David asks…
What does it mean, or what is the cause of moss growing on roof shingles?
admin answers:
This site should tell you all you need to know.
Http://www.pesticide.org/RoofMoss.html
Linda asks…
Is there any point in seeing a doctor for shingles?
I have shingles on my forehead, and the lymph nodes all down my face are sore and swollen. Now I noticed a couple of shingles spots in the corner of my eye near my eyeball.
I would go to the doctor, but I’m out of state and my insurance wouldn’t cover it. Plus, I know shingles is caused by a virus and there’s really not that much that can be done to treat it, it has to just run it’s course. So, it seems kind of pointless anyways.
I’m just wondering about the risk of complications now that I noticed it on my eye. How do I know, at what point do I go see a doctor? There is no pain if I do not touch my face, and only some slight tenderness and soreness if I touch the area
In cases where people have gone blind or had facial paralysis, what goes wrong, and what symptoms should I look out for.
My sister had shingles around her eye and even on her eyeball and had no complications and everything went back to normal after it ran it’s course.
admin answers:
Personally, yes, i would go. Your choice completely though. The doctor can prescribe you an antiviral that helps. Ive never had them around my eyes or even on my face, but i do get them on my abdomen and chest. As for complications with the eyes, many numerous things can happen, are you willing to take that chance? As for it being a virus and running its course, it is a virus, and it ran its course as chickenpox when you were a child probably, but something has reactivated it for you. Go to the doc, get the meds to make life a little easier and best of luck to you!
Jenny asks…
What are these faint light brown stains on the white stucco ceiling.?
There is a faint brown stain running parallel to the studs in the ceiling. We have been having very heavy rains so after the rains I checked the ceiling to feel for dampness, but it feels bone dry.
It’s appearing in two places in the ceiling, both parallel to the wooden studs that are of course not in view. What could be causing it?
The shingles look like they are in good shape.
The house is about 40 years old and is on it’s second roof.
admin answers:
Wait! It does NOT mean you need a new roof. Maybe its just the high humidity causing the wood to bleed color and moisture through the stucco. Dont jump to conclusions. Did you go into the attic to look for drips during the rain? . You might try turning on a sprinkler set on the roof and after a half hour go up in the attic and look for drips. It’s definitly a moisture problem but there can be several possible reasons for that moisture. Also just laying up there in that area of the attic with the lights off for 20 minutes or half an hour during daylight when the suns on the roof may reveal any possible holes in the roof. Remember it depends on the angle of the sun on the slope of the roof so WHEN you go to look may be important. If you find a light leak … Push a nail up through it to reveal from the outside exactly where the leak is which needs fixing. Often such leaks have a single point of entry or a systematic problem like the ridgecap of the house. Just getting up there with some roofing sealer and addressing the areas where the shingles show damage may help while looking for loose nails which also should be tarred
The stains themselves can be covered with a good stain sealer but thats just a coverup IF you do have a leak you do not want to ignore it. That you have more than one stain suggest its condensation or a larger leak than just one pin hole.
Chris asks…
How to install composite shingles approx. 1/2″ over a drip edge on roof?
A few years ago I re-roofed my house. On all sides I installed the shingles some what flush to the drip edge. Another words there is no shingle overhang. My friend tells me on the 2 sides by not having an overhang of 1/2″- 3/4″ I am risking water blowing underneath the shingles and thus causing a leak. I live in Southern California.
I am not refering the front but the side of of the roof the angles down. My house roof is gable in style. I realize with the front I am kind a stuck with what I have. Any advise would be appreciated.
I do not want to re-tro fit the side shingles without good cause. I am hoping just to keep it that way and he is worrying me for nothin but what is right?
admin answers:
If you have drip edge running up the rake of your roof, leave the shingles alone. You won’t have any trouble. If you were doing the roof over again, you would leave about a 1/4″ overhang at the most.
Builder for 40 years.
Mark asks…
Do i have Shingles???????????
Im only 15, but my grandmother (being a retired nurse) suspects that i have shingles. I had the chickenpox when i was 2 or 3, but staring about a week ago i started having really bad itching on my left side. a day or 2 later i started getting welps that looked like bug bites, so i figured that that was what it was. But its over a week later and nothing has improved. The welps go from my lower from all around to my lower back. Now theyve stoped itching but my whole side HURTS! like it feels like one huge bad bruise and is really sore. They dont look like blisters or what normal shingles look like, but i heard that if its a mild case they wont necessarily be blisters or ooze. The only place it really hurts is around my hip bone. its feels like a terrible terrible bruise. My grandmothers said that even if i went to the doctor, they couldnt do anything about it because its been more then 3 days and after that they cant give u medicine for it. They still look alot like bug bites, but the brusing and soreness is unusual if it was bug bites. Do you think it could be shingles? Its weird cause im so young, but i have been stressed out lately from school and no sleep and ive been worried over a bunch of stuff, and i heard that can cause it to flare up. When do u think the pain will start to go away? should i go to the doctor even though theres probably nothing they can do for it? Thanks!!! 🙂
admin answers:
My mother was told the same thing about my shingles – it was caused by stress. She felt terribly guilty that she had done something or not noticed something that had caused me such stress that I got Shingles. It wasn’t until years later when I casually discussed with a doctor some recurrent symptoms that I had. Painful tingling up one side on the back of my leg and then down the other side over several days, always going away on its own.) He explained this was a side effect from the Shingles I had as a child. He also told me that Shingles is not caused by stress! It is caused by a virus – the chicken pox virus, which I’m sure your daughter had previously. Don’t worry about stress!
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