With about sound detective work, a ...

With about sound detective work, a house leak can usually be traced to its precise point of origin. If the trail hurrys cold, however, statistics alone proffer an important clue: More ofttimes than not, the culprit is flashing.

According to the Roofing Industry Educational Institute (RIEI), flashing or detail failures account for 80 percent of all vault problems. Some of the inconvenience stems from the very part of flashing, which is to provide a watertight transition between the membrane and other rooftop constitutings such as walls, drains, gravel stops and expansion joints. "Stresse