Asphalt Roofing Bits And Pieces - Long Island, Nassau County, Suffolk County, Queens, New York (NY)
Asphalt Roofing Bits And Pieces
on Long Island New York.
We are spreading the good news about the latest tools and that's the
case with air-powered roofing nailers and asphalt roof shingles.
I'd always believed that hammer-driven nails were best for securing
roof shingles, especially in light of the wind-torn roof shingles
I'd seen that had been put down with roofing staples. Obviously,
good-old roofing nails are the only way to go, right? I held to that
conviction until I saw a roof shingler redoing the roof on the 1000
sq. ft. home next to the roof I was working on in the summer of
1999. With an early start, a coil-fed roofing nailer in hand, and no
one else to help, this guy got the whole two-peak roof done in one
day. As fast as he flopped down the roof shingles, they were
secured. And even if speed weren't one of the benefits of the
technology, who would want to keep grabbing handfuls of bristling nails
and hammering your thumb periodically if it could be avoided?
Roofing nailers are one small reason why the productivity of trade's
people is increasing everywhere. Homes are going up faster and
better in many ways. But there's a downside, too. When
high-productivity becomes the expectation, it's harder to slow down
and do things right when careful attention is required. Faster tools
can lead to shoddier workmanship unless you realize that successful
trade work isn't always a race, even when speed is often a virtue.
Regardless of how fast shingles roofing can be secured, the basics
of a good asphalt roofing job remain the same: reliable eaves
treatment; leak-proof valley design; and the effective use of
roof-edge drip strips.
If there was any doubt about the need for a waterproof membrane
along the eaves of asphalt roofs, last winter's long stretches of
cold weather -- and the rooftop icing it caused -- should dispel
them. This trouble happens around the eaves of homes when too much
heat escapes through the roof. The ice dam that builds up around the
cold, unheated roof eaves traps water on its way down, allowing it
to work its way underneath roof shingles and into your house. The
resulting water damage to homes was a big headache for people in
most parts of Canada, a headache that could have been avoided if a
self-sealing, under-shingle membrane had been installed originally.
It's often easier to deal with rooftop icing this way, rather than
reducing attic temperature as a root-cause solution.
Ice and water membrane is much more than just tar paper. It's
offered by several manufacturers as roll-out sheets, designed to
fuse together along seams and around nails without heat. The sealed
surface it creates may never come into play if rooftop pools or
wind-driven rain never get under your shingles. But if it does, and
the membrane is in place, you'll never know it happened.
Valleys have the reputation for being another potential weak link in
roofs, but that has more to do with how valleys are typically
covered than anything unavoidable. Although it's not yet popular all
across Canada, woven valleys not only look better than traditional
open valleys, but they're faster to install and much more durable.
Start with some tar paper and sheet metal valley flashing, but
instead of cutting the shingles a few inches from the valley centre,
run the shingles right over and past the valley. Do this first from
one side then the other, to create a woven shingle pattern that's as
durable as any other part of the roof, all without the need to cut a
single valley shingle. You'll get best results if you start each
course of shingles in the valley, working outwards from there. That
way you can be sure to eliminate joints between roof shingles
directly on top of the roof valley.
Bring together a pneumatic roofing nailer, eaves membrane, 30-year
roof shingles, and a plan for woven valleys, and aluminum drip
strips all around the roof and you'll get an efficiently-installed,
long-lasting and reliably-dry asphalt roof job. And who can complain
about that, even if it isn’t quite the way they used to do it in the
olden days.
For more information, contact New Roof Long Island, a professional
roofing contracting company.
We have over 30 years of roofing repair experience.
We can fix any of your roofing issues. Contact New
Roof Long Island Today!
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Get your price then call us for a free roofing estimate. We travel
across Nassau County, Suffolk County and Queens New York installing
new roofs and fixing old leaky roofs.
If you are looking to fix leaks in your current roof or if you want
a brand new roof, look no further. We will fix your current roof or
do a roof rip and install a new roof usually in 1 day with very
minimal mess! (commercial roofing may be longer)