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Charcoal Timberline shingle roof with standing seam copper porch

April 26, 2011 by Thomas Petrilli

There are many houses in Arlington and Alexandria that are virtually identical to this one, most were built  50 to 70 years ago; this house was probably on its third or fourth roof. As you can see, the existing light gray shingles are old and worn and are at the end of their life. The Owner of this house will soon outgrow it, so it was important to install a new roof that will protect the property but will also add some curb appeal when the day comes to sell it and move on. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Metal Roofs, Roof Replacement, Shingle Roofs Tagged With: copper roof, copper roof flashing, metal roof repair, shingle roof repair, shingle roof replacement, standing seam metal roof, timberline charcoal shingles, timberline shingles

Shingle roof repair or replacement? What’s best?

March 9, 2011 by Thomas Petrilli

This roof took a beating in high winds. When looking over the necessary repairs it became obvious that replacing the missing and damaged shingles would make the roof look terrible. The roof as you see it below is around 15 years old, and like most things left outside for 15 years, it has a good amount of algae and dirt accumulated on it. Installing new, clean shingles into a dirty roof would look terrible. [Read more…]

Filed Under: General FAQs, Roof Repair, Roof Replacement, Shingle Roofs, Shingle Roofs Tagged With: Arlington VA roof repair, chimney flashing repair, northern virginia roofing repair, roof repair alexandria, roofing contractor, shingle roof repair, shingle roof replacement, timberline pewter gray shingles, timberline shingles

From metal to membrane- low slope roof replacement

March 7, 2011 by Thomas Petrilli

This is standing seam tin roof, probably around 40 years old.  During high winds the eave edge of the roof was peeled back and flipped over on itself; the owner did his best to push it back and laid bricks across it to hold it down. When the panels flipped over it split the metal along the seams, there was really no repair option, the roof needed to be replaced. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Flat Roofs, Flat Roofs, Metal Roofs, Metal Roofs, Roof Repair, Roof Replacement Tagged With: Energy Star Flat Roof, flat roof, leaking flat roof, low slope roof alternatives, metal roof replacement, row house flat roof, shingle roof repair, TPO, TPO flat roof, White Flat Roof

Wind damaged roofs

December 30, 2010 by Thomas Petrilli

Perhaps you’ve just returned from your holiday to find some roof shingles in your yard; they might be from your roof or they could be from a house on another block. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Roof Repair Tagged With: missing shingles, roofing shingle repair, shingle roof repair, shingle roof storm damage, wind damage roof shingle

Roof in a Can

October 7, 2009 by Thomas Petrilli

This is one of those classic examples of a “Roof in a Can”. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Roof Repair, Shingle Roofs Tagged With: copper pipe flashing, copper roof flashing, leaking roof, leaking roof vent, pipe collar, Roof repair, shingle roof repair






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