Metal that matches
Flashing metal has to match the gutter metal it drains into. Copper against aluminum is a battery, and galvanic corrosion eats the joint from the inside while the surface still looks fine.
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Virginia / Roof System
Roof Flashing Repair in Northern Virginia
Shingles shed water. Flashing handles everywhere the shingles stop, which is why almost every roof leak we chase down ends at a wall, a valley, a pipe, or a chimney rather than out in the open field.
Step flashing
Counter flashing
Valley metal
Pipe collars
Wall transitions
2
Offices, Springfield and Fredericksburg
Free
Inspections, no pressure
270 lb
CertainTeed Landmark Pro standard
Overview
If a contractor tells you the shingles are the problem, ask him what the flashing looks like. That answer is usually where the leak actually lives.
Flashing is the metal that carries water across a joint the shingles cannot cover. Step flashing at a sidewall, counter flashing tucked into the chimney mortar, valley metal, a kickout at the bottom of a wall, and the collar around every pipe. Each one is a small piece of sheet metal doing a job the whole roof depends on, and each one fails in a way we can read.
Step, not pan
A sidewall needs individual step pieces woven in with each shingle course. One continuous strip of bent metal caulked along the top is faster to install and guaranteed to leak later.
Kickout at the bottom
The last piece where a roof meets a wall has to throw water out into the gutter. Leave it off and every rain dumps behind the siding, which is how a flashing detail becomes a framing repair.
Detail
Where flashing fails and how we fix it
We do not guess and we do not seal over a mystery. We find the entry point, then rebuild that detail so it drains the way it was supposed to in the first place.
- Sidewalls and step flashingEvery course gets its own piece, lapped up under the siding or the water resistive barrier and nailed through the vertical leg only. Face nailing a step flashing puts a hole in the exact path the water takes.
- ValleysValleys carry more water than anything else on the roof. Ice and water shield goes down the full valley before any metal or shingle, because that is the line still holding water an hour after the rain stops.
- Pipes and penetrationsSplit rubber collars get replaced, not smeared over. New boots get set into the shingle courses correctly and sealed with Vulkem polyurethane, which stays flexible through the freeze and thaw cycles the DMV runs all winter.
- Repair or replace, honestlyFlashing is often a targeted repair that does not require a new roof. But if we are pulling shingles on a roof already near the end, we will say so instead of selling you the same repair twice.
Diagnostic
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Four questions. You get a straight read on whether this is a repair, a replacement, a gutter job or an insurance claim, and where to go next.
Roof and gutter diagnostic
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Coverage
Where we work
We cover Northern Virginia and the Fredericksburg area out of two offices. Search for your town, or pick it off the list to see the map and the local page.
No match in our service area. Call (703) 347-6482 anyway, we travel for larger jobs.
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Why us
The part other crews skip
Inspected first
We get on the roof and photograph what we find before we quote. You see the same evidence we do.
Roofing and gutters together
One crew for the roof, the siding and the gutters, so nobody is blaming the other trade.
Licensed and insured
Virginia license 2705155080, CertainTeed ShingleMaster certified, fully insured on every job.
Every job documented
Photos and video through the whole install on CompanyCam, stored indefinitely, with a link that is yours to keep.
Reviews
What Virginia homeowners say
Questions
Roof Flashing Repair questions we get asked
What exactly is flashing?
Sheet metal that bridges a joint the shingles cannot cover. Walls, valleys, chimneys, skylights, and every pipe coming through the deck all get flashed. It is a small part of the material cost and the largest part of whether the roof leaks.
Can flashing be repaired without a new roof?
Usually, yes. We pull the shingle courses around the failure, rebuild the flashing, and reset the shingles. The exception is a roof already at the end of its life, where pulling courses on brittle shingles causes more problems than it solves.
How do you find where a leak is coming from?
We start where the water shows inside, then work uphill on the roof, because water travels along framing before it drops. Penetrations, wall transitions, and valleys get checked first. We photograph the entry point so you can see it for yourself.
My last roofer just caulked it. Why did it leak again?
Because caulk is not a flashing detail, it is a way to buy one season. Sealant is meant to back up metal that is already lapped correctly. When it is the only thing holding water out, it fails at the next real freeze.
Does new flashing come with a new roof?
It should, and on our jobs it does. Reusing old step flashing or bending existing counter flashing back down is the corner cut most often on a tear off, and it is the reason a brand new roof can leak in its first year.
By town
Roof Repair Near You
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By town
Roof Flashing Repair Near You
Local pages for the towns we cover.
Protect the roof
A roof is only as good as the gutter below it.
Clogged gutters back water up under the first course of shingles, rot the fascia and feed ice dams. Keep them clean on a schedule and the roof edge stays dry. Ask about adding the Annual Gutter Cleaning Plan to your roof project.
Find the leak, not a guess
Free inspection with photos of the actual entry point, and a free written estimate for the repair. We chase the water back to its source before anybody quotes you a number.
- Free inspection, no pressure
- Photos of everything we find, yours to keep
- Licensed and insured, VA 2705155080
- CertainTeed ShingleMaster certified
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