Every Roofing Service We Offer in Duluth, MN

A replacement here begins with a map of the roof, not a shingle brochure. Duluth stacks roughly eight hundred vertical feet between the harbor and the hilltop, and a house near the crest sees a different wind than one four blocks downhill. That is not a figure of speech.

• roof replacement
• reroofing
• tear-off and reroof
• full roof replacement cost
• architectural shingle replacement
• re-decking
• roof replacement estimate
• storm-damage replacement
• old roof replacement
• roof replacement contractor

Roof Replacement in Duluth, MN

Most leaks we chase in Duluth do not enter where the stain appears, and a surprising number only run during weather from one direction. That second fact is the useful one, and it is the first question we ask on the phone. Water pushed by an east-north-east gale does not fall onto a roof, it travels sideways across it.

• roof leak repair
• ceiling stain
• attic leak
• flashing leak repair
• chimney leak
• valley leak
• emergency leak repair
• wind-driven rain leak
• roof leak detection
• shingle repair

Roof Leak Repair in Duluth, MN

After a big blow the phone rings from every neighborhood at once, and the honest truth is that only some of those houses are damaged. Sorting the two groups quickly matters more than getting to all of them fast. Duluth's serious storms are lake storms.

• storm damage roof repair
• storm restoration
• roof storm damage
• gale damage
• post-storm inspection
• storm damage assessment
• roof repair after storm
• November gale damage
• emergency storm repair
• storm damage documentation

Storm Damage Restoration in Duluth, MN

Hail is a real hazard on this side of Minnesota but it is not the hazard that defines our roofs, and pretending otherwise sells people the wrong product. Duluth's storm risk is weighted toward wind off the lake, and hail here tends to be occasional rather than seasonal. That changes the inspection.

• hail damage roof
• hail damage inspection
• hail bruising
• impact damage shingles
• hail claim roof
• test square inspection
• hail damage assessment
• impact-rated shingles
• hail repair
• soft metals hail check

Hail Damage Roofing in Duluth, MN

This is the page the rest of the site argues from. Wind off Lake Superior is the load that decides how a Duluth roof should be built, and almost every failure we are called to began at an edge rather than in the middle of a slope. Uplift is a pressure difference, and pressure differences are largest where air has to change direction: eaves, rakes, ridges and corners.

• wind damage roof repair
• shingle blow-off
• wind uplift
• creased shingles
• wind-rated shingles
• rake edge failure
• wind damage inspection
• gale damage roof
• edge metal repair
• roof wind resistance

Wind Damage Roofing in Duluth, MN

An inspection that reports one condition for a whole roof has thrown away the most useful thing about a Duluth house. Our roofs age unevenly and predictably, and a report that records that unevenness is worth several times one that does not. The reason is orientation.

• roof inspection
• roof condition report
• pre-purchase roof inspection
• annual roof inspection
• attic inspection
• roof certification
• storm inspection
• roof assessment
• home inspection roof
• roof survey

Roof Inspections in Duluth, MN

Nearly every roof in Duluth is asphalt, and that is the right outcome. It takes our temperature range, it repairs in sections, and it weighs little enough for the framing these houses actually have. The argument is not whether to use it, but what to spend the money on.

• asphalt shingle roof
• architectural shingles
• laminate shingles
• shingle replacement
• SBS modified shingles
• class H wind rating
• shingle roof cost
• three-tab shingles
• shingle repair
• shingle roof installation

Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Duluth, MN

Metal is the right answer on some Duluth roofs and an expensive habit on others, and where you sit on the hill is most of the difference. We will happily install it, and we will happily talk you out of it. The case for it is strongest on exposed lots.

• metal roofing
• standing seam roof
• steel roof panels
• metal roof installation
• snap-lock standing seam
• exposed fastener panels
• metal roof cost
• steel roofing contractor
• metal roof over shingles
• 24-gauge panels

Metal Roofing in Duluth, MN

We get asked about tile a few times a year, usually by someone who has moved here from a warmer state and liked the look of their last house. We will quote it, and we will start by explaining why almost nobody in Duluth has one. Weight is the first obstacle and it is not a small one.

• tile roofing
• concrete tile roof
• clay tile roof
• tile roof repair
• tile roof weight
• stone-coated steel
• tile alternative
• tile roof replacement
• slate roof repair
• heavy covering structure

Tile Roofing in Duluth, MN

Low-slope work in Duluth is mostly porch roofs, rear additions, dormer decks and the stepped-back sections that hillside houses grow when a flat building site runs out. They are small, they are awkward, and they cause a disproportionate share of the leaks we chase. Two things load them here.

• flat roof
• low slope roofing
• EPDM roof
• TPO membrane
• modified bitumen
• porch roof
• flat roof repair
• single ply membrane
• low slope addition
• flat roof replacement

Flat & Low-Slope Roofing in Duluth, MN

Coatings have a narrow, genuine use here and a much wider fraudulent one. We will apply one when it is the right call and we turn down more coating inquiries than we accept, which is worth knowing before you read further. The legitimate case is a sound low-slope membrane or metal deck with dry insulation, intact seams and a covering that is weathering rather than failing.

