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Between the Cold Point ridge and the Schuylkill, with the Turnpike through the middle. Roofing in Plymouth Township built to take wind.
Plymouth Township runs up from the Schuylkill to the Cold Point ridge, and the Turnpike and the Blue Route cut through the middle of it. Plymouth Meeting has a Quaker village core from 1708; Hickorytown, Harmanville, Mogeetown and Plymouth Valley are mostly mid-century. What the higher streets share is exposure. Nothing breaks the wind coming across the ridge, and nor’easters take the ridge caps and rake edges first.
So we build the perimeter properly. Starter course sealed at the eaves and rakes, six-nail pattern in the field, hand-sealed ridge caps, and metal drip edge rather than shingle overhang. Vents and flashings get fastened for uplift, not just for water. Permits for the work are issued by Plymouth Township under the PA Uniform Construction Code.
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Shingles almost never blow off the middle of a roof; they start at a rake, an eave or a ridge where the starter or the caps were skipped.
Cut shingles used as starter leave the eave edge unsealed and easy to lift.
Caps nailed but never hand-sealed are the first thing a nor’easter removes.
Wet snow driven onto north slopes sits and refreezes at the eaves repeatedly.
Plymouth Township issues the permit; Plymouth Meeting is not a separate municipality.
Same office, same crews, a short drive away.
Plymouth Meeting · Hickorytown · Harmanville · Mogeetown · Cold Point · Plymouth Valley
Because the edge is where uplift is strongest and where corners are most often cut. A proper starter strip, sealed down, is what holds that first course; cut shingles used as starter will not. Once the edge lifts, wind gets under the courses above it.
Four is the minimum most manufacturers allow and six is what we use in exposed areas, placed in the nailing zone rather than above it. Fastening is also a warranty condition, so the pattern matters on paper as well as on the roof.
No. Plymouth Meeting is a village and postal name that straddles Plymouth and Whitemarsh Townships, so the permit comes from whichever township the parcel sits in, under the PA Uniform Construction Code. We check the parcel and file with the right office.
Often, if the field shingles still seal and the deck is dry. We replace what is gone, reseal the courses around it, and rebuild the ridge or rake properly. If the whole perimeter was installed the same wrong way, the repair only moves the problem.
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