New Flashing Stops Roof Leak with a Sleek, Finished Look
This wall was leaking due to poor flashing. The step-flashing put in years ago by the builder’s roofer was thin aluminum and cut too short. 8″ step-flashing made of heavy weight metal and solid counter-flashing were mechanically fastened. New shingles were also installed: No reason to […]
Oak Grove 3-Tab Roof Replacement Job
This is an Oak Grove roof replacement job in Decatur, Ga. Notice the dumpster used has tires attached, so no risk to drive from metal wheeled dumpsters. Also, the perimeter shrubbery is covered to offer as much protection as possible. The gutters are protected, as well as the men, by slide guards stationed under […]
New Pressure Treated Wood Marietta Deck Installed
Mrs. K wanted her old and unsafe Marietta deck replaced and enlarged. The Echols Roofing crew removed the old deck, being careful to clean grounds thoroughly of nails, then constructed this one. The customer chose a pressure treated wood rather than a synthetic materials for her Marietta deck. With pressure […]
Atlanta Roofing Contractor Installs Watertight Shingle Roof
This was a technically demanding job: lots of architectural details on this home to protect during the removal and to make watertight for life after we left. As an Atlanta Roofing Contractor safety planning was important on this job, too. I think we accomplished what we set out to […]
Timberline GAF Shingles installed by Echols a Marietta Roofing Contractors
This photo shows quite a bit about professional Marietta Roofing Contractors that would escape the attention of the untrained homeowner. Homeowners don’t always know what they should be looking for in Marietta Roofing Contractors, other than they don’t want to see something that looks messy. Here […]
Decatur Standard Shingle Roof Replacement
“This home Echols just roofed in 30345 zip code of Atlanta, Briarcliff / Decatur area. This is a perfect example of a home that should be roofed with a standard shingle roof, not architectural. Architectural shingles need slope, and do function as predictably on lower sloped roofs; besides which the angle […]
Timberline Charcoal Shingle Roof Replacement
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Alpharetta, Ga. Client Testimonial:
“We were really appreciative of how efficiently the roof replacement crew worked. The roof looks great.”
E.V.
Alpharetta, Ga. 30022
GAF Timberline Charcoal Shingle Roof Replacement:
“This was a technically demanding job: lots of architectural details on this home to protect during the removal and to make watertight for life after we left. […]
This is a hand-stacked rock wall at its intersection with the roof.
Hand-stacked rock is beautiful, but fraught with expensive risk to the homeowner. Once it starts leaking it cannot be flashed unless the wall is first taken apart by a rock mason willing to get on a steep and high roof. If you see this in […]
This customer asked Echols to give him a bid for a new roof. No bid can be given unless the 6 sub-par skylights are removed. This photo shows a homemade leaking skylight (actually just a piece of glass glued to a wood frame) which is too close to a wall. There is no way to […]
This is a Tamko architectural shingle in Weathered Wood color Echols just installed during a north Marietta Roof Replacement. Notice the small black water diverter above the window. There are no gutters above that window, and the homeowner asked if Echols could safely divert the water when the new roof was installed. This metal accomplished the purpose. […]
Atlanta (30350) Roof Replacement
This professional roofing crew has been in the employ of Echols for a decade now. They are making sure deck is solid and smooth and applying felts, flashings and shingles according to specs.
Mr. Jones chose a GAF Timberline High Definition shingle in Weathered Wood color. He will have a problem free roof […]
Sandy Springs (30328) Roof Repair
Leak cause:
The shingles were applied on a slope too low for them to work without an underlayment designed for the slope; rotted wall siding above the area, and improper flashing in wall. Echols tech, Billy Dodd, installed a waterproof underlayment, put oversized wall flashing in and replaced wall siding.
Job cost: $1295.00.
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