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Caulk is not a permanent fix. This is what happens when it gets treated like one.We stopped by a property in Troutdale f...
10/11/2026

Caulk is not a permanent fix. This is what happens when it gets treated like one.

We stopped by a property in Troutdale for an inspection and found this at the parapet wall. The metal cap meets the stucco, and the sealant has cracked, pulled away, and left visible gaps. At that point it's not protecting anything.

Parapet caps and wall-to-roof transitions are high-movement areas. They expand and contract with every temperature swing, and standard caulk just can't hold up forever. It needs to be checked and redone on a regular schedule, not left alone until water starts showing up inside.

If your building has a parapet wall, the sealant joints should be on your maintenance checklist. Catching it here is a quick repair. Letting it go turns into a water intrusion problem that's a lot harder to trace and a lot more expensive to fix.

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See those box vents lined up near the ridge? They're doing more work than most homeowners realize.A hip roof like this o...
10/10/2026

See those box vents lined up near the ridge? They're doing more work than most homeowners realize.

A hip roof like this one moves air differently than a gable roof. Without ridge vents running the full peak, box vents carry the exhaust load. Spacing and count matter. Too few and your attic traps heat in summer, moisture in winter, and shingles age faster than they should from the underside out.

The brick chimney adds another variable. Chimney flashing is one of the more common spots we trace leaks back to, especially on older brick. Counter flashing, step flashing, mortar condition, all of it gets checked when we're reading a roof like this one.

When we do an inspection, the ventilation system and the chimney both get eyes on them, not just the shingles. The shingles are often the last thing to show a problem.

If you've got a hip roof or a brick chimney and haven't had eyes on it recently, it's worth a look before the rain season hits. Get an Instant Roof Quote at frenchroofing.com

An open roof never spends the night that way.When we pull shingles and expose the deck mid-job, the house isn't done for...
10/08/2026

An open roof never spends the night that way.

When we pull shingles and expose the deck mid-job, the house isn't done for the day just because the crew is. Before anyone packs up, we lay underlayment over the opening and weight it down with boards and bricks. It's not glamorous, but it holds. If rain rolls through Gresham overnight, the inside of that house stays dry.

We call it a dry-in. It's one of those steps that's easy to skip if you're rushing, and the homeowner would never know until water showed up on their ceiling. So we don't skip it.

Every opening gets covered. Every night.

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The crew, up on a roof in the middle of autumn. Wet leaves, cooling temps, shorter days, and we're still out there.Fall ...
10/06/2026

The crew, up on a roof in the middle of autumn. Wet leaves, cooling temps, shorter days, and we're still out there.

Fall is honestly one of the busiest times of year for us. Homeowners start noticing things they put off all summer, a soft spot, a ceiling stain, a gutter that's not quite right. Getting eyes on it before the heavy Oregon rain settles in is always the smarter move.

If something's been nagging at you about your roof, now's a good time to get it looked at. Get an Instant Roof Quote at frenchroofing.com

Leaf litter and seed pods don't look like a big deal from the ground. Up close, they're holding moisture against your sh...
09/28/2026

Leaf litter and seed pods don't look like a big deal from the ground. Up close, they're holding moisture against your shingles around the clock.

We pulled up to an inspection recently and found exactly this: an older roof under a big overhanging maple, shingles packed with debris, and moss already filling in the gaps. The maple isn't the villain. It's just doing its thing. The problem is the stuff it drops never fully dries out. Wet debris against aging shingles speeds up granule loss, softens the mat underneath, and gives moss exactly the foothold it's looking for.

If you've got trees hanging over your roof, a debris clear-off once or twice a year makes a real difference. You don't need to take the tree down. You just need to keep the roof from staying wet.

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This little piece of rubber and metal is one of the most common reasons a roof leaks, and most homeowners have never hea...
09/22/2026

This little piece of rubber and metal is one of the most common reasons a roof leaks, and most homeowners have never heard of it.

