So let’s tackle the big question. You noticed a small leak in your attic and you’re wondering if you should install a new roof with a local roofing contractor or have your roof repaired.
What should you do? Pay for a new roof or repair your roof?
This is the most common question that Thomas Garvey gets from homeowners around Monrovia, Alhambra, and other parts of the San Gabriel Valley.
How do you decide?
Garvey Roofing will assess the condition of your current roof and ask what your goals are.
Thomas Garvey has run Garvey Roofing servicing homes and commercial buildings of all types for over 30 years. His goal is clear:
Provide a roof for all seasons and protect the health and quality of your home.
Estimates are always free, by the way.
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What a roof does
A healthy roof that’s properly installed keeps your home energy efficient by repelling the sun’s most damaging rays. Garvey Roofing uses the latest and best roofing products like Therma Shield on top of new decking.
The underlayment reduces the amount of heat that can transfer into the attic and find its way into your home’s interior.
A new roof helps your home or commercial building operate more efficiently than an older roof that’s losing granules or with an underlayment that’s losing effectiveness.
The best roof for your home isn’t just asphalt shingles, a form of tile, or other product. It begins with what’s underneath the outer layer.
Your attic is key
An attic is a buffer zone between the roof’s surface which can reach over 150 degrees in the hottest temperatures and the inside of your home or other building. Garvey Roofing offers blown in insulation with the R rating that’s designed to last. Your insulation won’t clump and will last for decades.
Don’t forget paint and gutters
Why would a roofer also paint a home and install gutters?
To prevent rain from soaking into the foundation and the walls and gradually weakening your home.
Thomas Garvey can share more about his knowledge and studies of building science and how he uses it to protect residential and commercial buildings throughout the year.
How Summer and Winter Interact
We have mostly mild weather in the San Gabriel Valley even though temperatures regularly hit triple digits for about six weeks in August to September.
The summer sun weakens the seams in roofs and the protrusions on the roof like vents. Over the years, shingles and roofing materials degrade and the winter rains and winds wash away protection.
It’s a cycle that you may not see occurring, but it happens.
Thomas Garvey will protect your roof all year, in all seasons.
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