A small town on the water
Crofton's houses are detached, mostly older, with asphalt roofs and chimneys. Additions stick out the back with their own low roof. Water gets in where that low roof meets the wall. The main gable can look fine from the street while the back room is stained.
Some edges are thick with a second layer. Say if the edge looks bulky compared with a neighbour who has a single new roof. Two layers change the work.
A garage in the yard is a separate roof. Name it if the drip is over the car. Shingles on the house and metal on the garage are two materials.
Rain and a bit of wind
Winter is rain. Moss grows on the shaded faces. Gutters plug with leaves from the street trees and needles from the firs. Overflow looks like a roof leak until you check the trough.
Houses with a view of the water lose edges in a hard blow. Walk the yard afterward. A few tabs on the grass, and a roof that still looks even, is a repair. A curled, pale slope was already at the end of its life.
The smell of the mill is not a roof fact. The roof fact is which room is wet and which way that wall faces. Keep the call on those.
A short, useful call
Say Crofton and the street so the stop is not Chemainus. Mention if the wet eave is over a sidewalk or a fenced yard.
Circle, chimney streak, or addition line: name the stain. Add the colour of the shingles.
Photos from the yard. No ladder. If someone already spread tar at the chimney, say tar. It means the leak was noticed and the smear did not hold.
Around the house
Osborne Bay is the water. Houses that face it take the blow. Houses that face the hill take the trees. The mill is a neighbour, not a description of your shingles. Dust on a roof that faces the industrial side is grit from the air. Say if that face is the pale one, and if the stain is under it or under the other slope.
Older streets have little room between houses. A ladder may stand closer to the neighbour's window than to yours. Say if you have mentioned it next door.
If the bathroom fan ends in the attic instead of outdoors, the wood stays damp and the stain does not match a hole in the shingles. Say if you have seen the fan hose loose.
A house on a corner takes weather on two faces. Name the one with the stain, then mention the other so a lifted edge is not ignored. Kids and a school bus on the street in the morning mean the sidewalk side is a bad place to drop debris. Say if the wet eave is the sidewalk. The yard side is the better ladder even if the stain is at the front, when the yard can reach that slope.
Sources: Local maps of Crofton.
Questions
What should I look for?
A pale or mossy slope, a chimney streak, and whether the wet side faces the water.
Are these house roofs or mill roofs?
House roofs. If you live in town, describe the house. The mill is not the roof over your bedroom.
What do I tell you?
Crofton, the street, the wet room, and water side or tree side.
How much does roof repair cost in Crofton?
Cost depends on the roof size, layers and access. A small leak repair is a different quote than a reshingle. Call (778) 901-9799 and the roofer gives a number after hearing what is wet.
How fast can a roofer come out in Crofton?
Emergency leaks get priority. No one can promise a same-day visit. Crofton leaks that are happening now go through emergency roof repair.