Roof water damage shows up two ways in a Lakeway house that steps down a hillside. The familiar one soaks the attic: water gets past a shingle or a split vent boot, runs the rafters, and lands on the insulation, and the ceiling stain that follows is nowhere near the entry point. The other one never touches the attic. Where an upper roof slope dies into a taller wall, the step flashing has to kick that runoff back out onto the roof surface, and where it does not, the water goes behind the wall cladding and down inside the wall.
Stacked elevations give a house more of those junctions than a single-story plan has, and stone and stucco give up nothing on the outside while the drywall inside takes it. That is why a roof leak here is sometimes reported to us as a wet baseboard on the floor below, with a perfectly dry attic overhead.
What we dry, and where a roofer picks it up
We take the inside of the house, and we start before the roof is closed. If water is still coming, the interior entry gets covered and contained so it stops crossing into more rooms. Meters and infrared then map how far it traveled through the wall cavity, the attic, and the ceilings. Soaked insulation comes out by the bag because it never returns to loft, framing and decking dry on daily readings, and the wall or ceiling goes back once the numbers hold. Flashing and shingles are a licensed roofer's work, and we sequence around them so the house is never closed up over wet framing.
- Interior entry point covered and contained while the roof is still open
- Wall cavities and attic mapped with a meter and infrared, not guessed from the stain
- Wet batt and sheathing pulled, studs and plates brought back on dated readings
- One interior scope for your adjuster, timed to the roofer's repair
A leak that has run through a couple of storm seasons is a different conversation, because damp sheathing in a hot attic grows mold quietly, and we look for it while we dry. Call (512) 271-5099, storms included, and tell us where the water actually showed up.
