Working roofers' notes for Santa Monica homeowners : asphalt vs metal, insurance claims, when to replace, gutters, attic ventilation, and avoiding bad actors.
The roofing on a coastal home often outlasts the metal that holds it together. Here is how salt air quietly corrodes the flashing, fasteners, and gutters on a Santa Monica roof, and why the first leak so often starts there.
Read more →Santa Monica's morning fog does more to a roof than most homeowners realize. Here is how the marine layer keeps the shaded slopes damp, feeds moss and algae, and quietly speeds the decay that leads to leaks.
Read more →So much of the Santa Monica coast lives under flat, low-slope roofs, and the salt makes them fail in ways an inland flat roof does not. Here is how coastal flat membranes leak and how an owner should think about repair versus replacement.
Read more →The older bungalow neighborhoods of Santa Monica hide a century of roofing history and a century of salt under the surface. Here is what a re-roof on an older beach home actually involves and where the surprises hide.
Read more →The weather that damages a Santa Monica roof comes off the water, not down from the mountains. Here is how onshore wind and wind-driven rain find a coastal roof's weak points, and why the salt makes it worse.
Read more →The best roofing material for a home a block from the beach is not the same as the best for one a few miles inland. Here is how to weigh asphalt, tile, and flat membranes for a coastal Santa Monica home, salt and all.
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