructions would take thousands of pages. For example, your central Ohio home’s roof is not a single piece but a group of parts connected together to function as a water-resistant shield over your home. Three necessary layers of the shield are the roof deck, ice and water shield, and underlayment.
You may have noticed that oddly raised area along the ridge of your central Ohio home’s shingled roof. Perhaps you know what it is (ridge vents), perhaps not. But do you know the part ridge vents play in the proper functioning of your roof? Continue reading “Ventilation: Why It’s An Important Part Of Your Roof”
You know you have to pick out materials for your central Ohio home’s new roof. You also know you have almost no understanding or interest in roofing materials. So why is it important to care about which ones you select? Selecting the right roofing materials is nearly as important as selecting the right contractor. Continue reading “Why Selecting Materials Is An Important Part Of Your Roof”
What is a roofing material? You look up at your central Ohio home’s roof and perhaps you wonder: What’s it made of? No matter the type of roof you have, most of it came from the earth. Metal, tile, plastic, asphalt: they all have been mined or pumped from the earth. Your home’s roofing material has been shaped from raw resources into a water-resistant, modern product. That roofing material was expertly installed by trained roofers. Continue reading “Roofing Material: Why It’s An Important Part Of Your Roof”
Prepositions are funny little things; they are words like above, below, and near. They all describe where things are in relation to other things. When a roofer describes your home’s residential roofing layers, not all of those layers may be stacked up like a sandwich; they may not be between, above, or below. They might be near other layers or beside a layer. Yet all six layers of a typical home’s roof are essential to keeping your family warm, safe, and dry. Continue reading “Why Your Roof Needs These 6 Residential Roofing Layers”
Mold spores are in every cubic foot of air, including the ones we are breathing. No worries — most mold is harmless. Yet inside a home, a leaking roof can cause harmful mold to spread rapidly throughout your attic and down into your living space. To stop unhealthy mold, you need to have a roofer fix your roof.
Continue reading “Can A Leaking Roof Really Cause Mold In My Home?”
The half-dozen ways you can safely uncover a roof leak are all easy for the untrained eye to detect. All you need is an extension ladder. And no, you need not (should not!) go on your roof. Continue reading “6 Ways You Can Tell If Your Roof Is Leaking”
These days, shunning expertise is in vogue, whether talking politics or personal health. We applaud independence, but the University of Google isn’t a real thing, and neither is do-it-yourself roofing. When you hire a roofing contractor to take care of your Central Ohio home, you reap many benefits. Continue reading “How Hiring A Roofing Contractor Brings You 7 Great Benefits”
Congratulations on the right decision to replace your home’s roof. That momentous choice probably stressed you out, but it leaves in its wake many other issues that may cause you to worry. Will my roofer arrive as scheduled? Will my home, yard, and roof stay safe and tidy? How, exactly, will my roofer clean up our property before, during, and after roof repair or replacements? Continue reading “3 Ways Your Roof Replacement Is Kept Clean”