Preseason roof work gets filed under spring and left there. Hurricane season has a start date and an end date, and September sits closer to the middle than to either one. The day a storm hits, every crew we have is on a roof with rain water coming through it, and the scheduled inspection you meant to book slides behind all of them. At PRG Roofing & Construction Inc. our crews run out of Fort Myers. The time to put a Bonita Springs home on the calendar is before that day, and September is before that day.
Booked Now Means Booked On Your Terms
Right now an inspection is an appointment, a morning you pick, a crew that isn't in a hurry, and a report waiting on your phone that evening. The crew has time to lift tabs, put hands on every seal, and get into the attic, because nobody is waiting on them with a bucket. After a storm, the same crew is stabilizing roofs with rain coming through them, and that work goes first for obvious reasons. We recommend an inspection every year, ahead of the season, so it never has to wait behind an emergency.
A New Roof Isn't Automatically A Sealed Roof
Age isn't the only reason a shingle roof sits unbonded. Self sealing shingles carry an adhesive strip that sets with sun exposure, and a roof finished during a cool cloudy stretch can go into September without ever having sealed. Nothing about that shows from the ground, since an unsealed shingle lies as flat as a sealed one. Our crew lifts a tab with two fingers at the roof plane, and on a course that never sealed it comes up free, so the crew hand-seals that course before the wind does it. If you moved down from a colder state and this is your first roof through a season here, that's the one thing about it nobody will have told you.
Past Fifteen Years We Look For Two Things
Older roofs get a second reason to be looked at. Once a roof passes 15 years we recommend inspections twice a year, and remaining service life becomes the question everybody asks about it, from you to your insurance carrier. Our crew photographs the peel and stick secondary water barrier and the hurricane nailing pattern on the same visit. That's what your insurance carrier wants to see for a wind mitigation credit, and those credits can lower a premium. One appointment covers both of those jobs.
The Scope Doesn't Change With The Month
A September inspection covers the same ground as a March one. Our crew inspects every flashing and puts hands on the seals at each penetration, then checks the attic side of the deck with a pin moisture meter. Every inspection comes with a live CompanyCam photo report of what we found and where. Ask, when you book, for the report to cover the corners and every penetration, and it will.
What Gets Fixed Now And What Goes On A Plan
Some of what we find is worth fixing this month and some belongs on a plan for after the season. Wind damage confined to one section or one penetration gets repaired now when the assembly around it is sound and the deck measures dry. The crew bends drip edge and flashings on the portable brake we bring to the job, so those metal repairs aren't waiting on a supplier. Fastener compromise across several sections, or decking that has taken on water over a wide area, means a replacement, and that's a project you plan rather than squeeze in. We'll tell you which one you're looking at, and we'll put the repair options beside the replacement option with the lifespan and warranty on each. Knowing that in September lets you budget the season instead of reacting to it.
Put It On The Calendar This Month
There's no charge for the assessment and inspection, and it's a scheduled visit, not a storm call. Call PRG Roofing & Construction Inc. at (239) 237-2906, or send photos through the form on our site and we'll contact you to set a time. We'll pick a morning and check the roof, then tell you what we find.
