What goes wrong on a roof that's only a few years old?
Fast building can leave small gaps in the details. On new homes we often find missing kick-out flashing at the bottom of a roof to wall joint, which sends water behind siding or stone. Other common finds are exposed nail heads on ridge caps, pipe boots set crooked, and valleys cut short of the drip edge.
None of these is a big job alone, but each one can rot sheathing or trim if left alone. A roof inspection with photos gives you a list to take to your builder or to have us fix. If you bought a home recently and never had the roof looked at, it's worth doing before the next hail season.
Is your attic venting enough for a Texas summer?
Some newer homes here have plenty of ridge vent but little soffit intake, because the soffit vents were painted over or blocked by blown insulation. Without intake air, the ridge vent can't pull heat out, and attic temperatures commonly pass 140 to 150 degrees on summer afternoons.
We check intake and exhaust on every visit and explain what balanced ventilation for your attic would look like. Clearing blocked soffits and adding baffles is often enough. Some owners also add a radiant barrier after reading how foil barriers cut attic heat coming through the deck.
How do older acreage homes and farm buildings differ?
Outside the subdivisions, many La Vernia properties have an older house with a shingle or metal roof, plus barns and shops. On these, we look for curling and granule loss on shingles, rusted or loose screws on metal, and ridge caps lifted by wind across open fields.
After a spring storm, one visit can cover every roofed building. We document damage per structure, which helps if you file a claim. For hail-damaged shingles, repairs or replacement follow once you've approved the scope and price.
Older farmhouses sometimes hide a layer of wood shingles under later roofing. When we find that on a tear-off, we remove it and lay new sheathing, since modern shingles can't be nailed properly over gapped boards and old shakes.
Small fixes that keep a new roof sound
Most of what we find on newer La Vernia homes takes an hour or two to fix: a kick-out flashing added, a few ridge nails sealed, a boot reset. Catching those early is far cheaper than drying out a wall later. If you'd like your roof checked, give us a call at (210) 750-1898.
