Cochran’s Crossing has a wide mix of houses and a great many two-story ones. On those, the joint between a lower roof and the wall above it is where most of the trouble starts.
On a two-story house, a first-floor roof usually runs into a second-floor wall. Step flashing is woven into the shingles along that line, and at the bottom a small kickout flashing should turn water into the gutter. When the kickout is missing or the step flashing is tired, water goes behind the siding instead. The result is rot in the wall and trim that looks like a siding problem but started as a roofing one.
When a roof is replaced here, the flashing along those walls should be new, not bent back into place. When siding is replaced, the flashing should be checked before new boards cover it.
The Cochran’s Crossing committee reviews re-roofs, changes of roofing material or color, and changes of siding material or color. A like-kind repair after a storm has at times been exempted from application, as it was through September 30, 2024 after Beryl, but that was a temporary window, not the rule.
Pines close to the house mean needles in the gutters and on the roof, and wood coming down in a storm. A limb strike can crack decking beneath shingles that look intact, so a strike is worth an inspection from inside the attic even when the roof looks fine from the yard.
The Cochran’s Crossing Residential Design Review Committee, or Township staff where the standards allow staff approval. See how design review works.
Roof repair and leaks · Siding repair, trim and fascia · Tree and storm damage
Call and say what the roof or wall is doing. The contractor you are connected with works this part of the area.
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