Roof water damage repair on a young Kyle house is a flashing problem outside and a wall problem inside. The shingles on these roofs have years left, so the leaks we get called to sit at the junctions: where a second-story wall drops onto the garage or entry roof, around a chimney chase, in a valley where two planes meet. Wind-driven rain pushes up and behind step flashing at those seams in a way that ordinary rain never does.
The inside path is what makes them hard to find. Water entering at a wall-to-roof junction does not go into the attic and does not stain a ceiling. It goes into the wall cavity and runs down the framing to the bottom plate, so the first sign is a baseboard that feels cool, a bubble in the paint at floor level, or a carpet edge that is damp against the wall. People look up for a leak that is arriving from behind them.
Finding water that never touched a ceiling
We read the wall from both floors and from both faces where we can reach them, using a thermal camera to find the cold column and a pin meter to confirm it is water rather than shade. The opening goes in low, where the water is standing on the plate, because that is where the damage is and it is the smallest cut that reaches it. Wet batt comes out, air goes into the cavity, and the framing is read daily until it holds a dry number. The flashing itself is a roofer's work, and we schedule our end so the wall closes after the outside is sealed.
- Thermal imaging and pin readings on both floors, inside and out where accessible
- The cut made low at the plate, where trapped water actually collects
- Wet batt insulation out, the cavity dried with air pushed in and read daily
- Our work timed to follow the roofer, so nothing closes over a live leak

If the attic took water as well, that side gets handled on the same job: matted insulation out, decking and top plates dried, and the ceiling below opened where the readings call for it. Call (512) 271-5099, storms and weekends included, and we will tell you what can start before the roofer gets there.










