Rental Cabin Needs Repair Work And Gutters

The root system of moss grows up between the shingles. This causes water to wick under the shingles resulting in rusted nails and water penetration into the roof. 

As you can see, the arrows point to numerous nail pops all along the ridge cap shingles and other places throughout the roof.

This pipe boot was installed by just ripping a hole in the shingles, and on top of that, it’s not nailed down, letting windblown rain penetrate the roof.  

Rotten tree limbs broke and scattered across the roof, causing superficial damage to shingles. At first, I was sure this limb had punctured the shelter, but luckily, it just scraped it up and messed up the tabs on the dimensional shingles. The pictures at the top will show some of the damage.

One of the pieces of roof decking has popped up and freed itself from the nails. This has lifted the shingles just enough to let the wind in between the 2 layers, further breaking more shingle seals. The bottom picture shows a rusted nail, so water is getting under the shingles. 

This rain diverter is flush with the shingles that it’s up against. This can allow water to back under the shingles. It should be installed on an angle shown here as the red line.

Each red arrow points to a shingle union. A union is where 2 shingles butt together. A shingle should be on a 6-inch stagger. This way the shingle unions don’t come close to lining up. This patch job was done terribly wrong. Some of these shingles are only very small pieces for some reason, and all the unions are right on top of each other.

As you can see this pipe boot was installed exactly like the other one. The shingle was just torn and then the pipe boot wasn’t even nailed. You should also notice that the edge of the shingle is right at the edge of the pipe boot. The chances of water getting in here are is about 80%.

Same as the other side, a good amount of nail pops and exposed nail heads with no caulk on it.

The top picture is just more mold growing on the roof. The next one down is buckled shingles on the edged of another poor attempt at a repair. 2nd one down shows a low nail where someone nailed the shingle way too low exposing the nail head. The bottom picture shows a torn shingle possibly from the wind but more than likely from a poor install.

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