| Here's a good example of a damaged roof from termites and
by looking at the picture you will see on top of the roof there is a
nice pile of leaves. The leaves covering up the roof does not allow
moisture to evaporate from the roofing materials.
If the moisture cannot evaporate and continues to seep into the wood
framing over a long period of time you are inviting termites to do a
house destruction party.
Looking at the edge of the roof it looks like there are at least two
layers of composition roof shingles which could hold additional moisture
in between the layers of the roofing system itself. This moisture
eventually seeps down into the framing.
Two layers of roofing is never a good choice when living in a moist or
humid environment.
When you look at the edge of the roof rafters you can see extensive
termite damage and I would guess that most of this wood damage is from
moisture or condensation flowing off of the composition shingles on to
the framing members on a daily basis.
There is a very good chance the roof framing rafters will need to be
replaced along with some of the roof sheeting.
This damaged roof from termites should give the home inspector a good
sign that the house was not taken care of that good and to look around
for additional problems.
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