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Repair
Roof Repair
Leaks, lifted or missing shingles, flashing and penetrations — traced to where the water actually enters, repaired, then checked.
What this involvesAustin · Round Rock
Roofing inAustin andRound Rock
Repairs traced to where the water is actually getting in, and replacements done as one system. We photograph what we find, and the photographs are yours.
Illustration — not this company’s own work
About Otumia Internal Test Co
Otumia Internal Test Co provides roof repair and replacement in Austin and Round Rock. If you have an active leak or storm damage, start with a roof inspection. We’ll explain the work clearly and help you understand your options.
- 01Roof Repair
- 02Roof Replacement
What we take on
Two roofs arrive here, and they are not the same errand.
One of these is a roof with a problem in it. Another is a roof that has reached the end. Almost everything about how the visit goes follows from which one you have.
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Replacement
Roof Replacement
Complete tear-off and replacement of the covering, with the deck, underlayment, flashing and ventilation renewed as one system rather than a new surface over old problems.
What this involvesBefore you call anybody
What is the roof actually telling you?
Six things you can see from the ground, from a window, or from inside the roof space. None of them decides anything on its own — together they tell somebody where to start looking.
Shingles lifted, cracked or missing
Usually wind, age, or fasteners that have let go. One or two after a storm is a repair. The same thing across several elevations is the covering telling you it is finishing.
Granules in the gutter
The mineral surface is what protects the mat underneath from sunlight. A little after a new roof is normal; a steady accumulation years in usually means the surface is wearing out.
A stain on a ceiling or a wall
By the time it is visible inside, water has usually been travelling along timber for a while. The stain marks where it arrived, not where it got in — which is why patching the mark rarely works.
Metal lifting at a wall or a chimney
Flashing seals every junction the shingles cannot. A great many leaks turn out to be a flashing detail rather than a failed shingle, which is good news: it is usually the cheaper of the two.
Daylight or damp in the roof space
Light coming through means a gap. Damp without light can mean condensation from poor ventilation rather than a leak — the two look similar from below and are fixed very differently.
A roof line that has stopped being straight
Sagging between rafters usually means the sheathing has taken water over a long period. This is the one on the list that stops being a surface job, and the one worth looking at soonest.
None of this is a diagnosis, and it is not meant to be — you cannot tell a worn surface from a failed detail without getting onto the roof. What it is for is knowing whether what you are seeing is worth somebody’s attention.
Ask somebody to look at itRepair, or replace
The question nearly everybody arrives with.
It is rarely a choice between two products. It is one judgement with two ends, and most roofs sit somewhere along it. Here is what the judgement actually turns on.
RepairReplace
Almost every roof sits somewhere along here rather than at an end.
Nothing here decides it.
Answer what you can and the line will show which end of the conversation you are nearer. It is a way of understanding the question, not an answer to it.
This is not a diagnosis and it is not a quote. A roof is decided by somebody getting onto it and looking at the deck, the flashings and the valleys.
Have somebody look at itWhat is actually up there
A roof is more than the visible shingles.
From the ground you can see exactly one of these layers. Almost everything that decides whether a roof keeps water out — and how expensive it is when it stops — is one of the four underneath it.
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Shingles
The only layer you can see from the ground, and the one that takes the weather. When somebody says a roof looks fine, this is what they are looking at.
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Underlayment
A water-resistant layer laid over the deck before the shingles go on. It is the second line: what keeps water out when wind drives it under the covering.
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Flashing
Metal at every junction — where the roof meets a wall, a chimney, a vent, or itself in a valley. A great many leaks are a flashing detail rather than a failed shingle.
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Decking
The structural sheathing everything above is fastened to. Once water has been sitting on it, the repair stops being a surface job.
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Rafters and ventilation
What carries the load, and the airflow that keeps the underside of the deck dry. Ventilation problems tend to show up as roof problems years later.
Demonstration case studies
What a finished job looks like written up.
These are worked examples on a demonstration account, not jobs carried out for a customer. They are here to show what a case study on this site contains — the condition found, what was done about it, and where it ended.
How it goes
Five steps, and none of them is a surprise.
Everything here happens before anybody is asked to spend anything.
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You tell us what is happening
A stain on a ceiling is enough to start with. The chat can book one of our own times when we have one free; the form and the phone get you a call back to agree one.
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Somebody comes and looks
The covering, the flashings, the valleys and the penetrations, plus the roof space where it can be reached safely — photographed while we are up there.
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You get what we found
They are yours, and they are useful to keep whether or not you go ahead with us.
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Then it is roof repair or roof replacement
Which one it is comes out of the condition, not a price list. If it is the cheaper one we say so — that is the point of looking before quoting.
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The work, in writing first
What the roof needs is established at the visit, and any price comes in writing afterwards. Nothing starts before you have it in front of you.
Where we work
Austin and Round Rock.
That is the coverage as it stands — the towns on the record, not a radius drawn around them. If you are just outside, ask before you assume the answer is no.
Service areas in fullAsked before the first visit
Questions we get before the first visit.
The ones that come up on nearly every first call, answered in our own words.
Before you call
What does a stain on the ceiling usually mean by the time I can see it?
Water has usually been getting in for a while and has travelled along timber before it showed. The stain marks where it arrived, not where it entered, which is why the first job is finding the entry point rather than patching the mark.
Before you call
How do you decide between repairing and replacing?
It comes down to how much of the roof is affected, the condition of the covering elsewhere, and whether the underlayment is still doing its job. We tell you which one we think it is and show you what we based that on.
The visit
What does a roof inspection actually cover?
The covering, the flashings, the valleys and the penetrations, plus the roof space where it can be reached safely. We photograph what we find as we go.
Afterwards
Do I get the photographs you take?
Yes. They are yours, and they are useful to keep whether or not you go ahead with us.
The next step
Start with an inspection.
Tell us what you are seeing. Somebody calls back to arrange a time, goes up, photographs what is there, and tells you what it needs — including when the answer is that it does not need much.
Austin · Round Rock