It's a pipe boot. Every plumbing vent that pokes through your roof has one. The metal base seals against the shingles, and the rubber collar wraps tight around the pipe. When both are working, water runs right past. When they're not, it finds its way in.

The trouble is that rubber breaks down faster than shingles do. We see split collars on roofs that still have years of life left. The boot fails quietly, usually somewhere around year 10 to 15, and by the time a water stain shows up inside, it's been leaking for a while.

If your roof is more than a decade old and hasn't had an inspection, pipe boots are one of the first things we check. A failed one is usually a repair, not a full replacement. Worth knowing before a small fix turns into a bigger conversation.

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The spot where a roof meets a wall is one of the most common places we find leaks. Not because it's hard to do right, bu...
09/18/2026

The spot where a roof meets a wall is one of the most common places we find leaks. Not because it's hard to do right, but because it's easy to skip when nobody's watching.

This is the wall flashing on a Gresham addition, installed before the siding goes on. Black flashing and membrane layered at the roof-to-wall joint so water has nowhere to sneak in. Once the siding covers it, you'll never see it again. That's kind of the point.

If it's done wrong under there, the first sign is usually a stain on the interior wall, months or years later, after the water's had plenty of time to do its work. By then the repair is a lot bigger than the original flashing job.

When we're tying into an existing roof for an addition, this joint gets the same attention as everything visible. Because what's hidden is what matters most.

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Ridge vents do two jobs. Most people only know about one of them.The obvious one: they let hot air escape from the attic...
08/27/2026

Ridge vents do two jobs. Most people only know about one of them.

The obvious one: they let hot air escape from the attic in summer. The part that doesn't get talked about as much, they keep the roof deck dry in winter.

When warm, moist air from inside the house hits a cold roof deck with nowhere to go, it condenses. That moisture sits in the wood, feeds moss and algae, and starts breaking down the decking long before you'd ever see a problem from the ground. A properly ventilated ridge line keeps air moving, keeps the deck drier, and gives moss a much harder time getting a foothold.

On homes without ridge vents, we almost always find the heaviest moss growth right near the peak, where ventilation is worst. It's not a coincidence.

If you've got moss creeping up toward the ridge, it's worth checking ventilation before you just clean and treat. Get an Instant Roof Quote at frenchroofing.com

Trees hanging over your roof look great from the street. From up top, they're telling a different story.Debris piles up ...
08/26/2026

Trees hanging over your roof look great from the street. From up top, they're telling a different story.

Debris piles up in the valleys, moss takes hold in the shaded spots, and branches rubbing on shingles wear them down to the mat faster than you'd think. The bigger issue is moisture. A canopy that blocks sunlight keeps your roof wet longer after every rain, and that's exactly the environment where moss and algae get established and start working under the shingles.

We see this a lot around Damascus and Clackamas, where older lots have big firs and maples growing right up against the house. The roof might be in decent shape overall, but the tree situation is quietly taking years off it.

A few things worth doing now: trim branches back at least six feet from the roof surface, clear debris out of the valleys, and check the north and shaded slopes for early moss growth. Surface-level moss is an easy fix. Moss with roots lifting the tabs is a different conversation.

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Late August in Oregon means the dry season is almost over, and September and October decide how your roof spends the win...
08/24/2026

Late August in Oregon means the dry season is almost over, and September and October decide how your roof spends the winter. Whatever condition it's in when the rains start is the condition it fights winter in.

Here's the fall punch list we'd hand any homeowner: trim back branches overhanging the roof (the single best moss prevention there is), clear the valleys and gutters after the big leaf-and-needle drop, then check the gutters again after the first real storm. Get moss treatment on before the wet season gives spores their opening. And fix the small stuff now, because a loose shingle in October is a leak in December.

If you'd rather not carry a roof calendar in your head, our maintenance program is two visits a year, spring and fall, inspection included.

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