Roof Flashing Repair in Sugar Hill, GA

If you've got a leak near your chimney, where an addition meets the main house, around a skylight, or where the roof meets a wall — there's a good chance flashing is your problem.

What Flashing Actually Does

Flashing is just thin metal, but it's doing critical work. Everywhere your roof has a joint, a penetration, or meets another surface, flashing is what keeps water from getting through the gaps. Chimneys, walls, valleys, vents — all have flashing, and when it fails, water gets in.

Where We Usually Find Problems

• Around chimneys — the most common spot
• Where dormers or additions meet the main roof
• Around skylights
• In roof valleys where two planes come together
• Along the edges (drip edge)

What Causes Flashing to Fail

Time and weather. Metal expands when it's hot, contracts when it's cold. After years of this, it can pull away from surfaces, crack, or the sealant around it can fail.

Crummy installation. We see this a lot. Someone relied on caulk instead of proper overlapping techniques, or used the wrong type of flashing for the application. Caulk is not a long-term solution — it's supposed to supplement good flashing, not replace it.

Storm damage. High winds can lift and bend flashing. Flying debris can dent it. Sometimes storm damage isn't obvious until it starts leaking.

How We Handle It

Sometimes flashing just needs to be resealed and resecured. Sometimes it needs complete replacement. We'll assess what you've got and tell you what makes sense.

For chimney work, we do it right — step flashing that weaves with the shingles plus counter flashing set into the mortar. Two layers of protection instead of relying on one piece and some caulk.

Suspect flashing might be your issue? Call (678) 766-9646 and let us take a look.