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Is there a problem with my roof?

9 years ago

I just had my roof replaced a week ago and noticed that something looks off where the roof line meets the gutter. In the photo you can see that the gutter is naturally sloping downwards, but the shingles that are above that section look uneven and off. I don't remember the old roof looking as noticeable in that section as the new one does. Is there a problem with the way the roof was installed?


Comments (12)

  • 9 years ago

    Just finish painting that rake and everything will be fine.

  • 9 years ago

    I don't know which part is the rake. Is this something the roofer should have done?

  • 9 years ago

    If the down spout for that gutter is on the left end, that gutter is pitched the wrong direction. Or the right end of the gutter is too low.

  • 9 years ago

    Handy, good eye. Looks like different paint halfway down that rake and on the trim down the corner under the low gutter end. Maybe rotted out at some point.

  • 9 years ago

    Y'all just confirmed what I think about people posting grainy pictures and asking for detailed conclusions. I'm not sure if that's gutter or some wicked combo facia-soffit (similar to above windows on end of house). If that is indeed gutter,is that a skinny downspout or corner trim going down near corner of house? One thing's for sure,there's not a proper corner trim(you can see sideing joints between near corner and end wall. I also don't see drip edge along rakes nor step shingles at the sidewall,but again that might also be due to lack of quality in the pic. I do see a dark shadow at near corner but not willing to lay bets on what it actually is. On the whole,I don't believe the house is properly flashed, trimmed and detailed but wouldn't say for certain nor undertake superviseing a redo without being able to see it in person.

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    IMO you are seeing the face of the drip edge being revealed as the gutter's slope stops obscuring it.

  • 9 years ago

    That's clearly a downspout on the corner, to my eye, and on the top part of it, you can see through to the siding joints on the end of the house. So the gutter is sloped correctly. And yes the dark shadow appearing over the gutter as it reaches the right hand end is just the shadow under the overhanging shingles.

    Shingles should overhang 1" to 1.5" I believe. Any less and water can more easily get up underneath. Shingles are stiff and when newly installed may not lay flat yet. Some summer heat will correct that in a jiffy. I just found on my house that shingles installed in 2006 are overhanging way too far over the gutter on one part of the house. The weight and flexibility of the shingles made them start to sag where they hung over into space, which created a small hump an inch above the end of the solid roof deck. That caused water (or ice) to build up and get under the shingles, so now there's a soft sunken spot a foot in diameter near the bottom of the roof slope. Idiots.

  • 9 years ago

    Original poster here. So I finally went up into the attic last weekend and was surprised to see that I can see daylight between the top of the house and roofing in at least one section. The daylight would be on the right hand side of the roof in the original photo. To note, this daylight was definitely not visible before the roof was replaced. For folks on here who know about roofing, is this something that I should be worried about, and should I go back to the roofer to complain? I sent the original photo to the roofer with my concerns but was told it was fine and not a roofing issue. Thanks.


  • 9 years ago

    Unless there's a sofit vent on opposite side,that's deffinatly a problem. If you send this picture to the rooferdon't youthink ,they will tell you it's fine and not a roofing issue? Posting fuzzy pictures and asking questions on the net isn't getting the roof fixed,hireing another roofer and sueing the first will get it fixed.

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    Something is definitely not right there and needs to be fixed, it could be the plywood came up, could be the facia, etc. Also looking at the gutter, it looks like it has a

    Also looking at the gutter (hard to tell from the picture), but it looks like the gutter drops in midspan and it shouldn't drop that much.


  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    1. Slope is towards the right sided gutter, gutter may be undersized but it is there. I dont like the way it turns a corner then goes down. That could be improved. Heavy rain may cause water to hit the corner and go over top there.

    2. You see the edge of the roof on the right side due to the slope. A problem is lack of drip edge into the gutter. Slope is a little extreme, could be reduced a bit so it is not as visible.

    3. Seeing daylight from your attic is normally a good thing, if we are talking about a proper soffit vent intakes. From the picture it looks like the light comes from the bottom of the roof deck, which is a problem, that is not a proper soffit intake.

    Ensure you have proper vents near the top of the attic as well. Attic intakes and vents allows airflow in the attic which helps cool the space and keeps it from becoming an oven.

    There is a product where your intake is at the roof deck, it is called smart vent. It would be used when a soffit is not available. I dont think you have this. It would not allow light in as your picture shows.

    Critters and bugs can get in through the opening you currently have. Intakes and vents need to be screened to keep critters and bugs out. Mice and wasps are the target audience to keep out, everything else is bigger and wont fit.