Video: An Easily Preventable Roof Leak

WINDSOR — Host, Sarah Rutan: Some of the most common types of roof leaks are also some of the most easily preventable. Today we’re in Windsor with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Joe Moore of Joe Moore Painting & Roofing to learn about one in particular.

Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Joe Moore: We’re going to start by going over the system of a pipe jack. A pipe jack is a jack that is in the roof system where a pipe comes up through. Most people don’t understand; where their plumbing pipes come up through the roof, they have a jack on them. They have a rubber collar that usually goes on these. The rubber collar is one of the biggest sources of roof leaks. The biggest source of roof leaks is when these crack and the water goes down the inside of that. You’ll see leaks in the kitchen, bathrooms, wherever these are, laundry rooms, plumbing stuff.

So, what we’d like to do is, we’d like to get these new rubber boots and put these on. They just slide over. You can get them on any of your roofing supply companies. This is an easy solution to save you money, in the long run, down the road. This could save you hundreds of dollars to have the roofers out.

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