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A replacement is not another layer of shingles laid over the old ones. It is the whole assembly off, the deck seen in daylight, and every part that keeps water out put back new. We replace roofs for homeowners across the 252, and the process starts with a free inspection.
What the job involves
The shingle is the part you can see, and it is the part most estimates talk about. It is rarely the part that fails first. A roof keeps water out as an assembly: the deck, the underlayment over it, flashing at every interruption, a sealed edge, and a way for air to move underneath. 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. A shingle only holds as well as the wood the nail went into, so a new roof fastened to a deck that will not hold a nail has already failed, whatever it looks like from the street.
Underlayment. Across the whole field, with self-adhering membrane in the valleys and around penetrations. Those are the places where water collects and channels instead of running straight off.
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 near the end of its service life somewhere between its late teens and its 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 across the whole field is not maintenance, it is paying for a replacement in pieces.
Part of the inspection is telling you which of the two you are looking at. If a repair will get you several more seasons, that is what the write-up will say, and you will have the photographs to check it against.
What we check first
A replacement is a decision worth making from evidence. This is what the free inspection covers before anyone talks about a number.
How it runs
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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.
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A written scope and price for exactly what we found. Decking is carried as a stated per-sheet rate until the old roof is off, and you hear that up front rather than afterwards.
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Property protected, old roof off, sheathing repaired where it needs it, then the assembly built back in order.
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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.
Common questions
The questions homeowners ask us most often, answered in full. If yours is not here, call and ask.
It depends on the roof, so treat any figure as a range rather than a promise. A straightforward single-family roof is often a one to two day job for a full crew, weather permitting. Cut-up roofs with several valleys, steep pitches, or more than one layer to tear off take longer. The thing that moves a schedule most is decking: if the sheathing has to come out, that is time nobody can quote before the old roof is off.
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.
Nobody knows for certain until the old roof is off, because the sheathing is underneath it. What the inspection can tell you is how likely it is: soft spots underfoot, staining on the rafters, and sag between them are all signs. So decking is quoted as a stated per-sheet rate rather than a guess folded into the total. If sheets have to come out, the change is arithmetic you can check.
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 gets dried in at the end of every working day, meaning underlayment on and sealed, rather than left open overnight. Sections are opened only at a rate the crew can close again before weather arrives, which is one reason a one-day roof is sometimes deliberately run as a two-day roof.
Yes. Storm-related replacement is a large part of the work, and thorough documentation is what gives your carrier something specific to assess. What is covered is decided by your policy and your carrier, not by us. See insurance restoration for how the process runs.
Asphalt shingles are generally rated for somewhere between twenty and thirty years, and this climate tends to take the lower end of that. Heat and humidity age the asphalt, hurricane season works the seal strips loose, and hail knocks granules off early. What actually determines the number is ventilation, the quality of the original installation, and how much weather the roof has taken. A roof that has been through three named storms is older than its birthday suggests.
The signals worth acting on are granule loss across the whole field rather than in one spot, bare black mat showing through, shingles curling at the corners, and repairs that keep coming back in new places. Any one of those on its own may still be a repair. Together, they usually mean the field is finished. An inspection is what separates a roof with a failing component from a roof that is simply worn out.
Ask for proof of liability insurance and workers' compensation, and check that both are current rather than just on file. Ask for the scope in writing, itemized, including decking, flashing, underlayment and ventilation rather than a single lump sum for a roof. Ask who pulls the permit and who is actually on the roof. And ask what happens if the crew finds rotten decking, because the answer should be a stated rate you agreed in advance.
The rest of the exterior
Tell us where the house is and roughly how old the roof is. We will come out, go up, and show you what is actually there.
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