FALL & WINTER INSPECTION · YAKIMA, WA
Fall and winter roof inspection in Yakima, before the weather turns
A walk of the roof at the change of season: flashing, pipe boots, valleys, gutters and seams, with repairs done before winter.
Chapter 01
What your roof goes through when the season changes
Superior Roofing opens this question on their own site, and it is a fair one: do you ever wonder what your roof goes through every time the season changes? With all the shifts in temperature and humidity, how can you be sure that your roof is still in good shape?
From the ground you cannot be sure. Roofing materials move as the temperature swings, and moisture goes looking for any gap that opened up since last year. A roof in the Yakima Valley can look fine from the driveway and still have a lifted edge, a cracked boot or a seam that has started to open. Their answer to the question is simple: find the answers by having your roof checked.
The fall and winter inspection is that check, timed for the stretch before the weather does its worst. It suits a roof that has never had a problem as much as one that has, because the cheapest repair is the one made before the water shows up inside.
Shingle roof with a pipe boot and fallen autumn leaves gathered in the gutter
Flashing, pipe boots, valleys and gutters
A roof inspection is a walk, not a glance. The crew works across the surface looking at the places where roofs usually let go first. Flashing, where the roof meets a wall, a chimney or a vent. Pipe boots, the collars around plumbing vents that wear out ahead of the shingles around them. Valleys, where two roof planes dump water into one channel.
Then the roof covering itself: shingles that are lifting, cracked or missing, and the seams on a flat or low-slope roof. Last come the gutters, because leaves and debris that sit in them in autumn can hold water against the roof edge all winter.
None of this needs a tear-off or a big job to find. It is eyes on the roof from people who work on roofs in Yakima every week, and it turns a guess about your roof into something you know.
Chapter 03
Repairs before winter, and who answers when it leaks anyway
If the walk turns up something, the next step is repairs or maintenance before winter sets in, so a small problem gets handled while it is still small. The company says it plainly: leaks should never be taken lightly, because ignoring them can lead to bigger problems and, before you know it, a whole new roof.
If a roof gives way after hours or on a weekend, the company lists emergency services seven days a week. Call (509) 452-0676. The office itself is open Monday to Friday, 8 to 4.
Superior Roofing, LLC is family owned and operated, has been serving the Yakima Valley since the mid-80's, and is licensed and bonded under WA L&I SUPERRL010PL. If the inspection says the roof is done, the same crew can talk you through a replacement. If it says the roof has years left, you will know that too.
Superior Roofing, LLC: licensed and bonded, WA L&I SUPERRL010PL. Call (509) 452-0676.