A roof earns its keep on exactly the days you would never want to inspect it yourself. Apex Exteriors of Rochester, New Hampshire, has built its reputation on those days — handling roofing, siding, and the storm damage that follows a hard New England season.
Exterior Systems, Done Right
- Residential roofing and siding.
- After-storm damage repair and ice dam prevention.
- Soffit and fascia work, with financing and insurance guidance.
Ice dams are the quiet destroyer of New England homes. Preventing them is cheaper than the ceiling you would otherwise replace.
Reading the Damage Before It Reads You
New England is uniquely hard on a building's exterior. A single winter can cycle through driving rain, heavy wet snow, ice loading, and the repeated freeze-thaw that works shingles loose and opens gaps in siding. Most of that damage is invisible from the ground — a few lifted shingles, a cracked bead of caulk, a soft spot in the soffit — right up until water finds its way inside and the repair bill multiplies. The homeowners who come out ahead are the ones who have a trusted contractor inspect after big storms rather than waiting for a stain to appear on the ceiling.
Ice dams are the clearest example of why prevention beats repair. They form when heat escaping through the roof melts snow that refreezes at the cold eaves, damming up meltwater that then backs up under the shingles. The fix is rarely the roof alone; it is a combination of ventilation, insulation, and sometimes membrane work at the eaves. Apex Exteriors' pairing of roofing and siding with storm-damage repair and insurance guidance means a homeowner can address the whole envelope with one contractor who knows how the pieces interact.
Why Keep an Eye on Them
Read the 5 signs you need a new roof guide or contact Apex.
