Is that what you call professional? Quality Home Inspections for Leavenworth and Wenatchee WA.

When you get a new home you assume that certain installations are performed to some standard of professionalism.

On a recent residential home inspection of a new home I had come across some issues of a "less than professional" installation of the roofing material.

First it started with the lower intersecting ridge shingles being installed backwards so that the main drainage plane will run into and most likely under the ridge shingles. They should of started at the ridge end and worked towards the main roof field. The prevailing winds come from the opposite side of the home (we won't even talk about the cut shingle).

Improper shingle installation

Next I was not impressed on how the reveal/exposure of the main ridge shingles was performed. When performing an installation of the shingle professional roofers will use a certain reveal and maintain that reveal throughout the installation. Too much reveal makes the shingles more prone to wind damage (nice spillage).

Improper reveal

The final issue and the most egregious was that there was no roofing felt under the gable end section of the roof. This mean that the roof covering will need to be removed and the felt installed as it should have been prior to re-installing the roof covering.

Missing roofing felt

By finding these issues early in the process the builder will have them corrected.

Hiring a quality professional home inspection should be on every home buyers list when deciding to buy a home. The home inspection process should not be taken lightly and just like hiring any contractor you should interview several home inspectors. You should be assured that your inspector will take the necessary time to properly inspect the property you are interested in and present you with a detailed report on the findings.

Is that what you call professional? Quality Home Inspections for Leavenworth and Wenatchee Washington.

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10 Comments on Is that what you call professional? Quality Home Inspections for Leavenworth and Wenatchee WA.

JUL
08
2011
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Good evening Donald. Good catch. There is so much that can go wrong on roofs. I walk as many as I can, but I no longer go on two story or anything over an 8/12 pitch... 
10:15pm • #1
312,631 Points Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Wow, what a sloppy job done by that "so-called" roofer.  Had that buyer not opted for a Home Inspection, which many buyers don't think they need on new costruction, they wouldn't have known until water was dripping on their heads.  Good job.

Sue of Robin and Sue
11:00pm • #2
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Don,

Some roofers sneak in a roof job without putting down felts at a new house. Pretty cheap and crummy way to do it.
11:29pm • #3
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Michael,

I try traverse each roof also. You just can not see the same issues from ground observation, but as you stated sometimes there are limitations.
11:43pm • #4
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Robin/Sue,

Yeah this was not very well performed. I think that roofer will be looking for work from another builder. Too bad they will probably get work. The builder on this home was not very happy and is having everything corrected.
11:45pm • #5
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Steve,

This was the just wrong. It really seems that many roof are not done to very high standards.
11:46pm • #6
JUL
09
2011
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Good Evening Donald, an excellent post.  I wonder what coffee shop the building inspector was hidding out in!
12:17am • #7
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Dan,

You wonder sometimes. I pretty sure the roof was not inspected other than to see if it had a roof covering.
1:52am • #8
JUL
10
2011
155,778 Points 13 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Does you comment on the spillage mean the wind blew your coffee over? :)

Around here roofers working for developers just don't put felt paper on under the shingles. The shingle warranty is immediately null and void. They tell any body that complains that it's 'Standard'. Just because they all do it cheap doesn't make it a standard.
9:28pm • #9
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Robert,

It could of that day. Very warm windy day. I left my windows open to find my car filled with dust from the site.

The builder and I have a working relationship. So that roofing company was fired and they were going to redo the roof per standards.

It was just sloppy work. The site forman said here was an extra roll of felt left.
9:39pm • #10


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