Anoka, Minnesota
Local Asphalt Roofing in Anoka, MN
The oldest housing in the county sits in Anoka, gable front and Victorian frame houses near downtown where the roof, the porch and the bay all meet in ways no modern plan repeats. Reshingling one is less about the field of the roof than about every place two planes come together and a piece of metal has to do the work.
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Start with what is already up there
Count the layers first. Downtown, two is normal and we have found three, and under them the deck is boards, sometimes boards spaced for wood shingles. That changes the day and the dumpster. Then look at the metal. These roofs are steep and cut up, with dormers, valleys, a porch roof at a shallower pitch and a chimney, and wind driven snow packs into all of it and sits. Failures here start behind flashing rather than in the middle of a plane, so valley metal, step flashing and counterflashing cut into the chimney joint are the parts to watch. Wind rating matters less on a sheltered downtown lot than snow does, though the caps still get a rated product. On a porch roof too flat for shingles, metal roofing or a membrane is the right call, and we will say so.
Asphalt Roofing in Anoka
What an old roof asks for
Two layers, sometimes three
Downtown, the tear-off is the job. Two layers is normal, we have found three, and under them the deck is boards. That is more time, more weight and sometimes new sheathing before anything new goes on.
The flashing fails before shingles
On a cut up roof, water gets in behind the chimney and the dormers long before the field of the roof wears out. New step and counterflashing cut into the joint, not a bead of caulk over the old work.
Porch roofs want different material
Half the porches downtown sit at a pitch shingles are not rated for, which is why they leak. That plane wants a membrane or a metal panel, and the transition into the main roof wants proper flashing.
Snow that packs into valleys
Wind driven snow fills the valleys on a steep, broken up roof, then melts from underneath and runs back up under the courses. Wide valley metal with ice barrier beneath it earns its keep on a house shaped like this.
Rotten fascia under the drip edge
Old fascia carries the gutter and the edge metal, and on a hundred year old eave it is often soft. We find it when the shingles come off, and it gets replaced, because drip edge needs solid wood behind it.
A cut up roof takes time
Hips, valleys, dormers and returns mean more cuts, more waste and far more hand work than a plat roof of the same size. Knowing that up front beats hearing it halfway through the job.
How we handle a century roof
We measure plane by plane
An aerial report flattens a roof like this and misses the porch, the bay return and the dormer cheeks. We measure it on the roof, so the material list matches the actual house.
We check historic status first
Anoka is the county seat and keeps a Heritage Preservation Commission, with National Register properties near downtown. If your house is designated, we find that out before anything gets ordered.
We read the stains inside
The estimate starts in the upstairs rooms and the attic knee walls, because on an old house the mark on a ceiling tells you which piece of metal gave up and when.
Sometimes the answer is flashing
If the field of the roof still has life in it and the leak is at a valley or a chimney, we will do the metal work and leave the rest of the shingles alone.
Narrow streets get a plan
Older lots are tight, with alleys, mature trees and nowhere convenient for a dumpster. We settle placement first and tarp the porch roofs and the garden beds before anything comes off.
What people near Anoka say
Fantastic guys to work with, did an excellent job of fixing our siding. You can tell it’s a high integrity company. Definitely recommend.
Carolyn MillerSiding repair The crew arrived early and spread tarps all around the house to capture every bit of debris. By 3:00 PM, my entire roof was completely finished.
Hazel JamesRoof replacement, Minneapolis, MN 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
Old house roofing questions
What people in Anoka ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
My old Anoka house has no soffit vents. Can the attic still be vented?
Sometimes, though maybe not the way you pictured. Narrow boxed eaves and a finished attic leave little to work with, and a ridge vent with nothing feeding it will pull air out of the house instead. Edge vents at the eave, or vents cut into the roof plane, are the usual options. We will tell you what your house can actually do.
Water only shows up after a blowing snow. Where is it coming from?
Almost always the metal, not the shingles. Blowing snow packs into valleys and behind dormer and chimney flashing, then melts against a warm deck and runs in under the courses. Plain rain will not do it, which is why the leak seems to come and go. We look at the flashing and the valleys first.
Do I need approval to reroof a historic home in Anoka?
It depends on whether your property is designated or sits in a district. Most houses near downtown are not, but several nearby are on the National Register, and the Heritage Preservation Commission exists for that reason. We check the status before ordering material, and where review applies we work within what it allows.
Have the old roof read properly
We will count the layers, look at every piece of metal on the roof and tell you whether this is flashing work or a full tear-off. Free estimate, and we put what we found in writing.
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