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Originally Posted by GregG7
It's interesting to hear that the inspector found missing nails on the roof. There are no exposed nails on the roof; they are all covered up by shingles that are sealed down. Did he pry up shingles to look for missing nails? Doing so would cause the seal to break between the shingle and the one below it and that could cause water leaks. Also bending the shingle up to look at the nails could cause the shingle to crease and eventually leak or break.
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Hi. Just to clarify, you are correct. We do NOT lift up and break the seal on any roof shingle. That being said, we look for and often find EXPOSED nails where they were shot in the incorrect areas of a shingle and were not covered up by the next higher row of shingles. We also find under-driven nails that result in that shingle sticking up and not sealing. In addition, we have found incorrect vent hoods, lead flashing that is not folded into the vent pipes, Missing shingles, missing ridge vents, saucer vents that are not bolted down, even H clips that we installed improperly and sticking out of the shingle resulting in a leak. On dutch hip homes we also sometimes find granular loss due to workers standing on a hot roof painting the gable. We sometimes find missing kick-outs.
I just wanted to correct that we do not lift up shingles and break the seal to find missing nails. A few years back we were finding multiple homes in one neighborhood that had defective shingles. The Villages replaced all the shingles on those homes.
The Villages builds a good home, but they do build them quickly and we typically find many issues that the Warranty department fixes. The Villages warranty department does a better job in my opinion than some other builders in other developments. While we ethically work solely for our client and NOT for The Villages, we DO get along with the warranty department, who consider us somewhat as the last quality control for them.
Hope that helps! Frank D.