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Book us for a roof inspection: You may have noticed a leak that appeared after a significant storm in your area or perhaps after a recent repair was done to your roof that wasn’t quite finished.
Roofs are damaged by bad storms, hail damage, strong winds, extreme temperature, ice and fallen objects. No matter what your specific problem may be, FB Roofing will be able to pinpoint your problem and suggest what steps to take from there.
Here are four things to look for on the inside:
2) Signs of water damage or leaking
3) Dark spots and trails
4) Outside light showing through the roof.
Chimneys are at the highest point of a property, and therefore, open to all the weather elements.
Chimneys need to be checked as the mortar will, over time, crack and crumble an allow voids between the bricks to become loose and in the worst case scenario the chimney may fall causing roof damage or fall on to vehicles or people if they are close to the property.
Re-pointing the chimney may be all that is required to stabilise it.
Re-pointing is the cheaper option.
Chimney Crown – The top of your chimney is called the “chimney crown.” It is designed to protect the chimney’s bricks from impairment such as water damage.
Chimney crowns are usually constructed of cement.
The wind and rain has caused the mortar to crack, crumble and is missing on the chimney crown.
This will cause the chimney pots to move
The mortar has been removed, cleaned all debris away and replaced with new mortar to stabilise the chimney pots
Re-pointing the Chimney
The above image shows the chimney being re-pointed
There are signs of cracked, crumbling and missing mortar between the brickwork.
The chimney has been re-pointed - some of the new mortar is still setting
Finished product
The chimney has been re-pointed and is now stabilised
There are many factors affect the extent of wind damage a roof will sustain, the following list contains some factors that effect the extent of roof wind damage:
Age of existing roof system.
Roof attachment.
Ridge attachment.
Wind velocity.
Topography.
Building design and components.
Type of roofing system.
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