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Roofing and Siding in Carriage Hills
Brick and stone houses from the 1990s and 2000s on both sides of Lakeline Boulevard. With that much masonry, the roof and the painted trim are where the upkeep is.
Masonry Walls, Painted Edges
Carriage Hills runs between West Whitestone Boulevard and New Hope Drive. A neighborhood guide published by bramlett partners, an austin-area brokerage describes one- and two-story houses of roughly 1,100 to 3,500 square feet with brick or stone exteriors.
On a masonry house the siding contractor's work is at the edges: the fascia boards behind the gutters, the soffit under the overhang, the gables above the brick, the trim around windows set in stone, and the chimney chase. Those are the only parts that need paint, and they are easy to forget about because the walls never do.
Start with soffit, fascia and trim.
Roofs in Their Second Cycle
A house built in the mid-1990s is about thirty years old. Its first roof has almost certainly been replaced, and depending on when, the second may be well along. A 2005 house may still have its first.
If you bought the house without knowing the roof's age, a roofer can estimate it from the shingle type, the granule loss and how many layers show at the edge. With no permit required for re-roofing in Cedar Park, there may be no city record to look up.
Where Brick Meets Roof
Masonry walls need their own flashing where a lower roof runs into them: step flashing at the slope and a second piece let into the mortar joints above it. When that upper piece is only caulked to the face of the brick, the caulk fails in the sun and the joint leaks.
It shows up as a stain near an outside wall. See roof leak repair.
Trim or Roof Showing Its Age?
A local contractor can look at both on one visit.
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