Here are a list of things to keep from damaging your roof:
- Mount a satellite dish on your roof. This is the number one hate for me. Seeing a roof mount satellite dish means screwing bolts into your roof. Some installers will use a mastic sandwiched between the roof and the mount but after a few years, these are causes for the leak. There are plenty of under eave brackets available. They swing out and around the gutter from the rafter tail, having a mount for the dish.
- Ignore the piled up leaves on your roof. Piles of leaves dam up waster and cause leaks, especially in valley areas on tile roofs.
- Hanging Christmas lights on your shingles. Driving nails or screws through your roof can cause leaks.
- Antenna lag bolts. Bolts through the roof are typically near the bottom edge or eave. These let moisture in soaking to the rafter tail and rot them.
- Basketball Hoop. With all the vibration of the basketball hitting the backboard the bolts break the seal causing leaks.
- Solar Panels. Odds are with all the bolts a percentage will leak. Use a hidden bracket system. Most roofing or solar contractors have a better mounting system available.
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