Why roof leak repair works differently in St. Catharines
Nearly every urgent roof leak repair call we take in St. Catharines began as something a homeowner noticed months earlier and reasonably decided to watch.
Air-sealing and window upgrades have made St. Catharines homes far tighter than they were designed to be, and a tight house starves a natural-draft appliance of the make-up air it needs.
Snow load and ice damming stress the roof-to-wall junction each winter; by spring the sealant that was doing the work has usually torn.
Across Lakeshore, Bunting, Applewood, Old Glenridge and Burleigh Hill, the housing stock changes street by street, and the correct method changes with it. A century home with a soft-brick stack does not get the same treatment as a 2010 build with a factory-built vent — using one method on both is how systems get damaged.
If you live anywhere near the Welland Canal, the practical takeaway is that a roof leak repair visit should start with an assessment, not a tool. Any crew that begins work before telling you what they found is guessing on your behalf.