Hi, this is Steve from Roofer 911.
I'm on roof in McLean, Virginia and the homeowner has a leak inside their home, and it's directly below this area here. You can see there's no vents, pipes, or nothing directly above that can be causing a leak.
The flashing over here is coming up, but that's not causing the leak that's about 8 feet over. I want to show you exactly what's going on.
Here for example when I lift up the shingles at the joint you can see there's a nail exposed at the key. What happens is when it rains heavy or if there's a melting snow the water can get underneath the key and then the water seeps right through the sides of the nail and into the house.
In order for us to stop this leak we have to lift up every single from the where the water's seeping inside the house, which is about here, all the way up to the top of the ridge. Any areas where there's nails exposed at the key we need to seal the nail with polyurethane and then we're going to press aluminum step flashing into the ceiling. Then we're going to reseal the shingle and that will stop the leak.
Again, my name is Steve from Roofer 911 and we specialize in roof repair in all areas in McLean, Dunn Loring and Northern Virginia and I can be reached at 703-475-2446. Thank you.
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