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This past weekend we were out in Rodney Ontario working on the roof of a grocery store. The client called us and wanted us to check out two issues they were having with the roof:

Issue #1: Drain

There was a drain in the centre of the roof that appeared to be leaking and causing problems with water inside the store. What we did was strip a 15′ x 15′ area of the roof, removed the gravel, scraped and scribbed the roof clean and installed sopaboard and then went over it with the new peel and stick roof. We also installed a new drain that doesn’t get blocked and backed up by debris because of it’s special design. This should provide years of trouble free issues now with the drain. By covering such a large area of roof we should have avoided any extra or small splits in the old roof.

Issue #2: Flashing

This was an unusual complaint. The client only experienced leaks in the roof when there was ice on the roof that was melting, which is a tell tale sign that the flashing is old and water is going underneath it and it needs to be replaced. We degranulated the roof to investigate and sure enough that was the culprit! We laid down a new section of roof and new flashing. The client wasn’t ready to install a new roof, which was what we would recommend, but this should last them for a few more years until they are ready to move ahead with a new roof.

We love to make our clients happy, and this weekend was an example of how we balance quality repairs and recommendations with the clients available budget in mind. If you have any questions or issues give us a call!

Legacy Flat Roofing & Sheet Metal – Serving all of SouthWestern Ontario: Lambeth, Windsor, Chatham, Sarnia, London, Woodstock, Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo, Hamilton, Burlington, Brampton, Toronto, Mississauga, Guelph, St. Thomas, Rodney

We found ourselves out in Wyoming Ontario at Huron Web, a local print and graphics shop on one of the hottest days for 2012. The client was experiencing some leaks in two sections of the roof, and they wanted us to come up with some cost effective methods of identifying the source of the leaks, and a way to fix it.

We did some investigating on how to find the roof leak, and found two sections that needed repair:

1. There was a corner section of the roof with pea gravel on it. We removed the stone, vacuumed it clean to remove any debris, and put down new sopaboard to give them another 5-7 years of trouble free use of their roof
2. The second section was much larger and much more challenging, as we had to remove the air conditioning unit from the roof (we were fortunate that it was only sitting on a patio stone and insulation), we had to remove the old metal flashing and some security lights which would need to be put back by an electrician. Because there were no issues with the pea gravel in this area we were able to put sopaboard and cap sheet right over the top of the gravel.

For both sections we removed the old metal flashing and numbered it so that we could reuse it. It would save the client money, and ensure that some sections wouldn’t have new and old flashing and look strange from the street view.

We saved the client a great deal of money and gave them extra life for their roof.

You can find out what the client thought of the review in their video testimonial here.

Legacy Flat Roofing & Sheet Metal – Serving all of SouthWestern Ontario: Lambeth, Windsor, Chatham, Sarnia, London, Woodstock, Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo, Hamilton, Burlington, Brampton, Toronto, Mississauga, Guelph, St. Thomas

This roof project was for an industrial complex on Dundas Street London Ontario.

The client was experiencing roof leaks on his 4 ply built up roof, with a sloped metal roof tied into the flat roof. To save the client money on replacing the entire flat roof, gave them the option of just having a large portion replaced and tied into the metal roof for extra water protection.

We had to scrape the stones back to get to the felt of the 4 ply, we removed the flashing underneath the metal roof and took off the fasteners from the metal roof so we could bring the membrane under the metal roof. By removing the fasteners only we save the client again by not having to replace the metal roof panels.

After cleaning the roof up we put down soap board, base and cap, and we have another satisfied customer with a fully guaranteed leak proof roof.

Legacy Flat Roofing & Sheet Metal – Serving all of SouthWestern Ontario: Windsor, Chatham, Sarnia, London, Woodstock, Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo, Hamilton, Burlington, Brampton, Toronto, Mississauga, Guelph, St. Thomas