Q&A - Protecting a gap

Hurricane season is upon us and this homeowner wanted to make sure they were properly prepared.

A homeowner in Texas named Marci was checking their roof as part of the hurricane-prep and noticed something odd. They decided to turn to the AskARoofer experts for some advice:

There is a small gap on my roof. See attached video. What can be done to prevent water from getting in during hurricane/wind storms?

One of our roofing experts, Tyler Gibson at Corey Construction had this to say when shown the video:

I looks like her soffit material was installed a bit short. In the past we have installed a piece of metal to close off that void and help prevent driving rains and rodent intrusion.

Another one of our expert roofers, Henry Staggs said this in response. The following is a transcript of his video response:

Marcy thank you very much for the video, it really helps when we have video and picture so we can make a better assessment of the situation. I think what I see is pretty simple, you're missing some siding back there. Unfortunately under those tight eaves like that it's kind of common, at least I've seen it a lot, maybe it's not common all over the country but in my area and maybe in your area it is too.

So I think what you're going to need is somebody who does siding work, cladding work, maybe a carpenter, somebody like that to come in there and install the siding underneath there where you need to have it. Otherwise I still see the flashing and the house wrap and all that stuff is there. So, yeah I think you need to call a sider, call a carpenter, maybe a general contractor, somebody like that. It's going to be a little bit of effort and they're going to have to remove a few things, so it's not going to be a small job. But if you want to keep the water from getting back in there that's what you're going to need is some siding.

You can also watch the video version of this transcript on YouTube!

Continue the conversation in our Forum!