Step and counter-flashing rebuilt into the mortar course.
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A chimney is a hole in the roof with a masonry stack in it, and the only thing keeping water out is the flashing. On a ninety-year-old stack the mortar has moved, the lead has work-hardened, and somebody has usually run a bead of sealant over the top of it.
Sealant is not a repair. Step flashing goes under the courses and counter-flashing goes into the mortar joint, which is the only arrangement that survives the stack moving.
Detached houses of this era carry steep pitches, dormers and chimney stacks, and most have had a flat or low-slope rear extension added at some point. The junction between the original pitched roof and that later flat section is where this stock leaks first.
The Cambria Heights-222nd Street Historic District runs along 222nd Street between 115th Road and 116th Avenue: forty-six Storybook-style houses completed in 1931.
All areas coveredDescribe what you are seeing. Most jobs are diagnosed from a short conversation and a photograph, before anyone travels.
A full walk of the roof and the attic space together, with every slope photographed before anything is moved.
A written quote against a written scope that names the detail that failed, so nothing is added later without your say-so.
The area is left clean, nails swept, and you get the before-and-after set for your records.
Tracing the entry point rather than patching the stain.
Tear-off, deck inspection, and a system specified for the pitch.
Low-slope work on rear extensions, porches and dormers.
Documented assessment after a nor'easter or a tropical remnant.
Detached Colonials, Tudors and Capes alongside brick two-family houses, on lots with driveways and porches.
Dutch Colonial and Tudor houses, many still well kept.
Three- to five-bedroom homes with an unusually high share of row and attached houses -- higher than almost any neighborhood in the country.
A mix of detached and attached single-family homes and townhouses.
Predominantly low-rise residential, like the rest of Community Board 13.
Older Cape Cods and ranch-style houses alongside newer traditional builds.
One- and two-family houses on their own lots, in every style the period produced.
Active leaks are treated as same-day where daylight and weather allow. Everything else is normally within the week.
Water runs along battens and rafters before it shows. The entry point is usually uphill of the stain and often several feet away, which is why a survey covers the attic as well as the roof.
Diagnosis yes, most permanent repairs no. A temporary cover goes on first and the permanent fix follows.
Yes, and it is written down. Nothing is charged before the scope is agreed.
Describe what you are seeing and roughly when it started.