Roof Rejuvenation in Inwood, WV

Subdivision roofs that all went on at the same time.

Inwood is where Shingle Shield works out of, so this is the town we know best. Most of what sits along the US 11 corridor here went up in the building wave that ran from the late 1990s through the 2000s, which means a large share of Inwood roofs are now somewhere between 15 and 25 years old. Whole streets were shingled within a year or two of each other and they are drying out on the same schedule.

That timing matters more than anything else on this page. A roof in the 8 to 20 year band with shingles still intact is the best possible rejuvenation candidate. Once the shingles go brittle and start breaking when you walk them, the window has closed and a replacement is the honest answer. Plenty of Inwood roofs are still inside the window and a lot of owners here have no idea.

What we run into on Inwood roofs

The ground has a say in it too. The low bottom along Tuscarora Creek holds damp long after the open county has dried, so a shingle down there soaks overnight and bakes through the afternoon. That daily swing is exactly what drives the maltene oils out of the mat, and out along the corridor there is almost no tree shelter to soften it.

• Roofs from the 1990s and 2000s build out, right in the rejuvenation window
• Open corridor lots along I-81 and US 11 with almost no tree shelter
• Damp Tuscarora Creek bottom ground swinging roofs from wet to hot daily