Did you wake up to find that your roof has sprung a leak? Whether there is water dripping all over your home, or just leaking in through one specific area, this is a big problem. To take care of a roof leak in Lakeland, there are three things to do right away.

Protect Your Home

   First, start by protecting your home and your belongings. Try to contain the water in buckets if it is a significant amount, and cover your belongings (as well as the floor under the leak) in plastic sheets. Try to dry anything that was soaked before you got to it, so you can minimize damage. Move upholstered furniture away from the leak.

Call Your Home Insurance Company

   After you’ve made the place temporarily safe again, call your home insurance. You’ll want to have them on board from the beginning if they cover the cost of inspections and repairs. You’ll want to find out quickly if a roof leak is covered or not.

Get the Roof Leak Fixed Pronto

   Leaving a leaky roof to sit for even a day or two could cause major structural problems for your home. The best course of action is to get in touch with a repair service in Lakeland as soon as you can. Our office is available 24 hours a day, for emergencies such as these. Call us at (888)-899-4351, or contact us online to keep your home safe.

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If you have ever had a roof leak in Tampa, you have probably discovered that the process of fixing the issue can involve several steps. One of the things that are done when a roof needs to be fixed is a roof inspection, sometimes done by the construction company, and sometimes by a professional inspector. But what is it that this part of the process is meant to uncover?

Roof Details

The first thing that will be inspected is the detailed components of the roof. This means things like the overall roof details (the shape, the roofing system, etc.), but also things like the metal flashing, the gutters, and the individual shingles. Inspectors are looking for damage, missing elements, and evidence of moisture.

Roof Dividers

The next thing that will be inspected is any sort of dividers, such as expansion joints. These things are crucial for making sure the roof system is solid and won’t move around.

Other Parts of the Home Structure

Finally, the inspector will look at the walls, the structure of the attic, and other parts of the home that could show signs of strain that may lead to a roof leak some day. Many of these signs are very subtle, and it takes an experienced professional to find all the early signs of problems with a roof.

To schedule an inspection and guard against a roof leak today, call our office in Tampa at (239) 244-2345, or get in touch with us online.

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With this past Summer unleashing its Tropical fury on us in Sarasota, what it left behind was a lot of roof damages. A roof leak in your Sarasota home can all at once cause traumatic damage. A subtle roof leak or infiltration anywhere that provides moisture or rain to be inside of your home can cause just as much, if not more damage. Usually, it’s the latter that we come across most often. Realizing that by the time actual damage or moisture have reached your attention, it’s been leaking for a bit. With this leaking gone unattended, it can lead to structural compromises, damage, or mold development. We use a combination of things to pinpoint your roof leak location. If we have attic access, we undergo a multi-point inspection under your roof. We use a lot of equipment from a company called FLIR, an industry leader in infrared thermography tools and equipment. We apply water to the exterior of the roof in specific zones for re-assessment at the interior, at crawlspace if provided. Getting around the area or getting close enough isn’t the result that we at Leak Locators are ever willing to give our clients. You’ve hired us to pinpoint with 100% accuracy where you’re roof leak is. We intend to give you a marked pin-pointed location, a leak report with explained verbiage, and pictures of the even sized in. It doesn’t end there! We are affiliated with a restoration company that can immediately have a Project Manager to your residence. We take care of our clients like family.

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1. Be sure to protect the hip and ridge caps with shingles, because these areas definitely get more wind damage than other parts of the roof. This can lead to water getting under those areas.

2. Be sure to keep an eye on the condition of any skylights, and replace aging skylights with more weather-tight models. You’ll also likely save on your energy bill with better glass.

3. Consider using a single roofing system, rather than mismatched components for different parts of your roof. One of the biggest reasons a roof fails is because the components weren’t designed to work together.

4. Always get your roof inspected annually, and be sure to take advantage of any free inspections offered by the manufacturer. This helps you keep an eye on any potential problems before they get out of hand.

5. Always get warranties on your roofing components and the installation. Warranties will make it easier and more affordable to keep your roof in great repair.

Now that you have many ways to protect your roof, give us a call to set up that inspection. Our office can be reached 24 hours a day at (239) 244-2345, or contact us online.

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Protect Your Home

First, start by protecting your home and your belongings. Try to contain the water in buckets if it is a significant amount, and cover your belongings (as well as the floor under the leak) in plastic sheets. Try to dry anything that was soaked before you got to it, so you can minimize damage. Move upholstered furniture away from the leak.

Call Your Home Insurance Company

After you’ve made the place temporarily safe again, call your home insurance. You’ll want to have them on board from the beginning if they cover the cost of inspections and repairs. You’ll want to find out quickly if a roof leak is covered or not.

Get the Roof Leak Fixed Pronto

Leaving a leaky roof to sit for even a day or two could cause major structural problems for your home. The best course of action is to get in touch with a repair service in Lakeland as soon as you can. Our office is available 24 hours a day, for emergencies such as these. Call us at (888)-899-4351, or contact us online to keep your home safe.

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1. Try adding leak barriers made of waterproof materials anywhere where the roof has an opening or a peak. For example, around a chimney opening, on eaves and dormers, and anywhere the roof has any sort of material penetrating it, such as a ventilation tube.
2. Help prevent water from getting in under the edges of the roof by installing metal edging material at the rakes and eaves.

3. Using flashing wherever any kind of pipe penetrates the roof to help stop water from getting in through the pipe.

4. Wind can often be a reason that shingles near the edge of a roof leak because it can blow them up around the edges. Use underlayment to solve this problem.

5. Make sure the attic is well ventilated to prevent humidity from building up and to stop extreme temperatures from affecting the shingles directly above the attic.

These are just five of the ways you can help prevent a roof leak on your home in Naples. Contact the professionals to learn more by calling (239) 244-2345, or get in touch with us online.

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