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If your house doesn't have a gutter system yet, you should consider getting one installed soon. It protects your house from unnecessary damage on the fasade or interior of the house. Installation of a new gutter system is affordable and it will save you money in a big picture by preventing damage on your house or underneath, in your basement or crawl space. Without a gutter system, rain water will just flow down the roof straight to fascia, causing wood rotting over time. Water falling down too close to your foundation will also create water issues in your basement or crawl space in the future. 

On the picture you can see a new gutter system we installed on a house in Nashville, Tennessee. To protect it from clogging, we added RainDrop Gutter Guard on top of these gutters. They guarantee care-free experience for homeowners, as leaves, twigs or pine needles won't fall into the gutters, but instead will fall off the RainDrop, never clogging it!

Be a smart homeowner - make your life easier with new gutters and RainDrop Gutter Guard system! 

Water is sneaky and gets in the house through the tiniest little cracks.  Water damage is expensive to fix, because it often takes more money to repair roof with water damage, than just putting a brand new shingles on the roof. A large part of the decking needs to be replaced and the whole area resealed and waterproofed.

To prevent water damage on your house, it is important to invest into high-quality materials, such as asphalt shingles, waterproofing layers, and make sure the roofing crew spend some time on the right flashing and seals all areas.

When installing roofs, we don't just look at a large picture, we look at the details, and that's very important for us - to not take any shortcuts! Just like in this case, when a homeowner who lives in Nashville gave us a call, because her roof was leaking and she couldn't found where leaks originated. 

Our roofing specialist Tyler inspected her house and discovered cracked sealant around the roof pipes. The roof pipes are plumbing vents that ensure the methane gas escapes from the plumbing. The sealant around the pipes was old and cracked, which allowed water to rush in during rain. We installed new PermaBoots to stop the leaking and protect the pipes. PermaBoots are made of a heavy-duty, UV-protected material, which makes them and the pipes last a lot longer than if they were exposed to natural elements. They serve as an additional waterproofing layer and guarantee water won't get under the shingles! That's why it's important to have PermaBoots protecting your roof pipes!

Leaks in roof are never fun. They often happen when a sealant fails, or areas that are flashed were not flashed and sealed correctly due to inferior materials, or one of the steps was skipped during the installation process. Sometimes it can be caused by missing shingles, torn waterproofing paper, etc.

There was a house in Nashville, Tennessee, that we were called to inspect. We found leaks in the areas where the wall siding met with the roof, and the sealant around failed and cracked and started letting water in. Another problematic spot on the roof was the chimney. It needed a new flashing to stop water. 

To solve this issues:

1. We removed old shingles in the area alongside the wall siding, and checked for rotten spots on the decking.
2. We installed a waterproofing barrier after the damaged decking was replaced. Ice and Water Shield was installed on the top of the decking to stop any water that could get under the shingles, in case any shingles got blown away during extremely high winds.
3. New step flashing was installed. 
4. Last, but not least, the new asphalt shingles were installed.

We Klaus Roof Systems Nashville we use IKO Performance shingles. Our shingles have copper in them. This ensures no algae can grow on the shingles. As you can see from these pictures there is a lot of "dark patches" this is because there is not metal in the shingles. Algae does not like metal. That is why there are normally lines you can see around the vents (which are made of metal in most cases) because the algae does not like. Having your roof redone by us will prevent this from happening!

As you can see from the photo, towards the bottom where the roof meets the gutter the shingles are starting to pull away from the roof.  Our shingles are reinforced so nails cannot rip through them.  Other shingles have a thin line and minimal reinforcement which can allow shingles to pull away from the roof a lot easier. 

All of our shingles are IKO and have Copper mixed into the shingle. The best part about having copper in the shingle is that it inhibits the growth of algae which you can see from this picture that there is a lot of growth on this persons roof in Nashville Tennessee. 

Sometimes a really big storm can come along and remove pieces of shingle. When this happens we are able to go in and replace pieces without having to replace the entire roof. This protects the house without the cost of replacing the entire roof.

You can actually see where this gutter is pulling away from the home.  This is probably due to years of exposure to excessive amounts of water, which is the gutters job, but if the gutter is being held up by wood, we know what happens when wood is exposed to water over and over again. It rots. 

If you can see ripples in your roof, chances are water has gotten under your shingles and has begun to rot your decking.  We actually go in and replace rotting decking and nail down all of the existing decking to ensure this “ripple” effect does not happen again.

If you look up, and your roof looks like this, chances are you need to give us a call! This homeowner in Nashville Tennessee really needed a solution and quick.  Our estimator was sent to their home to conduct a thorough inspection and we decided on an entire redo of their entire roof was the right solution for this house.  We took off the old roof, replaced all the panels of plywood that needed replaced and put a new roof on. The results? Homeowner’s that no longer need to stress.