10/22/2026
Five things we find on commercial roofs almost every week. None of them are dramatic on their own. All of them turn into leak calls if nobody looks.
1. Failing sealant at a pipe boot. Sealant dries out and cracks in the Texas sun. Once it opens up, water runs straight down the pipe into the building.
2. An improperly anchored bracket. Something got mounted to the roof with screws and no flashing. Every fastener is a hole, and every hole needs to be sealed right.
3. Electrical lines poked through the side of a pitch pan and never flashed. The pan is meant to seal around a pe*******on coming up through the top, not through the wall of it. Every one of those holes is an open path for water.
4. Debris around the roof drains. Leaves, gravel, plastic. A blocked drain means water sits, and sitting water finds the weak spot.
5. Failing pitch pan flashing. The filler shrinks and pulls away from the pe*******on. It looks fine from ten feet away and leaks from two.
Most of these take minutes to fix when they're caught early. A quick walk on the roof a couple of times a year, especially after other trades have been up there, catches nearly all of them.
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