• roof coating
• roof sealing
• silicone roof coating
• acrylic coating
• flat roof coating
• roof restoration coating
• metal roof coating
• elastomeric coating
• seam sealing
• coating over membrane

Roof Coatings & Sealing in Duluth, MN

Ventilation is where an exposure map and a physics problem meet, and where a lot of Duluth roofs get a component that is right in a catalogue and wrong on that particular house. Both things matter here. Start with the ordinary requirement.

• roof ventilation
• attic ventilation
• ridge vent
• soffit vents
• net free area
• intake ventilation
• baffled ridge vent
• attic airflow
• gable vents
• balanced ventilation

Roof Ventilation in Duluth, MN

We install skylights, we fix a lot of them, and on this site we will sometimes tell you not to put one where you want it. Duluth's short winter days make the appeal obvious, so this is worth explaining rather than just refusing. A skylight is a hole with a frame in it, and every frame is a termination the wind can work at.

• skylight installation
• skylight replacement
• skylight leak repair
• curb mounted skylight
• deck mounted skylight
• sun tunnel
• tubular daylight device
• skylight flashing kit
• velux skylight
• roof window

Skylights in Duluth, MN

Seamless gutters are formed on site from a coil and hung in continuous runs, which removes the joints that leak first. On a Duluth hillside house the more interesting questions are how hard the run is fastened and where the water goes once it leaves. Fastening comes first because of where we are.

• seamless gutters
• gutter installation
• downspouts
• gutter repair
• gutter guards
• K-style gutter
• gutter replacement
• oversized downspouts
• hidden hangers
• gutter cleaning

Gutters & Downspouts in Duluth, MN

The eave is the leading edge of the roof, and on a lake-facing elevation it is the first thing the wind gets hold of. Fascia and soffit are usually sold as trim, which is why they are usually built as trim and why they usually fail first. Under uplift, air pressure gets into the eave from below.

• fascia repair
• soffit repair
• fascia replacement
• soffit installation
• vented soffit
• aluminum fascia
• rotten fascia board
• eave repair
• soffit panels
• rafter tail repair

Fascia & Soffit in Duluth, MN

Chimney flashing is the most common real leak we find in this city, and it is nearly always the same three mistakes. A surface-mounted counterflashing held on with sealant, no cricket behind a wide stack, and step flashing that was reused from the previous roof. Sealant is a maintenance product with a service life of a few years, and it is holding a joint on the most exposed masonry on the house.

• chimney flashing
• chimney leak repair
• step flashing
• counterflashing
• chimney cricket
• chimney saddle
• flashing replacement
• masonry reglet
• chimney flashing repair
• roof to wall flashing

Chimney Flashing in Duluth, MN

Emergency covers on an exposed Duluth roof are a different job from the same task in a sheltered city, and the difference is that ours have to survive the storm that is still going and the one behind it. A poly tarp weighted with tyres or tied off at the grommets will not last a night on a lake-facing plane.

The grommets tear out first, then the tarp becomes a sail attached to your roof, and the damage after it goes is usually worse than the damage it was covering.

• emergency roof tarp
• emergency roof repair
• storm tarping
• temporary roof cover
• roof board up
• emergency service
• 24 hour roofer
• tree impact roof
• temporary repair
• winter emergency roofing

Emergency Tarping in Duluth, MN

Commercial buildings in Duluth sit across the same exposure range as the houses, and the spread is wider because the buildings are bigger. A warehouse by the harbor, a clinic on the hillside and a shop up on the ridge are three different wind problems in one service area. Design practice for low-slope roofs already recognizes this.

• commercial roofing
• commercial flat roof
• TPO roofing
• EPDM commercial
• commercial roof maintenance
• roof asset management
• commercial roof replacement
• industrial roofing
• warehouse roof
• commercial roof repair

Commercial Roofing in Duluth, MN

We are roofers, not public adjusters, and in Minnesota that distinction carries legal weight. We document, we scope, we meet your adjuster on the roof, and we explain what we found. We do not negotiate the claim for you.

• roof insurance claim
• insurance claim help
• adjuster meeting
• storm damage claim
• claim documentation
• supplement
• denied roof claim
• deductible
• roof claim inspection
• wind claim

Insurance Claim Help in Duluth, MN

Everything listed on this page, residential and commercial, across Duluth and northeastern Minnesota. Work is done by our own crews rather than handed to whoever is cheapest that week, which is the only way the workmanship warranty means anything.

Yes, and it is usually cheaper. Bundling roofing work into one mobilization saves setup, disposal and travel, and it means one crew, one schedule and one written free estimate instead of three contractors blaming each other.

Every one. We come out, measure, look at the real condition of the work area, and put an itemized free estimate in writing with materials and scope spelled out. No charge, no deposit, and no obligation to book.