Justin Chan

February 4, 2013

Tar and gravel failure

You know you have a roofing issue when the roof has “caved-in”. That’s what I saw today in Vancouver. Now this just didn’t happen over night […]
January 22, 2013

Custom work

Plumbing vent stacks in old houses are commonly made of cast iron. Today they use ABS plastic pipes. Common sizes are from as small as 1.25″ […]
January 17, 2013

Headlap issues

Concrete tile roofs are supposed to be installed with a minimum 3″ “headlap”. That is the lap distance from row to row. When that 3″ lap […]
January 8, 2013

Sometimes you have no choice

Once in a while I’ll run into a roof that should have been re-roofed a couple years ago. There’s nothing that can be done except putting […]
December 31, 2012

What can I say

There is not much that can be said when you go on a roof and find a skylight buried in leaves…. except maybe can I borrow […]