Riddle Brothers Roofing Blog

That scratching in the ceiling at night is usually roof rats, and the way they got in is usually your roof. Traps handle today’s rats. Sealing the roofline keeps the next ones out.

You’ve probably seen “drip edge” on an estimate and nodded like you knew what it was. It’s a small part that prevents a big problem: here’s the plain version.

A brown ring on the ceiling doesn’t automatically mean a new roof. Sometimes it’s condensation, a plumbing line, or an old stain nobody painted over. Here’s how to read it.

Water’s coming through the ceiling and you don’t know where to start. First, breathe. Here’s the order that keeps a bad night from getting worse.

When the Texas hail stops, the door-knockers start. Here’s how to tell a crew that’s passing through from a roofer who’ll still answer the phone in three years.

Gutters carry water away from the roof edge, the fascia and the foundation. When they block up before a Texas cold snap, that water backs up under the shingle line instead. What to check, and how often.

A contractor two counties away arrives days after the storm, and the claim clock has already started. What being local actually changes: response time, knowing the hail history on your street, and who picks up in eighteen months.

North Texas winters are mild until they are not. An eight-point check to run before the first hard cold front: shingles, gutters, flashing, attic ventilation, and the trees hanging over all of it.

Hail damage rarely announces itself from the ground, and in Texas the year you have to file starts on the day of the storm, not the day you notice. How storm damage actually presents, and what to do in the first week.

A sudden hard freeze stresses a roof more than a long cold season does. Sealant opens as materials expand and contract, moisture works in behind flashing, and metal components pull apart at the joints.