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A replacement is not another layer of shingles. It is the whole assembly off, the deck looked at in daylight, and every part that keeps water out put back new.
What it involves
The shingle is the part you can see, and it is the part every estimate talks about. It is rarely the part that fails first. A roof keeps water out as an assembly — deck, underlayment, flashing at every interruption, a sealed edge, and a way for air to move underneath — and a replacement means all of it, not just the visible layer.
That is also why we tear off instead of roofing over. A second layer hides the deck, which is the one component you cannot inspect any other way; it traps heat in the hottest plane of the house; and it puts a second dead load on framing that was sized for one roof.
Tear-off. Down to bare plywood or board sheathing, so the surface the new roof is fastened to is a surface somebody has actually seen.
Decking. Soft, delaminated or rotten sheathing is cut out and replaced. Nailing a new roof to a deck that will not hold a nail is a warranty problem waiting to happen and, more to the point, it does not work.
Underlayment. Across the whole field, with self-adhering membrane in the valleys and around penetrations — the places where water is concentrated rather than shed.
Drip edge and starter. Metal at the eaves and rakes, and a purpose-made starter course rather than a cut-up field shingle, so the first row is sealed and the edge cannot curl.
Flashing. New at chimneys, walls, valleys, and every pipe and vent that comes through. Reused flashing is the single most common reason a brand-new roof leaks in its first year.
Ventilation. Intake at the soffit and exhaust at the ridge, balanced against each other. A roof with exhaust and no intake pulls its replacement air out of the house.
Field and ridge. Shingles nailed to pattern, and a capped ridge that finishes the vent rather than covering it.
Age is the blunt answer — an asphalt roof in this climate is usually somewhere near the end of its service life in its late teens to mid twenties — but age on its own is not the test. The test is whether the money buys you years. Three separate repairs on a roof that is shedding granules everywhere is not maintenance; it is paying replacement prices in instalments.
We will tell you which of the two you are looking at. If a repair genuinely gets you several more seasons, that is what we will say, including on the days when saying it costs us the bigger job.
What we check first
Nothing gets recommended from the driveway. This is what the free inspection actually covers.
How it runs
01
We come out and go up. Then we walk you through what is actually on your roof, with photographs, whatever you decide to do next.
02
A scope and a price covering exactly what we found. Decking stays a stated rate until the old roof is off, and we tell you that up front rather than afterwards.
03
Property protected, old roof off, sheathing repaired where it needs it, then the assembly built back in order.
04
Magnet-swept, hauled away, and a final walk with you. A job is not finished because the crew left; it is finished when you have seen it.
Straight answers
Nothing here is hidden behind a dropdown. If a question you have isn't answered, call and ask.
Most single-family roofs in this region are a one to two day job for a full crew, weather permitting. Cut-up roofs with several valleys, steep pitches and multiple layers to tear off take longer. The thing that actually moves a schedule is decking: if we open the roof and find sheathing that has to come out, that is time nobody can quote in advance.
Tear off. Roofing over an existing layer hides the deck, adds a second dead load to framing sized for one roof, and traps heat in the hottest plane of the house. It is cheaper on the day and more expensive over the life of the roof.
You will not know for certain until the old roof is off, and anyone who gives you a firm decking figure before that is guessing at your expense. We can tell you the likelihood from the inspection — soft spots underfoot, staining in the attic, sag between rafters — and we quote decking as a clearly stated per-sheet rate, so a change is arithmetic you can check rather than a surprise you have to accept.
Replace it. Reused flashing is the most common reason a brand-new roof leaks in its first year: the metal is fatigued, the sealant is spent, and it was formed to a roof that no longer exists.
Covered and protected before anything comes off, and magnet-swept afterwards. If your gutters are at the end of their life, we will say so during the inspection rather than after we have loaded a new roof on top of them.
The roof is dried in — underlayment on and sealed — at the end of every working day rather than left open. Sections are opened at a rate the crew can close before weather arrives, which is one of the reasons a one-day roof is sometimes deliberately a two-day roof.
Yes. Storm-related replacement is a large part of what we do, and documenting the damage properly is the part that decides whether a claim gets paid at all. See insurance restoration.
The rest of the exterior
Tell us where the house is and what you're seeing. We'll come out, go up, and show you what is actually there.
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