Roof Repair in East York

We follow the shared drainage path, valley, chimney, and parapet, and establish which side of the party line the failure starts on before anything is quoted. Where both owners are affected we explain the finding to both, with photographs, so nobody pays for a repair to the wrong half of the building.

Only if the mortar it goes into is sound, so we check the joints before any metal is cut. Where they have gone soft, the affected courses are repointed first and then new counter and cap flashing is let into them, which is the version of this repair that stays put.

Strip it to the deck and reroof properly. A fourth layer adds weight to rafters sized for one, hides the board sheathing that needs to be seen, and gives new nails nothing solid to grip, so we do not install one.

Same day in most cases where the leak is active. The borough sits a short drive from our North York shop, so getting there is rarely what holds a job up. What determines the timing is whether water is currently entering the building, and we ask that first when you call so the genuinely urgent jobs go ahead of the ones that can safely wait.

Yes, as standard on every job rather than on request. The file holds dated before and after photographs, a plain account of what gave way and why, and the materials that went on. On a semi that record also settles a question that comes up more often here than elsewhere, which is whether the failure originated on your side of the shared valley or your neighbour's.

Yes, and it comes up often in Pape Village and Woodbine Heights, where the two halves of a pair are rarely on the same schedule. The skill is in the join: the new shingles have to tie into the old ones along the party line and through the shared valley so water cannot track between them, and we photograph that junction for both owners when it is done.

Yes. Many East York houses have a low-slope or flat roof over a back kitchen, a sunroom, or the front porch, and nearly all of them leak where that small roof meets the brick wall of the main house. We rebuild that junction with proper counter flashing rather than another bead of sealant, which is usually what the last repair consisted of.

One tired valley on an otherwise sound covering is worth repairing. A roof failing in several places at once, with shingles curling on every slope and soft boards at the eaves, is past the point where patching pays, and we put that judgement in writing with photographs so you can see the reasoning.