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January 13, 2018

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Winter Storm Riley Destroys Roofs — We'll Fix It!

Winter Storm Riley Blows Trees, Roofs Down — We'll Fix It! The recent storm surged through much of Northeastern US and left destruction in its path. Some destruction included many fallen trees or tree branches landing on houses, which damaged many roofs. Other damage to the roofs were simply due to the strong 70+ mile per hour winds. Luckily, Olympic Roofing has many crews to help those affected. Olympic Roofing serves Southern New Hampshire, including Manchester, Nashua, and Salem, NH as well as throughout Eastern Massachusetts including Boston, Greater Boston, Merrimack Valley, and throughout the Cape. We will work with your insurance company to help expedite your roof repair, including any damages to your gutters. Call 1-800-535-4312 now for a complimentary consult with an Olympic Technician. Olympic Roofing is based in Topsfield, MA and is Licenced, Bonded & Insured. You can also email us at admin@olympicroofing.com .

Preventing Ice Dams

A gutter adjustment may do the trick Q. After years of dealing with ice dams, I put a new roof on three years ago, with 6 feet of ice and water shield wrapped over the joint where the roof meets the fascia. In each of the past two winters, I still get the ice dams. I know I have poor insulation in the attic. However, water appears to be getting into the soffit – I get icicles from the soffit vents and it runs down the side of my house. My roofer claims he has no idea what’s happening and blames condensation. A. I don’t think you have ice dams, unless they are just above the shield designed to protect the roof under the shield. I think your problem is the gutters, which sound as if they are overflowing. All gutters overflow when they ice up, but yours continue to overflow when all ice and snow is gone. That is because water is dripping or flowing near the back of the gutter, not down the middle, where it should. If it flowed too close to the front o

Hip Roof Leak & Roof Venting

Properly venting a hip roof. Q. I have a fairly new hip roof (four years) that has been water-sealed from top to bottom. It has soffit vents, a short ridge vent (as long as possible for the roof configuration), and two square (shoe box) vents, one on each side. In a windy rainstorm recently, I had water dripping from a ceiling upstairs. It appears that the rain entered one of the shoe box vents. The vents, flashing, and etc., all appear to be undamaged, properly installed and sealed. I’d have the box vents removed entirely, but then I wouldn’t have enough air circulation in the attic. Any suggestions? A. I know the ridge vent is short, but consider removing those box-like roof vents and let the ridge vent do the work. Also, make sure those soffit vents under the eaves overhang go to the full length of all four soffits and that the soffit vents are 2-inch wide-screened strips. The short ridge vent can work. I have no ridge vents in my hip roof and only one roof v

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