Dead Valley. Roofer doesn’t seem concerned after install.
Context -Bought the place 2 years ago and inspector said the roof was approx 5 years old, didn’t raise any red flags. Well turns out water had been seeping through this dead valley the whole time and during a stormy week last November finally enough water got though the roof and into the walls to cause damage. Learned a lot on how to hang and mud drywall over the winter. Obviously we got a new roof after that ordeal and I told the roofer in so many words - do whatever you need to do so this doesn’t become a problem area again relative to the rest of the roof. The skylight wasn’t sealed properly and leaked 2 days after the roof install but I cut him slack didn’t ask for money back and he fixed it, but I digress. Now this week I went up to work on something and found this standing water. No idea how long it’s been there but it hasn’t evaporated in 2 days, we live in SoCal and it’s hardly rained the last few months so I’m chalking it up to heavy dew from the humidity. I called the roofer and told him my concerns and said he’d come by the next day. I sent him pictures after our call and asked what time he would be here. Didn’t get a response so I followed up with a text and he responded with this:
“There nothing we can pretty much do … I mean ur roof isn’t going to leak at all.. it has it’s warranty.
The time we did the valley repair the water would pool way to the back of the valley an what we did is installed plywood so that we can make the water stop from pooling way back there … “
That just doesn’t sound right especially with a shingle roof. The water is still pooling only now it’s a few feet further down than before. We aren’t even into the rainy season yet and it’s already doing this. Also seems like a lot of the granules have fallen off for a roof that’s less than a year old.
So now trying to get opinions on next steps or hoping I’m wrong to be concerned. I don’t want to throw shade at this guy, I genuinely just want to have a roof that does its job.