Doing Houses The Right Way
Residential Roofing Replacements
In today’s roofing technology, it takes more than just having the experience to nail down on roof shingles, but because of the development of all-weather roof materials, a roof specialist must also learn the technological advantages of these roof materials, as well as getting hold of an effective, system approach to installing these materials. While the cost estimates are a major concerned in a roof replacement project, as this is a costly undertaking, yet a homeowner must make a lot of effort in making research on the latest and available technology of roofing procedures in the market so that he/she can work this out and consult with his/her right choice or roof contractor, who is knowledgeable, as well as owning enough experience on the new roof approaches, thus preventing installation pitfalls that can affect seriously the cost and time of the project.
Property protection should be the first thing that a professional contractor should undertake, using tarpaulins and plywood to cover the areas of the house and its properties from being damaged while the old roof materials are being stripped off and replacement procedure is taking place. As soon as the other parts of the house have been shielded by tarps or plywood, the roof contractor begins the re-roofing process by first removing the old shingles completely and, at the same time, inspecting the wood decking to check if they are still in good condition.
Before any new roof shingles are to be installed, a thorough roof inspection of the wood decking must be conducted so that any wet or rotted wood will have to be replaced with a new one in order to provide a solid base roof structure for the shingles to stay well. Roof inspectors must be careful to thoroughly check the roof parts, which includes for missing nails, so as not to result into bumps formation on the roofs which is due to not nailing back the old wood decking during the installation of the new shingles.
The roof specialist makes it a point that after a thorough roof inspection, replacement of wood decking, the entire roof surface must first be installed with protective materials, such as a 90 degree piece of metal called drip edge, which is mounted around the roof edges to prevent any rain from coming into the the roof materials that are found at the edges; ice and water shields, which are roofing underlayment, are fixed at the roof bottom and at all areas where rain can penetrate; roof felts which should be mounted all over the roof so as not to allow the shingles to stick to the wood.
When the roof surfaces have been prepared, then the installation of the new roof shingles follows in the direction from the bottom up, followed by a series of installation completion process, which are counter flashing, ridging of vents and caps. As homeowner, one must insist on the contract for a cleanup job and a post roofing inspection be done after the re-roofing process, so that you get the full satisfaction of being assured of a thorough roof job done for your home.