Protect Your Investment: Essential Roof Maintenance Tips

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Your roof is an incredibly important part of your home’s overall health and safety. Your home is an investment – whether that be a financial investment, or an investment in your family’s future – and one of the best ways to protect your investment is by ensuring that your roof is in tip top shape by performing regular maintenance on it. So today, Roofstar is here to give you the essential roof maintenance tips to make sure your roof remains as healthy as possible.

Essential Roof Maintenance Tips

So what are the most essential roof maintenance tips?

Inspect your asphalt shingles: Keeping an eye on the state of your shingles is a good way to check the overall health of your roof. Using a safe, sturdy ladder – or a drone – simply look over your roof, checking for shingles that are damaged, curling, or missing.

Inspect your concrete or clay tiles: Identifying and repairing broken or slipped tiles is at the top of the list. Using a safe, sturdy ladder – or a drone – simply look over your roof, checking for tiles that are cracked, broken, or slipped out of place.

Inspect your flat roof: Check open edges to be sure the roofing is not loose. If you roof has scuppers where water drains, check and be sure the roofing is well adhered in the scupper. Gently remove debris so as not to damage the roof. If you have a foam roof and see cracking on the surface, it may be time for a restoration.

Clear any overhanging branches: If there are any trees in your yard that hang over your roof, you’ll want to regularly trim these branches. During a storm, these branches can snag on tiles and pull them off, or detach from the tree and fall on your roof, causing a hefty bit of damage. In addition, leaves falling onto your roof can block proper drainage over time if they build up.

Keep your gutters clear: Your gutters play an important role in the health of your roof by redirecting water away from it. If the gutters on your home become clogged with debris, it can cause water to accumulate, which might lead to all sorts of nasty problems. It’s a good idea to get a sturdy ladder and thick gloves every few months and check that your gutters and downspouts are clear and free of any built-up debris, like leaves.

Get inspected regularly: Performing routine maintenance by yourself is a good idea, but getting a professional inspection done yearly will ensure that you stay on top of any small issues before they snowball into big issues. A professional roof inspection will leave you confident that your roof is in the best condition possible. Regular inspections and proper maintenance is the only way your roof will reach it’s designed life expectancy.

What Not To Do On a Roof?

When performing maintenance on your roof, it’s important to use care in walking on the roof surface. Doing so can be dangerous, especially if you’re unaccustomed to walking on a roof – not to mention that it’s likely you could damage your roof by accident. If it’s necessary for you to go on your roof, you must use a proper ladder (NOT a step ladder), remember to wear shoes with traction and be very mindful of where you step. Never step on tiles near the valley areas, especially those that have been cut to fit.

Some other things you should avoid doing on your roof are power-washing; installing anything directly onto your roof, like a basketball hoop or a satellite dish; or trying to install a new roof over a damaged one by yourself. All of these can damage your roof and cost you extra money in the long run. YouTube is a good resource if you decide to try your own maintenance.

What Damages a Roof the Most?

There are lots of things that can damage a roof, from weather, foot traffic, poor installation or simply aging. Generally, the biggest risk to your Arizona roof will be from UV exposure and from wind and rain damage during the monsoon season. Water damage from debris buildup, broken tiles, or improperly installed pipe and vent flashings are also a common concern. Thankfully, most types of damage to a roof can be mitigated with proper maintenance, and with regular inspections problems can be found and solved before they turn into large – and expensive – headaches.

Ready to schedule a free estimate? Call Roofstar Arizona now at 480-426-1915. We’ll tell you the truth about your roof.

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George D.

Sun Lakes, AZ

Our experience with Roofstar was very professional from the moment someone came out for the quote. They were the only company to get on our roof when they were initially quoting us. We really appreciated how thorough and professional they were. The crew working on our roof was very timely, clean and efficient. The quality of the roof exceeded our expectations. We could not feel happier about how it turned out! We will always refer Roofstar Arizona to friends and family! Our neighbor is actually going to get theirs done now because they saw the quality we received!

Andrea B.

We just want to thank you (Jeff) and your employees for the excellent and professional job in replacing our tile roof. Your employee’s (Juan Diaz and crew) were diligent, neat, pleasant, worked independently and very competent. It was such a pleasure to do business with a company with such high standards. We would highly recommend your company without reservations.

Duane and Elaine H.

Phoenix, AZ

If you are looking for honesty and integrity, look no further. I just had Roofstar repair my roof and they did a great job. We had another company re-do our roof 6 years ago and we were not expecting to have issues. I had a few roofing companies come out and give us estimates on fixing what the other company did wrong. All of the other companies said we had to re-do our whole roof, quoting around $12,000. Roofstar was recommended by my brother who is an insurance agent. He said he has used Roofstar for the past 15 years and said Jeff the owner was the nicest and most honest person he has worked with. He recommends all of his clients to Roofstar.

Bill came out and looked at the roof and said we had a unique issue with the roof. He said he didn’t want to miss quote us and wanted to talk to Jeff (the owner) to get his opinion. The quote came in, but I had a question on how something was going to be fixed. Jeff (the owner) came out to my house and spent at least an hour looking at what need to be done. Tell me, what other company’s owner would come out personally and look at a roof??? Especially in the hot Arizona summer??? Not only did Jeff come out, he figured out that we only needed to repair 50% of the roof and saved us over half of what all the other companies were going to charge. Seriously, who does that these days??? Most companies try to over sell so they can make a larger profit, Jeff didn’t do that!

The crew was great, on time and very professional. They did a great job and made sure they cleaned up after they left each day.

It’s sad that we had to have our roof re-done after only 6 years, but now I feel safe knowing the job was done right.

Thanks to Jeff and Bill for the professionalism and the high level of integrity!

I will recommend Roofstar to all of my friends.

Tino G.

Gilbert, AZ

Excellent service! They install some bird barriers that other companies do not. They explained everything in easy to understand terms. Very friendly and very knowledgeable. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a quality and reputable company.

J R.

The estimator, James, was very pleasant, thorough, and did a great job of explaining what was needed to repair our roof. We thought that the quoted cost was reasonable and decided to go with Roofstar. We are happy that we did. Juan Diaz and his crew did an outstanding job with the repair and cleanup. Everything was accomplished per the quote and at the quoted price. Very happy and will recommend Roofstar to any neighbors needing roof work.

Dave W.

Phoenix, AZ

Will refer your team and you…..you all fully understand and work for Total Customer Satisfaction…..hope sign generates a new client or two. Take care.

Jack B.

Fountain Hills, AZ

Thank you Jeff. Your team (Juan Diaz and crew) did an outstanding job and we really appreciated the daily clean up. Awesome.

Sheryl S.

Fountain Hills, AZ

Roofstar provides great customer service. I was able to text the office manager and our job supervisor when I had questions and their response indicated concern and a desire to be helpful. The work was done in a timely manner and is high quality. I would definitely recommend to others.

Eva D.

I just wanted to personally thank both you (Jeff) and Mike for your help on this house. I appreciate that you took the time to schedule the repairs, confirm, and that your workers showed up on time and did a fantastic job! My husband is a general contractor, so we really appreciate it when a company stands by their word and delivers a great product. We will be adding you to our Recommended Vendor List and will put the word out there as much as we can for referrals! Thanks again for your help!

Kristie W.

Mesa, AZ

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Protect Your Investment: Essential Roof Maintenance Tips

Essential Roof Maintenance Tips

What Not To Do On a Roof?

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