Let’s start at the top of the roof. Did you notice the can vents at the top? They are close on the amounts of vents needed to correctly ventilate this roof, but they just missed it. For the size of home, they needed at least 2 more vents or a Ridgevent system.
        Now lets move to the bottom of the roof. Would you believe those can vents are NOT designed for intake? Thats right, they are not designed to be installed that close to the gutter line. The manufacturer of the vents will tell you that they are to be installed 1-2 feet from the ridge of the roof. They are NOT designed to take the amount of water draining down the roof when installed any lower than their recommendation.

Note: If these can vents leak, the manufacturer will simply say, “Sorry, we aren’t responsible for incorrect installation.”  At Roof Life of Oregon, not only will we correctly install the ventilation on your roof, but we also provide Portland’s ONLY Lifetime Workmanship Warranty for ALL roofs that we replace.

This is the north side of the home. As you can see, the homeowner installed a zinc strip at the top of the roof.

Would you say the zinc strips are working?

As we can see, the zinc is only cleaning the first foot or two of the roof, then causing streaks on the rest of the roof as the rain runs down the roof.  Believe it or not, we have even seen moss growth growing only inches away from zinc strips on homes in the Portland area.

If your home is looking green these days, let Roof Life of Oregon come and take a look. We offer a 3 year treatment for composition roofs that will help your entire roof look better, last longer, and work right.

While rubber roofs are not that common, we thought we’d share these pictures with you.

You know the intense rubber smell when you walk into a Les Schwab Tire Center? That is the smell of this rubber roof when the temperature reaches 80 degrees Farenheit or above! Not to mention the uncontrollable and unpredictable fading that makes your roof look like it has cancer. Was this a good or bad choice? You decide.

 Unfortunately for these homeowners, this roof is unfixable! No amount of stain, scrub, or wash can make this roof beautiful! I smell a replacement in the future.

The new cedar shakes installed will blend into the same color as the older shakes within the first year.

If it has been a while since your skylights, pipe flashings, and/or chimneys have been checked, call for a Free Estimate and let us help you be sure your roof’s components are going to last as long as your roof.

 What did we do?
    We brought a industrial light on an extendable pole to a house that was awaiting treatment and lit up the home so we could continue to work after the sun went down.

Did this work?
     Unfortunately, no. The experiment failed miserably because while the light was great for the front of the home, it wasn’t tall enough to shed light on the back of the home at the same time.

Will we try again?
     Probably not, but as you can see we will go to great lengths to serve our Roof Life of Oregon clients better.

This kind of exposure happens all across the Greater Portland, Oregon Area and Roof Life of Oregon wants to help you be sure that your roof holds up against our specific weather climate. If it has been a while since you’ve been up there, let Roof Life of Oregon come and take a look, we offer a Free Estimate for your convienence. We look forward to serving you.

To read the scripted video, see below:

This is Patrick Morin, Roof Life of Oregon. Jan 29^th 2010 and I’m on a 11yr old ½” cedar shake house and I want to show you a south exposure vs. an eastern exposure. If I can get Ken to zero in down here, these are called erosion holes. This is just that the water has worn the wood away, this is felt paper. Here is another one here and here’s another one up here. And these are just normal repairs after 11 years. I very quickly want to show you an eastern exposure on the same roof and you’ll notice that there is not one erosion hole. I am looking at this square and a half of material and there is not one bad shake, not one bad exposure and that is how roofs wear out. In Portland, OR the southwest takes all the abuse and the northeast gets a free ride. If you get debris and everything on the roof then of course you got to keep the debris blown off so it doesn’t decay; other than just a quick little snippet on south facing roofs vs. east facing roofs. Thank you.

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Daniel White – Roof Replacement Production Manager – talks with us about what the nailing zone is on your roof. Composition roofs need to be installed correctly to avoid early failure!

We want you to know what is going on up there! Call us for a Free Inspection!

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Daniel White – Roof Replacement Production Manager – talks with us about what the nailing zone is on your roof. Composition roofs need to be installed correctly to avoid early failure!

If you have a roof that hasn’t been looked at lately, call us for a Free Inspection!

The roof in this picture is only 6 years old, and the contractor pushed the plywood together with no space.  This is the kind of work done by a roofing contractor that puts on roofs as fast as they can, for as cheap as they can, and who knows as little as they can. Oh yes, it happens, more than what is talked about. Why isn’t it talked about? You now know the down side of cheap!

At Roof Life of Oregon, we take the time to put your roof on correctly.  Sure, it may take us a fraction longer to finish your roof than most contractors, but wouldn’t you want us to take the time to put on your roof correctly the first time?  We think so also. That is why we offer Portland’s only Lifetime Workmanship Warranty; to give you peace of mind that your roof will last and work as it should.

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