Patriot Roof Guide
A Roof Care Log You Can Fill In Season by Season
This worksheet runs in your browser. Nothing you type is stored anywhere except on your screen, and nothing is sent unless you copy it into the contact page yourself. It helps a homeowner keep notes about an asphalt shingle roof. Not a home inspection, diagnosis or engineering opinion.
What the log is for
Roofs change slowly, and people forget what a slope looked like two summers ago. A log makes that difference visible. It also gives you something concrete to describe if you decide to ask someone about the roof, because "the streak by the chimney was narrower in March" is easier to act on than "it looks worse."
Step 1: Describe the roof once
Enter the basics: the approximate age of the roof, the number of slopes you can see from the yard, the direction each slope faces and where the gutters run. Note any tree that overhangs a slope and what kind it is. This takes a few minutes and you do it once.
Step 2: Make an entry each season
Choose the season and the date. The worksheet then shows a short list of prompts drawn from the calendar guide: gutters and downspouts, the roof edge, streaks or patches of growth, shingles that look lifted or missing, debris in valleys, and anything new since the last entry. For each prompt, mark whether you looked, and type a few words about what you saw.
Step 3: Read the changes
When you have two or more entries, the worksheet lines them up side by side. Prompts where your wording changed between entries are highlighted. A highlighted line is not a verdict. It is a suggestion to look again and, if you want, to ask a question.
Step 4: Copy what you need
A button copies the roof description and the last two entries into a block of notes. Paste it into the contact page if you want to send a question, or keep it in your own files.
Limits
The log records what you saw from the ground. It does not know the condition of your roof, and it does not judge what you wrote. If you notice water inside the house, that is a different situation from a note about moss, and it belongs in a conversation with someone who can look at the roof in person.