When the roof goes, the trim goes with it
The South Texas sun is hard on modified bitumen. This roof had turned gray and brittle, and it was letting water through. The plywood decking underneath was rotting, and so were the fascia and soffit around the edge of the building.
We tore the old roof off down to the deck. That let us find and replace every sheet of rotten plywood instead of covering it up. On the solid decking we installed a fully adhered TPO system — bonded down across the entire roof, not just at the seams — and finished the perimeter with new drip edge so water drains off the way it should.
The leaks had already ruined the trim, so we replaced that too. All of the rotted fascia and soffit came off, and new James Hardie fiber cement went up in its place. Hardie products are built for this climate, and they stand up to the moisture and sun that destroyed the original wood.
The building now has a bright white roof that reflects the Texas heat instead of soaking it in — with solid decking under it and trim that will last.
