Larkspur Ridge

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Six jobs from the last storm season, newest first. Each frame is numbered and dated against the storm; the roof facts are pinned as numbers. These jobs are fictional and the pictures are illustrations.

Job 036 · New Lisle

Hail storm

Illustration: a tan ranch house under storm clouds, its grey roof covered in pale hail marks with dark gaps where shingles are missing, the front gutter sagging and a downspout hanging loose.
Frame 1 Before Day 2 after the storm · 2 Oct
Illustration: the same ranch house under a clear sky with an even dark-brown roof, straight dark gutters and a small red Larkspur Ridge yard sign.
Frame 2 After Day 16 after the storm · 16 Oct
Pitch
7/12
Squares
26
Layers torn off
2
New roof
Architectural shingle, walnut, new seamless gutters

Golf-ball hail bruised every slope and folded the front gutter. Two old layers came off down to the deck; three sheets of rotted decking were replaced before the new roof went on.

Job 034 · Cutler's Ford

Hail storm

Illustration: a blue-grey single-storey house with a low hip roof, the light-grey shingles spotted with hail marks and a few dark missing patches, under a stormy sky.
Frame 1 Before Day 2 after the storm · 24 Aug
Illustration: the same hip-roof house with a uniform charcoal roof under a clear blue sky, with a Larkspur Ridge yard sign on the lawn.
Frame 2 After Day 18 after the storm · 9 Sep
Pitch
5/12
Squares
28
Layers torn off
1
New roof
Architectural shingle, charcoal

Hail stripped granules across all four slopes of a low hip roof. One layer off, ice-and-water shield along the eaves, new ridge vent.

Job 031 · Ashgrove

Hail storm

Illustration: a cream ranch house with a red door and a brick chimney, its roof pocked with pale hail marks and dark missing patches, rain falling.
Frame 1 Before Day 2 after the storm · 16 Jun
Illustration: the cream ranch house with a new brown roof and white gutters on a sunny day, a yard sign by the lawn.
Frame 2 After Day 19 after the storm · 3 Jul
Pitch
6/12
Squares
24
Layers torn off
2
New roof
Architectural shingle, weathered wood

Free storm inspection two days after the hail: 41 hits on the front slope alone, all photographed. The homeowner went ahead with a full replacement.

Job 029 · Harlan Mills

Wind storm

Illustration: a two-storey farmhouse with a front porch, its pale siding patched with mismatched grey boards and one bare section of sheathing.
Frame 1 Before Day 2 after the storm · 21 May
Illustration: the farmhouse with even sage-green siding and white porch columns under a blue sky.
Frame 2 After Day 23 after the storm · 11 Jun
Pitch
9/12
Squares
14
New roof
Insulated vinyl siding, sage, with house wrap

Wind tore panels off the west wall and the rest had faded unevenly. New house wrap and 14 squares of insulated siding; the porch trim was kept and repainted.

Job 027 · Wren Hollow

Wind storm

Illustration: a two-storey cream house with a blue tarp weighted with sandbags across the roof and patches of bare wood decking, under grey rain clouds.
Frame 1 Before Day 0 after the storm · 3 Apr
Illustration: the two-storey house with a new slate-grey roof and flashing around the chimney under a clear sky.
Frame 2 After Day 14 after the storm · 17 Apr
Pitch
8/12
Squares
31
Layers torn off
1
New roof
Architectural shingle, slate grey

A tarp went on the same evening; the wind had peeled the back slope to bare decking. The crew re-roofed both slopes two weeks later and re-flashed the chimney.

Job 022 · Bramble Falls

Ice dam storm

Illustration: a one-and-a-half storey house with two dormers, icicles along the eaves, dark missing patches near the gutter and water stains running down the siding.
Frame 1 Before Day 2 after the storm · 11 Feb
Illustration: the same house with a new chestnut-brown roof, clean eaves and straight gutters in warm evening light.
Frame 2 After Day 38 after the storm · 20 Mar
Pitch
10/12
Squares
18
Layers torn off
1
New roof
Architectural shingle, chestnut, ice-and-water shield 6 ft up

Ice dams pushed water under the shingles and down the inside walls. We cleared the eaves, waited for a dry week in March, and re-roofed with a wide band of ice-and-water shield.

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