Roofers left mono roof top exposed without a cap
Contractors frequently finish single-slope or mono roofs without installing necessary ridge caps or drip edges, leaving the exposed edges vulnerable to rain and snow. Homeowners are left arguing with general contractors over missing flashings and trying to figure out what specific finishing corrections to demand.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Putting a stop order on payment checks
- 2Providing manufacturer installation instructions directly to subcontractors
- 3pushing back on the owner to get a written guarantee covering moisture-related damage
- 4having an extra look at the roof by an independent consultant once the work is done
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I am concerned and mad since this cost a significant amount and seems like they just wanted to get done rather than doing it right and letting it dry.”source ↗
“Had roof replaced recently and got i to argument with the GC about drip edge.”source ↗
“despite me saying it needed drip edge and providing a copy of the I stall instructions in Spanish to the lead guy they finished it with no drip edge.”source ↗
“I feel screwed.”source ↗
“Roofers finished without putting some sort of cap over the top of this mono roof building. What correction(s) am I supposed to ask for?”source ↗
“There’s just drip edge under this but the holes can’t be left exposed to rain and snow?”source ↗
“Also confused why they didn’t double fold the ridges.”source ↗
Where this came up
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