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Next-Door Contractors Use the team your neighbors are using for all their home improvement needs. With over 20 years of ex

A bead of caulk over a leaking roof flashing buys you one Texas summer. By August it cracks in the heat, and the leak is...
07/31/2026

A bead of caulk over a leaking roof flashing buys you one Texas summer. By August it cracks in the heat, and the leak is back.

Here in Austin we see it every year. Someone runs sealant along the step flashing on a chimney or a wall. It holds through the spring rain, then the sun bakes the caulk until it splits, and water goes right back behind it into the decking.

Flashing does its job by shape, not by stickiness. It is bent metal that laps under the shingles and over the joint so water sheds off the roof. A real repair pulls the old flashing, checks the wood underneath, and sets fresh metal the right way. Caulk is the last inch of that job, never the whole job.

If a roofer looks at a flashing leak and reaches for a tube of sealant, ask what happens next August.

Walk out after the next hard rain and look at where your downspouts drain. If you keep finding what looks like coarse bl...
07/28/2026

Walk out after the next hard rain and look at where your downspouts drain. If you keep finding what looks like coarse black sand piling up, that is the granule layer washing off your shingles, and it starts in the valleys where two roof slopes meet and funnel the most water.

Those granules are the sun shield. Once enough of them are gone, the asphalt underneath dries out, gets brittle, and starts to curl at the edges. That happens months before you ever see a stain on a ceiling.

Before the fall storms roll in, give it a five-minute look: the valleys, the gutters, and the splash blocks under your downspouts. A bald spot caught now is a repair. The same spot caught after it leaks is usually a bigger job.

Not sure what you are looking at? Send us a photo and we will tell you straight whether it is normal shedding or a roof that is aging out.

We can usually tell how much life a roof has left from the driveway. We still get on it.From the ground you see missing ...
07/20/2026

We can usually tell how much life a roof has left from the driveway. We still get on it.

From the ground you see missing shingles. From the roof you find the things that actually leak. Nail pops backing themselves out. Flashing that got caulked instead of replaced the last time somebody was up there. Granule loss in the valleys where all the water runs.

The one we find most is a split pipe boot. The shingles around it look perfectly fine and the rubber collar on the vent pipe has cracked, and it drips into an attic for a year before anybody sees a stain on a ceiling.

If your roof has been through a couple of Texas hail seasons, get eyes on it before the fall storms rather than after. We will tell you if it has years left.

Free written quote, and we deal with the adjuster if it comes to a claim. Austin, since 2004.

If your AC runs all afternoon and the house still sits at 78, the unit is not always the problem.Three things we check b...
07/20/2026

If your AC runs all afternoon and the house still sits at 78, the unit is not always the problem.

Three things we check before anyone talks to you about a new system.

Filter and coil. If you cannot see light through the filter, the system is fighting itself before the air ever reaches the coil.

Refrigerant charge. Low charge means a leak somewhere. Topping it off every June is a repair you pay for twice.

Duct leakage. Attic ducts in this climate dump cold air into a 130 degree attic before it reaches a single vent.

Sometimes it really is a dead system, and we will tell you that. We would rather it turn out to be a filter and a coil cleaning, and have you call us for the roof next year.

Same day HVAC service in Austin. Licensed and insured, since 2004.

We cut seamless gutters on site, off a coil, to your exact roofline.Sectional gutter comes in 10 foot pieces. Every join...
07/20/2026

We cut seamless gutters on site, off a coil, to your exact roofline.

Sectional gutter comes in 10 foot pieces. Every joint is a seam and every seam is a place water can eventually get out. Run 140 feet of that around a house and you have just made fourteen of them.

Seamless means one continuous run per side. You still have corners and downspout outlets, so call it four or five joints instead of fourteen.

Austin gives you months of nothing and then four inches in an afternoon. That afternoon is when the difference shows up.

Good work at fair prices, since 2004. Ask your neighbors.

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Austin, TX
78729

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Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 6pm

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+15129808366

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