Best Way To Avoid Roof Leaks And Water Damage
If you want to avoid ceiling water damage, you're going
to need to make sure that your roof is in good shape. To do this, you're
going to need to have someone inspect the roof, unless you know how to
inspect it yourself. At one time, it seemed like every home I worked on
had ceiling water damage.
If you have a ceiling water damage, there's a good chance that you have
a roof leak and if you don't have a roof leak there's a good chance that
you have a water supply pipe leaking directly above the ceiling stain.
The best way to avoid this type of damage in the future from getting
larger is to actually fix the problem today.
This might sound simple and it's something that everyone understands,
but rarely does anyone ever do anything about them. I can't tell you how
many times I've went to a house to give an estimate, to work on or even
to visit, only to find out years later, that the homeowner still hasn't
fixed the roof.
I don't consider fixing the roof damage, placing buckets underneath the
ceiling water damage. I consider fixing the roof damage, by actually
hiring someone who knows what they're doing, or making your own repairs,
only if you know how to do them correctly.
Your roof protects everything in your house and if it's leaking, it's
not doing its job correctly. This might not matter to you today, but it
will in the future, when you're home starts to suffer from termite
damage, wood rot and even mold. I'm not saying that all of this stuff
will happen to your house for sure, but there is a possibility.
Quit waiting for your roof to fix itself. There is only one way that
you're going to get rid of any type of ceiling water damage and that's
to make the necessary repairs.