Your Metal Roof Is Leaking During Monsoon Season. Do This Now
The first hour, what to photograph, and what not to do on a wet roof.
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Metal Roof Advice for Tucson Homeowners
What actually goes wrong with metal roofs in this climate, why it goes wrong, and what it takes to put right.
Why this exists
Written for desert roofs, not for roofs in general
Most roofing advice on the internet was written somewhere it snows. It talks about ice dams, moss, gutter freeze and hurricane straps, and none of that is your problem.
Your problem is ultraviolet load, a surface that expands and contracts every single day of the year, rubber washers that were never going to survive twenty Julys, monsoon rain arriving sideways at speed, and blowing grit. Everything below is about those.
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Rust on a Desert Metal Roof: Where It Starts and What It Costs to Ignore
Why edge rust is usually fine and middle of panel rust usually is not.
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Repair, Recoat or Replace: Reading the Condition of a Tucson Metal Roof
Three different answers to three different conditions, and how to tell them apart.
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How to Find a Metal Roof Leak After a Monsoon Storm
Water gets in somewhere and comes out somewhere else. How to work backwards.
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Why Metal Roof Screws Back Out in Tucson Heat
The most predictable failure on a desert metal roof, and why it is not a defect.
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What Metal Roof Repair Costs in Tucson, and What Changes the Price
Access, roof type, the failure itself and how long it has been running.
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