Roof Maintenance

Keeping a roof in good condition so problems do not start. Seasonal checks, safe inspection, cleaning, and the habits that shorten or extend a roof life.

A roof is one of the few parts of a house that most people only think about once it has failed. Yet almost everything that shortens a roof life is cheap to deal with early and expensive to deal with late: trapped moisture, blocked drainage, moss holding water against the shingles, debris left sitting through a winter.

These articles cover what is worth checking and when, what you can safely do yourself, and what is better left to someone with proper access equipment. Nothing here asks you to climb onto a roof. The checks that matter most can be done from the ground, from a window, or from inside the attic.