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In Markham the emergency is usually ice in February or wind in July. Either way, water is inside the house and the clock is running. We come out and stop it.(416) 846-3797Or send the form and we'll call you back.
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Markham's winter emergencies are ice dams, and they follow a pattern: a two-storey house in Milliken, Berczy or Wismer, snow on the roof for three weeks, then a thaw, and a stain appears on a second-floor ceiling or runs down the wall above a window. The water has backed up behind an ice ridge at the eaves and found its way under the shingles. Summer emergencies come with the storms that cross north of 16th Avenue — wind that lifts aging shingles on exposed slopes and hail that bruises them. Cornell's steep roofs shed wind better but have more flashing to fail; Unionville's old chimneys are where storm water gets in first.
Tell us what you see and where. For an ice dam we clear a channel through the ice so the trapped water drains — carefully, without damaging the shingles further — and the leak stops. For wind or hail we secure the lifted section, seal the opening and tarp if more weather is coming. Then, in daylight, we assess the real damage and give you a written quote for the permanent repair, with photos you can use for a claim. The emergency work is meant to hold until then, not to be the fix.
Call as soon as you see water on a ceiling or wall, ice building thick along the eaves with a damp wall below, shingles on the lawn after wind, or a chimney that's visibly moved or lost flashing. In winter especially, waiting a day means more meltwater behind the dam and more of the ceiling coming down.
In winter, that's almost always an ice dam. The water enters at the eaves and travels along the deck before it comes through, so the stain isn't under the problem. We find where it's getting in and stop it.
Yes. Clearing a channel for the water is done from the roof with care, not by chipping ice off the shingles. Then we deal with the cause — usually missing eave membrane and poor ventilation — so it doesn't happen again.
Yes. Older roofs and chimneys need more care in an emergency, not less. We stop the water without making the eventual proper repair harder.
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