According to Orlando-based John Keller Roofing, roof flashing is one of the top reasons Florida homes face expensive ...

When water shows up on your ceiling with no obvious hole in the roof, you are usually not dealing with a freak event. You are ...

Roof leaks almost never begin as emergencies. They start as small changes that grow quietly. ”— Thad Brown WISCONSIN ...

Q. We recently had a room addition built onto our home. A valley is present where the addition roof intersects the main house roof. We get a leak in the room under this valley just about every time it ...

Q: I was looking at my roof and I noticed a dark streak where two roofs meet and form a valley. I had a contractor friend check the shingles and he said I had a couple of years left before the roof ...

Asphalt, wood shakes, slate and other overlapped roofings are fine until they meet an obstruction. Up against a dormer, a vent pipe, a chimney, they need flashing — a patchwork of metal sheets, and ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

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Q. Do you have an opinion on open vs. closed roof valleys? I’ve had six estimates done, and all of the higher estimates cite open valleys (with a metal flashed valley), while the lower estimates cite ...