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Photo credits and licences
These photographs are published under the licences named below. None of them shows a project completed through this site, a company we work with, or a customer’s property presented as our own work.
Shingle roof contractor
Paul West · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · licence text
4032 × 3024 px original · used for Homepage hero · A shingle installation project in Bloomington, Indiana, photographed by the contractor who did the work. Not a company featured on this site and not a project arranged through it.
Cedar shingles are lifted onto the roof using a telehandler. Crews are seen near the ridge installing shingles for the new roof.
National Park Service · Public domain · source · licence text
5184 × 3456 px original · used for Roof repair warranties guide · A National Park Service preservation project (Warfield house, Gettysburg). It shows how scaffolding, a lift and a crew are used on a real roof; it is not a customer project of this site and the house is not a typical modern home.
Ceiling water damage
Atomicdragon136 · CC BY 3.0 · source · licence text
3264 × 2448 px original · used for Roof leak guide · Interior evidence of a leak, not a diagnosis of its source.
Asphalt shingles damage
Samuel Bolton · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · licence text
2880 × 2160 px original · used for Roof inspection checklist guide · Illustrates one kind of shingle damage; other failure modes look different.
Failure of asphalt shingles allowing roof leakage
Dale Mahalko (DMahalko) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · licence text
3648 × 2736 px original · used for Repair warranty guide · Aged shingles on one roof; age alone does not decide replacement.
The tree fallen over the roof
KatieThebeau · CC BY 2.0 · source · licence text
5184 × 3456 px original · used for Storm damage guide · Storm damage varies; this is one outcome, not a typical severity.
Standing seam metal roof 3
Wikideas1 · CC0 1.0 · source · licence text
4000 × 3000 px original · used for Metal roof guide · Seams and fasteners differ between metal roof systems.
Finished EPDM covered roof
KVDP · Public domain · source · licence text
2288 × 1904 px original · used for Flat roof guide · Photographed outside the United States; membrane types and detailing vary.
Lead flashing around a chimney stack, Trimingham
Kolforn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · licence text
5152 × 3864 px original · used for Flashing guide · Photographed in the United Kingdom; flashing materials and practice differ by region.
FEMA - 44364 - Roof repair workers in Oklahoma
Win Henderson / FEMA · Public domain (US federal government work) · source · licence text
3000 × 1993 px original · used for Compare quotes guide · A disaster-recovery work site; not a company profiled on this site.
Ice dam slate roof
Dmcroof · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · licence text
3072 × 2304 px original · used for Seasonal maintenance, region by region · An ice dam forming on a slate roof near Cleveland, Ohio: snow melt caused by attic heat loss collects at the eave and freezes. Slate rather than asphalt shingle, but the mechanism at the eave is the same.
Hailstorm
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory · Public domain · source · licence text
1848 × 1192 px original · used for Class 4 impact-resistant shingles · Altus, Oklahoma, 1982, photographed by NOAA's storm intercept team; the largest stones were reported at roughly 2 to 3 inches. A record photograph, not a damage study.
Missing shingles
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region · Public domain · source · licence text
1280 × 960 px original · used for Roof insurance: ACV, RCV and limits · The National Key Deer Refuge office in the Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma, September 2017.
Roofer working on a home in Oklahoma
Patsy Lynch (FEMA) · Public domain · source · licence text
3000 × 1993 px original · used for Roofing scams after a storm · Norman, Oklahoma, June 2010: a contractor repairs roof damage after tornadoes. A photograph of real repair work, not an endorsement of any company.
Blue tarp on a tornado damaged home in Oklahoma
Win Henderson (FEMA) · Public domain · source · licence text
2171 × 1447 px original · used for Documenting and filing a roof insurance claim · Tecumseh, Oklahoma, May 2010. Temporary protection of this kind is installed by trained crews; the photograph is not a recommendation to work at height.
Asphalt shingles damage
Samuel Bolton · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · licence text
2880 × 2160 px original · used for Roof age and home insurance · Shingles damaged when branches were blown onto the roof during a thunderstorm in Tennessee, 2020. Storm damage rather than gradual wear, which is exactly the distinction a claim turns on.
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