A tile roof leak, repaired without replacing the roof. Finished in Conroe. Client: Donna Location: Conroe Scope of Work: Tile roof leak repair, 10 by 10 section Tile roofs outlast almost everything else on a house. What fails underneath them is the underlayment, and that is almost always the real leak. Donna’s leak was in one area, so that is where we worked. A 10-by-10 section of tile carefully lifted and set aside, then the old underlayment removed down to the decking. We inspected the deck and replaced the plywood that had rotted. Then new ice and water shield across the full repair area, which is a step up from standard underlayment and the right call on a tile roof where getting back in is this much work. All salvageable tiles reinstalled. Broken and damaged ones replaced. The repaired area secured and waterproofed, debris hauled off. The reason we work in sections on tile is simple: the tile itself is usually fine. Replacing a whole tile roof because of one leak is an expensive answer to a cheap problem, and a lot of homeowners get quoted exactly that. Donna, thank you for calling before it spread. Tile roof leaking? Achilles Roofing & Exterior, a Houston roofing company serving Sugar Land and greater Houston.