There have been a lot of spotty storms popping up recently. Some of them have been accompanied by high winds, lots of lightning and maybe even some hail. On Friday, my wife and I went for a walk down to the end of our road after a storm had passed and cooled things off a little. We saw one tree that had been struck by lightning and another large tree that had blown over and knocked another tree down as well. On Sunday morning as I walked at the Rail Trail with a friend of mine, we saw lots of trees that had been broken or knocked down by the wind from another storm that came through there on Saturday evening. The wind itself can be quite damaging to trees and power lines, but what about your roof?
We recently received a call from a friend of my wife’s. Their neighbors told them that there was something wrong with their roof. She said that there may have been some damage from a storm a few weeks ago, but it was very difficult to see the area so high up on the roof from their property. 
Could we go and check it out and do we even handle roof problems this small? I assured them that we would be glad to check it out for them and we handle anything down to the smallest drip from a roof.
Chris went to check it out for us and was somewhat surprised by what he found. 
The roofing shingles had been completely blown off in an area of the roof and there was not even any felt underlayment left!
The bare plywood was exposed and had been for some time. In a rain storm water must have been entering the house. I suspect that it was soaking the insulation in the attic and had not caused much interior damage yet. We provided them with an acceptable repair estimate and they contracted us to solve the problem for them.
Understanding the emergency nature of the repair, Mel promptly scheduled a crew to go out and fix the problem. One of the issues that we needed to deal with is trying to find shingles to match the existing older shingles as closely as possible. The shingles tend to fade over time and the manufacturer’s sometimes change the formulation of the colors in the roofing granules (the little stones that give the shingles their color). In this case, we were able to very closely match the existing shingles. This is not always the case. 
After any bad storm moves through your area, take a look up at your roof and make sure that it is all still there. If you have any questions at all, be sure to contact a professional roofing contractor. And if you have a question, I’m always here.
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