Salish Roofing

Roofing around the Puget Sound

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A roof here rarely dies in the middle. It dies at the edges and in the shade. Six places a roof gives way. The one everyone checks is No. 2, the shingle field. The other five do most of the failing.
Garage Point 1: ridge caps 1 Ridge caps: the first pieces to lift Point 2: the field of the roof 2 The field: moss on damp slopes Point 3: valleys 3 Valleys: needles, wet for months Point 4: flashing 4 Flashing: chimney, addition Point 5: vent boot 5 Vent boot Point 6: eaves and rot 6 Eaves, the last part of the roof to dry
  1. 1 Ridge caps. The first pieces to lift, and the ones the weather gets underneath.
  2. 2 The field. Moss on the damp slopes holds water where the covering wants to dry.
  3. 3 Valleys. Needles mat where two slopes drain as one, and stay wet for months.
  4. 4 Flashing. The chimney, and where an addition meets the original roof.
  5. 5 The vent boot. Rubber perishes quietly under a canopy that never lets it dry out.
  6. 6 Eaves. The last part of the roof to dry, and the first to go soft.

Slow enough to miss

Nothing up there fails in an afternoon. Moss holds water against the covering, damp air condenses under a cold deck, and the eaves go soft over years. By the time it is visible the question has moved to carpentry.

The work

The Sound, city by city

Eleven cities around the Puget Sound, from Tacoma’s craftsman blocks to the plat-era suburbs whose roofs were installed street by street, and are turning over the same way.