In South Florida we have continual rain and water events year round. These harsh events cause ceiling leaks and roof problems to even the most sturdy of homes. Thats where Best Truss comes in. Our experienced roof engineers can pinpoint your roof problems and solve them. Whether its a ceiling leak, meteorite crashing through your roof or the occasional Jumbo Jet making an emergency landing on your roof top. We can help. No job is too large when your roof is feeling bad; call the roof specialists, A-1 Consulting Engineers Inc.

There are a host of roof problems that can develope through out the life time of a roof. It can develope termites. Termites love humid tropical weather like that of Florida. These termites can destroy trusses and plywood used in the construction of your roof leading to ceiling leaks and other ceiling problems. Also, if water leaks through your roof, the extra humidity might cause your whole roof structure to weaken as well as causing mold to develop through out the house, leading to health issues.

The most common roof problems are roof leaks and moisture. Roof leaks can occur for a number of reasons. roofs might experience leaks due to details that weren´t fastened properly during installation. The problems an owner is typically going to have is that the majority of leaks occur at the point where the membrane or roofing paper itself is terminated or interrupted. Also hot mopped roofs may experience leaks when a moisture barrier is not installed underneath or the mopping was done in a reckless manner. Leaks can result when single-ply membrane roofs are installed with poor seams or shoddy workmanship.The membranes and/or roofing paper themselves will hold water,but the seams are the weakpoints.

A poor installation dramatically increases the likelihood of problems and reduces a roof systems life expectancy. Workmanship is the main reason why problems occur in the life of a roof system. Material preparation is important for a quality installation. Roofing paper installed that has not been relaxed or installed properly can result in wrinkles, leaks, tears or blisters.

Another common roof problem that occurs mostly with flat roofs is "ponding" or the accumlation of water in a single area. This ponding occurs when the roof doesn't have enough slope so that the water can run and it happens also, because improper mopping of asphalt can produce voids in the membrane, block drains and result in the "ponding" of water. Ultra violet light passing through water that has ponded will weaken or "cook" the roofing paper causing ceiling leaks and other roof problems.