Flat and low-slope roof leaks
Ponding, seams and parapet flashing
EPDM is a rubber membrane used on flat roofs, bonded rather than welded, with seams made using tape or adhesive. It fails at those seams, at upstands where the material turns up a wall, and through shrinkage over time pulling the membrane away from its terminations. It is durable in the field and repairable almost indefinitely, so a leaking EPDM roof is rarely a replacement job.
Muscogee County sits in Georgia's hail belt, where the spring storm line coming across the state tends to organise. Hail is the dominant roof killer here and it works slowly: the stone bruises the asphalt mat under the granule surface without breaking through, so the roof keeps water out for another season or two and then starts leaking from spots that were damaged years earlier. Add the summer heat load — Muscogee County roofs run extremely hot, which ages the shingle and dries out the sealant around every penetration — and the failures cluster around pipe boots, flashing and anything with a rubber component.
Over many years, slightly — enough to put tension on upstands and terminations, which is where older rubber roofs most often fail. It is repairable by releasing and redressing the affected edge rather than recovering the roof.
No. They are different chemistries and the adhesives and tapes are not interchangeable. Using TPO products on EPDM produces a repair that looks fine and fails within a season.
Ponding, seams and parapet flashing
Fasteners, washers and seams
The boards behind the gutter
Self-adhering membrane at vulnerable points
Cedar shake roofs
Clearing, repair and replacement
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