Gutters and Drainage on Annapolis Homes: Sizing, Salt and Where the Water Goes Gutters get treated as an afterthought until they fail, and then they cause damage that costs many times what the gutters did. On Annapolis homes there are three distinct problems, and homeowners routinely fix the wrong one. Problem One: Capacity, Not Cleanliness […]

Replacing a Roof in the Annapolis Historic District: What to Plan For Downtown Annapolis has one of the best-preserved collections of early American architecture in the country, and the city protects it. If your home sits inside the historic district, a roof replacement is not simply a matter of picking shingles and booking a crew. […]

Nor’easters vs Summer Storms: How Coastal Wind Damages Annapolis Roofs Annapolis gets two very different kinds of damaging weather, and they break roofs in different ways. Understanding which one hit your house changes what you should be looking for afterwards. Why a Nor’easter Is Harder on a Roof A summer thunderstorm is violent and brief. […]

Why Salt Air Shortens Roof Life in Annapolis — and What Fails First Annapolis sits where the Severn River meets the Chesapeake Bay, and that setting does something to roofs that inland Maryland roofs never deal with. Salt travels inland on the wind as a fine aerosol. It settles on every surface of a house, […]