Nalley Roofing Contractors from Braselton, a frequent choice for homeowners needing Duluth, GA Roofers
Nalley Roofing Company has experienced roofing consultants that will be glad to take a look at your Duluth Georgia roofing project. But in case you wonder what we need to look at, first the roof is measured in squares. A “square” is 100 square feet and the number of squares is roughly the size of your roof and determines a starting point for the cost of a new roof.
For three tab asphalt shingles, there are eighty shingles per square and each square, without trimming and scrap, requires around three bundles of shingles. When you see roofers carrying these bundles up a ladder and you have lifted a bundle while on the ground you know they are a hefty amount of roofing materials. Our expert roofing estimators will look at your Duluth Ga roofing project and measure the area of your roof as well as map out the hips and valleys, narrow points and unique features to determine a the number of shingles that will get cut up to do the final rows and edges of the roof. This will work out to around 15 percent of the total, but can be higher or lower than that. Our experts will strive to arrive at the proper number to offer the correct price for your roof. But there are other components to a Duluth Ga. roofing replacement.
Drip edge, ice and water shield, asphalt paper, flashing and hip and ridge vents will also be needed to complete a proper roofing renovation. By the time a roof requires repair and replacement there may be areas of roofing deck that need repair and replacement. The roofing deck is the plywood or OSB underneath the shingles of your roof, a wooden layer that lays on the roofing joists. The Drip edge runs the outside perimeter of the roof and our roofers will repair or replace every inch to assure the highest standards of workmanship. Rolls of ice and water shield, asphalt paper and flashing are liberally used near the eaves and in areas of the roof vulnerable to ice damming. Our estimators have the expertise to foresee the requirements of simple and complex roofing projects and our roofers constantly communicate with our roofing estimate representatives.
Chimneys, dormers and side wall junctions all are accounted for so our roofers have all the materials required to properly flash and weatherproof every detail of the Duluth Ga home roofing upgrade. Hip and Ridge vent will vary with local building codes, so our estimators have studied and are fluent in the code requirements for Gwinnett county and Duluth Ga roofing replacements.
Our Duluth Ga Roofers will strip the worn and failing roofing materials to the roofing deck and inspect the deck for water damage to the OSB or plywood layer. We make a small allowance for repairs to the roofing deck, and in most cases this allows us to make the repairs with no surprises to the Duluth Georgia Homeowners. Next our roofers start with the drip edge installation and apply the ice and water shield material where needed by the weather conditions, the roof pitch and the intuition of our Duluth Ga roofers. Our followup on workmanship gives as an ample incentive to provide a perfect Duluth Ga roofing job.
Next our roofers apply the asphalt paper to the roof, starting from the bottom and working towards the ridge. We also install metal flashing in the valleys and step flashing around chimneys and dormers but may vary the installation with the addition of the asphalt shingles. The shingle layer and the felt layer are done from the lower part of the roof to the peak. This sometimes surprises Duluth Ga roofing customers but it will make perfect sense as you watch the process unfold. We put a starter course around the lower edge of the roof such that the bottom edge of the shingle lines up flush with the drip edge. The starter strip is a shingle with the tabs cut off, you can see that our estimators must look at your roof carefully to calculate the price, in that different roofs have different perimeters and amounts of waste.
We use plenty of roofing nails for each shingle to assure a long life and lay each course of full shingles staggering the joints to prevent water penetration. We also have many years of experience with little details like making sure we avoid small shingle pieces at either end of the first course of the roof. As the roofing shingles are applied to the roofing, less experienced crews and amateurs will struggle with keeping a straight line across, but our experience insures that the roof will look professional. Even on some new homes where crews were in a hurry or inexperienced, the lines are just not that straight, but Nalley Roofing crews make your Duluth Ga. Roof look really sharp with straight lines and uniform edges, and believe me, we know how to make it waterproof for many years.
At Nalley Roofing, we try to avoid using roofing jacks for your Duluth Ga roofing project. Many roofers rely to heavily on them, especially on common roofing grades. When you call Duluth Ga Roofers to do a proper roofing job and Nalley Roofing answers the call, we are less likely to slow the project down with roofing jacks, because of our experience navigating roofs. The jacks not only increase the time but the cost of the roof and make it difficult to reach the quality and finish of a roof that can be done without roofing jacks. If however, safety requires us to use roofing jacks, rest assured that our experts have calculated the needs and results to get the best possible outcome of the roofing job.
Working around Dormers, shingling valleys, and adding step flashing to chimneys, skylights abutting walls your Duluth Ga Roofers from Nalley Roofing Companies have a lot of sound knowledge as to the timing and proper application to achieve the best look and longest lifespan for asphalt shingle roofs. Our crews have, I hate to admit, followed up many times in over 23 years when a roof leak developed and we learn from every unfortunate occurrence. Our Nalley Roofing crews have learned well in almost two decades how to make a roof and the flashing and waterproofing stand up to weather and the heaviest rains and windiest storms. We finish the Duluth Ga roofing project with ridge vents which prevent water from entering the home but allow the attic to breathe. The ridge cap is constructed out ridge vent materials plus individual shingle tabs that have their unfinished corners cut off at 45 degree angles. Each modified shingle tab, is nailed such that it overlaps the previous piece as you work your way down the length of the ridge vent.
Finally, we clean up carefully. We are very watchful to prevent nails and small bits of shingles from falling from the roof, but still use large magnets and a complete policing of the area to make sure every last square inch of your Duluth Ga property is free from roofing materials and other than a new roof there is no evidence that we were ever there. Of course when you call your Duluth Ga Roofers from Braselton Ga, Nalley Roofing Company, you should expect a few days of roofing trucks, ladders, a dumpster and the noise of an old roof being removed and a new roof being applied. But when we are done, we leave only a beautiful new roof as evidence that Nalley Roofing was there. We like to be the environmentally friendly roofing company and Duluth Ga. homeowners can be assured we are as green and conservation oriented as any Atlanta roofing companies.
Don’t forget that Nalley Roofing is also an excellent company for Duluth Ga vinyl replacement windows and we also install new fiber cement siding for Duluth Ga homes.
While we concentrate on asphalt shingle roofing, we are also experienced at other related home maintenance requirements including siding and replacement windows. Call or E-mail for your free quote today.
