Full roof replacement
Composition, tile or standing-seam metal. Everything comes off down to the sheathing so we can see what we are nailing into.
Rancho Cordova & Sacramento County
We tear off, we photograph the deck before we cover it, and the same four guys are on your roof Monday to Friday.
Do these three things while we are on the way. It is the difference between a drywall patch and a ceiling replacement.
Furniture, electronics, anything on the floor. Put a bucket down and a towel in the bucket so it does not drum all night.
If the ceiling is sagging or bubbling, put a small hole in the low point with a screwdriver and let it drain into the bucket. Sounds wrong. It saves the whole ceiling.
A wet composition roof is the single most dangerous surface on your property. Ring (916) 555-0148 and we will tarp it.
Composition, tile or standing-seam metal. Everything comes off down to the sheathing so we can see what we are nailing into.
Finding it is most of the job. Water travels along rafters and shows up ten feet from where it got in.
The tile is fine. The felt under it is not. We lift, re-felt and re-lay the original tile.
Lifted ridge caps, blown-off tile, tree limbs through the deck. Same-day tarping and a photo set you can hand your insurer.
Single-ply TPO for patio covers, additions and the flat sections that come with a mid-century house.
An under-vented attic in a Sacramento July will cook a new roof from underneath. We fix the airflow while the roof is off.
A second layer over the old one is cheaper on the quote and costs you the decking later. We will not bid it that way.
The people who show up Monday are the people who finish Friday. Nothing is handed to a subcontractor halfway through.
Photos of the bare sheathing, every rotten board marked, before a single shingle goes down. You see what you paid for.
Four honest comparisons. Service life assumes it was installed properly and the attic breathes — both of which matter more than the brand on the bundle.
| Material | Typical service life | Suits | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural composition | 25 to 30 years | Most tract housing in the county | Cheapest to install and to repair. Heat is what kills it, not rain, so ventilation matters more here than in most of the country. |
| Concrete tile | Tile 50 years, underlayment 25 to 30 | Homes that already have it | People replace the whole roof when they only needed the felt underneath. Ask for the underlayment option before you accept a tear-off quote. |
| Standing-seam metal | 40 to 50 years | Rural parcels, fire-conscious builds, modern remodels | Costs roughly double composition up front. Reflects heat well, and the fire rating is why most of our foothill customers pick it. |
| TPO single-ply | 20 to 25 years | Flat and low-slope sections | Not a whole-house roof around here — it is what goes on the flat patio cover or the addition behind the pitched roof. |
A typical single-story composition re-roof. Bigger or cut-up roofs run longer, and we tell you that before we start, not on the Thursday.
Dumpster on the driveway by seven. Loud, dusty, over by mid-afternoon. Take anything breakable off the walls.
We walk the bare sheathing with you, mark the soft boards and price the replacements before we go any further.
Underlayment, ice and water shield in the valleys, all flashing and vents replaced. The house is weather-tight at the end of this day.
Field, ridge cap, then two passes with the magnet over the whole yard. We photograph the finished roof and send you the set.
June to September
Attic temperatures over a hundred and forty degrees bake the oils out of composition shingles from the underside. Granules let go, edges curl, and a thirty-year roof gives you twenty. Ventilation is the cheapest fix on this whole page, and the best time to do it is while the roof is already off.
November to March
Three days of sideways rain will locate a failed pipe boot or a cracked valley that six dry months hid. Most of our January calls are not failed roofs — they are twenty-dollar flashing details that nobody looked at. A ten-minute autumn inspection is free and we would rather do that than tarp your living room.
Not sure if you are in range? Call and ask — we will tell you straight.
Ray answers the phone most days. Inspection is free, the quote is itemised, and nobody will call you twice about it.