Speaker: Adam, owner of Red-tail Roofing

So not all very costly water problems involving a roof are due to the shingles or can be attributed to an insurance claim or even something that’s very costly to fix. In this case, you can see all this water that’s been coming out of this gutter back here. It’s not even the problem of the gutter, the gutter is installed properly.

What I found was a small piece of kick-out flashing was not doing its job and actually channeling water back into the house behind the wall, running down the inside of the wall all the way down into the basement, ruining drywall. There could be mold problems back there, but it was actually a very quick fix. Did not involve insurance or a whole lot of money being exchanged.

Just identifying the problem when it’s actually raining and knowing what you’re looking for. So now they’ve got some pretty big cleanup to take care of, but at least the problem’s fixed.