Andover, Minnesota
Honest Drywall in Andover, MN
The oaks over these rooflines are dying, and that is what puts water inside the house. Bur oak and northern pin oak stand over shingles all through Andover, where oak wilt keeps killing them and a storm brings the dead limbs down. A puncture the size of a fist over a vaulted great room shows on the finished ceiling the same afternoon.
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A limb through the roof lands inside
Damage from a falling limb is small and deep, which is the opposite of a slow leak. The hole is a foot across, but the water goes straight into whatever is under it. On the 1980s and 1990s two stories out here that is often a vaulted ceiling with the board fastened right to the rafters, batt insulation packed tight above it and no attic to catch anything. That ceiling has to come open, the wet batt has to come out, and the vapor retarder has to be put back before new rock goes up. On a walkout, water carries down the stud bay and shows on the lower level ceiling days later, so we open both. While the trim is off upstairs, homeowners often ask about window replacement, since a limb rarely lands on a roof without also hitting a sash or a screen.
Drywall in Andover
Repairs shaped by trees and steep roofs
Vaulted ceilings opened and rebuilt
A cathedral ceiling is drywall fastened to the rafters, no attic behind it. We open the bay, take out the soaked batt, replace the vapor retarder and hang board that follows the slope without a hump at the seam.
Emergency tarp the same visit
An open hole keeps taking rain. We get the roof covered first so the ceiling stops getting worse, then deal with the board once the framing above it has dried out.
Walkout lower levels checked too
Water from an upstairs puncture runs down the stud bay and turns up on the lower level ceiling of a walkout a few days later. We open that side while we are already there.
Soffit and eave stains traced
Deep soffits carrying long runs of vented aluminum let water travel out to the eave before it drops. The stain lands at the top of an outside wall, feet from where the roof was hit.
Steep pitch work by roofers
The pitches on these front gable stacks are steep enough that the outside half of the job is not a handyman task. Our roofers close the puncture and flash it before any interior finishing starts.
Cans and fan boxes reset
Vaulted ceilings in these houses are full of recessed cans, a fan box at the peak and speaker rings. We map them before demo and set them back at the same height so the trims sit tight.
How we work on big wooded lots
Access planned before the truck comes
Long driveways, septic tanks and drainfields, and mature oaks close to the house all decide where a dumpster and a lift can sit. We walk that with you first.
We are not your tree crew
We can tarp the roof and clear what is lying on the shingles, but a hanging limb or a dying oak needs an arborist. We will say so instead of working under it.
Sequencing around drying time
We schedule the finish work after the framing dries rather than booking it the day after demo. That is slower on the calendar and it is why the ceiling stays clean.
One estimate for both trades
The free estimate covers the roof repair and the interior work in one document, so you are not left guessing about the second half of the job.
Not every stain needs opening
A small stain that dried months ago and has not grown does not always need a ceiling opened. Sometimes the right call is to seal, prime and watch it through one more wet spring.
What people near Andover say
Orange Exteriors fixed a minor leak that involved replacing flashing and a few shingles blown off our roof. Timely, quality work. Great ideas to keep our roof going long term.
Jim ThomasStorm damage repair From sales to construction crew to upper management, they helped make an insurance battle a breeze. This is the best contractor interaction I have ever had.
Jim NormanRoof replacement Orange Exteriors did an excellent job with my new roofing install. Very professional, on time and hard working crew. Completed the job in one day.
Dick JohnsonRoof installation
What people ask after a limb hits
What people in Andover ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
A limb came through the roof at our Andover house. What happens first?
The hole gets covered first. We are open twenty four hours, so that call does not have to wait for morning. Then we look at what the limb did to the deck and rafters and open the ceiling under it. Interior finishing waits until the roof is closed and the framing above the board reads dry, usually several days in a vaulted bay.
Can a vaulted ceiling be patched, or does the whole slope come down?
Usually patched. We cut back to the nearest dry rafters on each side of the hole and hang a full width piece so the butt joints land on framing. Where the slope is long and lit from a gable window, we sometimes carry the finish to the ridge or the wall break, because a floating patch shows up in raking light.
Will your trucks fit down a long Andover driveway with a septic drainfield?
Usually, with planning. On the unsewered lots out here we ask where the tank and the field are before anything heavy rolls in, and we stage the dumpster on the drive rather than the yard. On a tight wooded approach we can carry materials in and keep the trucks near the road instead.
Get the hole covered and the ceiling fixed
Call any hour after a limb comes down. We will tarp the roof, look at the rafters, and give you a free estimate that covers the shingles and the ceiling under them.
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