Spring Rains and Summer Heat is Why You Need a Roof for All Seasons

You need a roof for all seasons.

Another rainy weekend ends March and welcomes April. If you have an older roof, but you’ve not had any leaks you might be sighing for relief since sunny days are headed our way. After all, baseball season is underway with the Dodgers having their first home games of 2024.

The seasons affect your roof in different ways and this is why Garvey Roofing constructs a roofing system that works in December and January as well as it works in July, August, and September.

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Let’s start with summer.

Summer Sun = Heat = Heat Transferrance

When the sun beats on your roof, what happens to surface temperatures? They climb. And on older roofs, the heat gradually weakens the adhesion of shingles and degrades other materials.

When your roofing materials become weak and the seams are compromised then rain can soak in during the winter. You don’t notice the process right away but it happens. The rain also washes away protective UV granules off older shingles and tile roofs.

The heat during the summer seeks cooler places and will seep into the attic. If the ventilation isn’t good then the heat builds up and finds its way into your home’s interior.

This heat transference goes the opposite way during the winter months. Heat is always seeking cooler places so the heat leaves your interior and finds its way into your attic and out your roof.

If you live on a shady street in Pasadena or Arcadia then your roof will be cooler than if it’s completely exposed to the sun on a street in a neighborhood like Rowland Heights.

This is why using the best roofing materials plus attic insulation reduces your utility bills in both summer and winter. You reduce heat transferring in or out of your house and you’ll reduce the amount of work your air conditioning and your heater have to do.

Do You Need a New Roof or a Roof Repair?

If you have leaks, or you have shingles blowing off your roof, you’ll likely wonder if you need a new roof or if you can get by with a roof repair?

There’s not always a hard and fast answer so it’s important to inspect the roof.

Here are 3 questions to use for your own evaluation:

1 How old is your roof?

If it’s more than 20 years to 25 years old, then you can begin considering installing a new roof.

2. Next, what condition is your roof?

The answer here depends on how well your roof was constructed. Did the roofer use effective nailing techniques and lay down quality underlayment like Therma Sheet and lay the right plywood?

a roofer laying tile on the roof

The age of the roof isn’t always the clue. You can have a roof that’s 25 years old and is in better condition than a roof that was poorly installed with corners cut less than a decade ago.

If you have shingles and they’re curling at the edges and seem brittle then they’re aging and you’re losing protection against the sun and rain.

If you’re seeing interior damage then expect to install a new roof.

3. What are your goals as a homeowner?

If you plan to stay in your home for just the next few years, then maybe you can get by with a repair. Some homeowners have partial low-slope roofs and a portion of the decking can be replaced and then the roof is fine.

Are you planning to live in your home or keep the home in the family for the next decade or longer?

Then you can imagine what will happen to labor and materials costs in the years ahead, so it could pay off to install a new roof now.

The benefit is that with the newest roofing materials you’ll have a roof that’s environmentally sound and one that keeps you cool in the summer and warm and dry in the winter.

Garvey Roofing installs roofs for year ‘round comfort.

The Garvey Roofing Guarantee

Thomas Garvey has been roofing homes in the San Gabriel Valley for about 35 years now and has developed a guarantee unmatched in the roofing industry: