What Betton Hills homes are dealing with

Betton Hills sits on Betton Hills’s east/southeast side, and a lot of the housing stock there is brick ranch construction from the 1950s through 1970s, with the low-to-moderate pitch rooflines typical of that era. Original decking on some of these homes is older sheathing that doesn’t always match what a modern shingle warranty expects, which matters when a storm exposes it. Newer infill and additions in the same streets sometimes carry steeper pitch and different decking, so two houses next door to each other can need very different repair approaches after the same storm.

The tree canopy here is heavy, mature oak and pine mixed in over these older lots, and it does two things during a storm: it drops limbs directly onto roofs, and pine needles pack into valleys and behind chimneys where wind-driven rain then backs up under shingles that are otherwise intact. Grade and drainage around these older lots weren’t always built with today’s rainfall intensity in mind, so ponding at a low roof edge or a poorly pitched valley can turn a small storm tear into a bigger leak fast. If your section of Betton Hills falls under an HOA with exterior standards, we’ll work within whatever material and color requirements apply before we order shingles, so ask us to check before we start.