Hi, this is Steve from Roofer 911.
I'm at a home in McLean, Virginia, and this homeowner has a leak right across the top of the window. He originally hired another roofing company, and they noticed some shingles that were damaged so they replaced it with new.
Now, after the next rain, the leak came back again. The contractor put some cement underneath the shingles, thinking, you know, that could be the problem, and the leak came back again. He called us, and I want to show you exactly what I see up there.
Okay ...Uh oh. This pipe flange, it's installed incorrectly. They were a little bit panicky. They put some tar around the pipe, and also this vent here, and they did the same thing over here.
Let me get back to what the problem is. That leak is right about right here, so there were some shingles that were damaged, so they replaced them with new. One thing I tell homeowners all the time is, wherever you see the link inside your home, it doesn't mean the source of the problem is directly above on the roof.
The leak could originate from 30 feet away, show no signs of damage anywhere in between, and then the water just travels underneath the roof, and wherever it finds an opening, that's where it will settle. Again, this is where I said the leak was.
Now, here's the source of the problem. There's like a little trim nail right here, so the water was getting through the hole, because when the shingles were self-sealing, the nail is sticking up about 1/8 of an inch, and the nail popped right through the shingle.
What we need to do is just fasten this nail into place, and then we'll remove and replace these two shingles. That's it. Everything else above the roof is fine. That's it.
My name again is Steve from Roofer 911, and we specialize in roof repair in all areas of McLean, Virginia. Thank you.
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