The Busiest Roof Leak Season is Upon Us. Let’s face it. In Oregon, you can get roof leaks any time of the year. That being said, late winter and early spring seems to be the time of year when we perform more roof leak repairs than any other. Why? First, the obvious. It is usually [...]

Preparation for Proper Roof Replacement Part of a good roof replacement job is in the preparation.   Certainly good material and competent roofers help make a good installation.  But sometimes the little details of preparation can make a big difference between a good job and a great job. Details such as planning for falling debris and [...]

Roof repairs always present a wide variety of unknown variables. Actually, that is part of what our experienced roofers like about roof leak repairs.  There is always a challenge and the immense satisfaction of having solved a problem.  When you take pride in your work, having solved a problem that another roofing company might not [...]

When To Replace a Roof If you are like most people, you probably would prefer to postpone roof placement as long as possible.   However in Portland, Oregon, with our seemingly constant rain, waiting too long to replace your roof can present a whole list of problems.   So as much as you might prefer to answer [...]

Many Portland homeowners don’t know what to answer when I ask if they want their estimate to be for a roof tear off or a roof recover. When there is no compelling reason for a recover, a tear off should be chosen.   A tear off allows for your new roof’s felt underlayment to be installed [...]

Roofing Installation In Portland Oregon Can Be Done Year Round We get asked this question quite often:   Can my roofing installation be done anytime other than summer?   And the long, complicated, highly technical answer is – Yes.    First off, roofing installation in Portland is a lot easier to do year round than in, say, Colorado [...]

Sometimes differences among things in life stand out like a sore thumb.   On other occasions, the difference is more subtle and yet with even others, the difference slowly becomes apparent over time.   I tend to think that finding a roofing contractor in Portland is mostly the last. Looking at a piece of paper (your estimate) [...]

The saying goes: “Roofing shouldn’t be done by novices who want to stay dry.” If it weren’t for the temptation of saving a few thousand dollars, that would be enough to deter most home owners. Unfortunately, when home owners calculate the cost and savings of DIY roofing, they forget one major expense: the cost of [...]

The decision to invest in a new roof is not one that should be made lightly, and once that decision has been made it is just as important to find the right roofing contractor. Choosing a roofing contractor in Portland can be a difficult and time consuming process, but the results of choosing the wrong [...]

When it comes to replacing the roof, homeowners have a great many choices at their disposal. From traditional asphalt shingles to metal roofs to the latest in composite materials, there are many roofing materials to choose from.  Determining which roofing materials will provide the greatest benefits at the lowest cost can be quite a challenge, [...]