Because wind driven rain travels sideways and upward, and it tests the details that vertical rain never reaches: headwall and sidewall flashings, tile and shingle edges at rakes, vent caps, and the transitions where an addition's roof meets the original house. A leak with a wind direction is therefore a flashing and edge diagnosis, not a general roof failure, and it is usually a smaller and more specific repair than the ceiling stain suggests. The diagnostic visit works best in the pattern's freshness, with the stain, the wind direction, and the slope read together, which is why the first call asks which rooms marked and from which storm.
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