Florida homeowners know the pattern: a normal afternoon shower comes through and everything is fine. Then a heavy storm hits with strong wind and driving rain, and suddenly there’s a water stain on the ceiling or a drip coming from somewhere inside the house. Then the...

Replacing your roof comes with plenty of important decisions. Shingles or metal? Which roofing system? Which contractor? What should be included in the estimate? Then comes a decision that sounds much easier until you actually have to make it: What color should the...

You pull into your driveway after a long day and notice something you haven’t paid much attention to before. Your roof looks different. Dark streaks run down one side. A few patches look almost black. The roof used to have a fairly even color, but now certain areas...

The Roofing Question to Ask Before You Go Solar You’ve been thinking about solar panels for your Port St. Lucie home. Maybe you want to generate some of your own electricity, or perhaps you’ve started comparing solar proposals and are excited about the idea of putting...

Walk into an attic in Port St. Lucie on a sunny summer afternoon and one thing becomes obvious very quickly: It is hot. Really hot. For homeowners, that often leads to a simple question. Is my roof making my attic hot? The answer is more complicated than yes or no....

A homeowner in Port St. Lucie notices a small ceiling stain in April. The roof isn't actively leaking anymore. From the driveway, nothing looks particularly alarming. Summer is approaching, and replacing a roof was definitely not part of the family's plans. So the...

The first time your roof leaks, repairing it seems like the obvious choice. A contractor finds the problem, performs the repair, and life goes back to normal. Then another leak appears a year later. You repair that one too. A while later, another section of the roof...

You walk outside after a heavy Port St. Lucie rainstorm and look up at the roof. Nothing seems wrong. There are no obvious missing shingles in the yard. No tree has fallen across the house. Nothing appears to be hanging from the roof. From the driveway, everything...

There is a particular kind of roofing problem that creates more uncertainty than an obvious emergency. It is the problem that seems manageable. Maybe you noticed a small ceiling stain after a heavy rain. Perhaps a few shingles look different from the rest. Maybe a...

Start by Asking What Is Actually Known "Roof is about ten years old." That statement may be useful, but buyers should determine where the information came from. Are there records? Was the roof fully replaced or partially repaired? What material is installed? Has there...