Tracing the entry point rather than patching the stain.
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Water travels. It runs along a batten, down a rafter and across a ceiling joist before it shows, so the mark on your ceiling is rarely underneath the hole that caused it. That is why a leak survey covers the attic as well as the roof.
On houses of this age the covering is usually not the problem. The failure is at a junction -- a chimney, a valley, an abutment, a vent penetration, or the point where a later extension meets the original roof.
Almost every house of this age in the borough has had something added to the back of it. Where the addition meets the original roof is the first place we look.
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.
Tear-off, deck inspection, and a system specified for the pitch.
Low-slope work on rear extensions, porches and dormers.
Step and counter-flashing rebuilt into the mortar course.
Documented assessment after a nor'easter or a tropical remnant.
7,667 housing units, 67.4% of them detached single-family, in Tudor, Colonial and Cape Cod styles.
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.
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.