How To Detect A Leaky Roof Before You See Colossal Damage

Your Elk Grove Village home’s roof protects your single greatest investment: your house. The roof throws off water, ice, snow, and sleet to keep your family, furnishings, and personal property safe and dry. When your roof leaks, colossal damage can ensue. What can you do to detect a leaky roof long before it becomes an expensive nightmare?

Sniff Test

Mold and mildew are obvious warning signs of a water leak. Does your house, or a particular room, smell musty? Do you see brown water stains on ceilings, walls, or doors? Worst, do you see actual mold spores growing and spreading anywhere in the house?

Covering up odors with sprays, or painting over moldy walls, does not resolve the water infiltration problem. Whatever you see in the habitable spaces, much worse awaits in your attic or under your sheathing. Contact a solution manager of your local roofer and get the problem fixed correctly.

Sneaky Leaks

Some water leaks are obvious: a tree limb hits, high winds tear away shingles. Other water leaks are insidious. They start around loose flashing, or with degraded granules on shingles. They seep through torn underlayment or soak in through rotting sheathing.

Visual inspection is your greatest ally in cutting off small leaks before greater damage is done. Safely look at your home’s roof from the ground. If you feel safe doing so, climb a ladder to look, going no higher than your gutters. Look for curled, missing, blistered, or bare shingles. Do not go onto your roof, though. Leave that kind of annual, close inspection for your trusted local roofer.

Inside Look

The attic is a great place to catch slow or small leaks. Look for discoloration on the underside of sheathing. Look for discolored, stained, or damp insulation between joists. The attic is generally safe if you stay on the joists and put no weight on the sheetrock between them.

Professionals Only

A steep-slope roof is no place for an Elk Grove Village amateur. If you don’t know what “steep-slope” means, you are a roofing amateur. Stay safe on the ground and call for a professional, dependable roofer to help. Your search for a leak should not risk further disaster, so trust your local roofer to do the difficult work.

Please contact Adams Roofing today to see how annual inspection, spot roof repair, and roof replacement can prevent major damage to your Elk Grove Village home.

I wanted to let you know about an experience I had with one of your employees. I live at 1200 Knottingham Court in Kingsport Estates and apparently, your company is servicing our condo association. My building has had a leak in the entryway for several months and Eddie was dispatched out to have me show him the source of the leak inside. I met him on Friday, September 21st and just wanted to tell you how impressed I was with his friendliness and professionalism. He immediately found the source of the leak and even went up on the roof to show me. He assured me that someone would take care of it as soon as possible and told me he would give the report priority to avoid any further damage. As someone who used to be in Customer Service, I always value a company that hires people that are not only skilled at their trade, but also skilled at interacting with people. Eddie is a great example of that and I wanted you to know so you could tell him what a great job he does! I am so glad that Alma Management chose Adams Roofing to be our roofing contractor!... [more]

Jeremy Q, CMCA, AMS

Adams Roofing has a great team to work perfectly with condo and townhome Associations. We are currently in the middle of a 6 year, 49 building tear-off project. Adams works hand in hand with the engineers, delivers according to the specifications, and provides great customer service to the homeowners and management team.... [more]

Sue T.

Good Afternoon, I am writing to you on behalf of the Mission Hills M-8 Association. I would like to tell you how happy we are with the work that you completed for our Association. Your supervisor Eddie was great. We liked his professionalism and his work ethic. He kept us informed, and delivered on all his promises. Please make sure that any other jobs you do for us include him. Best regards, Joey Mission Hills Management... [more]

Brett K.

Charlie, Thanks very much for replacing the gutter! No one has been out to do it, at least before I left for work this morning. But I will definitely let you know whether it’s done correctly. I am very satisfied with your roofing job. It looks great, and more importantly, there were no leaks when it rained (even though we haven’t gotten really hard rains yet). So, I have been very pleased with my experience with Adams, especially with the professionalism and responsiveness of you and Dan. Thanks.... [more]

Keith M.

I wanted to take a moment to comment on your technician, Eddie. Eddie was assigned to inspect a roof leak I am having in my home in Cobblestone Circle. He was prompt, professional, courteous and informative; everything a customer could ask for when inviting a contractor into their home. Eddie represents Adams Roofing Well; and clearly he is an asset to your company. Kudos to him! Thank you.... [more]

Rick H.