Roofing Considerations for Antique Village
The Antique Village is a walkable district of early-twentieth-century commercial storefronts, many sharing party walls and drainage with the building next door. That shared construction is the defining roofing fact here: a leak often originates on a neighbour's side of a party wall or at the flashing where two differently-aged roof assemblies meet. Many of these buildings took water in the 2016 flood, and repairs done in the years since vary widely in quality and documentation. Owners looking at roof work in the Village should expect layered history — original decking, later overlays, patched flashing — and should ask for a written scope that identifies what is being removed versus covered. Low-slope rear additions behind the storefronts are a frequent trouble spot.
