Blaine, Minnesota
Certified Asphalt Roofing in Blaine, MN
The wind that crosses this open sand plain does not much care how old a roof in Blaine is. One house is still under the first wave of shingles from a plat that went in during the 1990s, curling at the hips. The one opposite is getting its first roof this season. Both are losing the argument at the edges.
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What the wind does to a new plat
On a plat built after 1990, tear-off is usually predictable: one layer of builder shingle, sheathing that is OSB rather than boards, and a ridge already cut for vent. The surprises are smaller and duller. Sheathing at the gable overhangs is often stapled rather than nailed and lifts when the old shingles come off. Ridge vent gets installed on houses whose soffit intake is a few thin slots, so the vent pulls air out of the house instead of the eave, and the deck shows it in February. Out here the exposure argues for a laminated shingle with a high wind rating, six nails to the shingle, starter along the rakes as well as the eaves, and hip and ridge caps rated to stay down. On the most exposed planes, some owners ask about metal roofing, which holds an edge in wind better than any shingle does.
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What a Blaine roof actually needs
Shingles rated for open ground
Nothing slows the wind on this sand plain before it reaches your roof. We spec a laminated shingle with a high wind rating and nail it six to the shingle, in the pattern the rating depends on.
One layer, and then the deck
Plats built after 1990 almost always carry a single layer, so the tear-off is short. What we watch for is stapled sheathing at the gable overhangs, which pulls loose and gets renailed before paper goes down.
The edges wind finds first
Ridge caps, hip corners and the first courses above the rakes are where a Blaine roof starts to go. Starter strip runs up the rakes, not just the eaves, and the caps are rated to hold.
Intake to match the ridge vent
Most of these houses got a ridge vent and a few thin soffit slots. Cutting more intake at the eave, or adding vented panels, is often part of the scope, because exhaust without intake pulls from the house.
A roof that fits the block
On a street where new construction is going in, an old three tab looks its age next to what the builder is putting on now. We will show you what the block is wearing before you pick a color.
One permit, two county lines
Blaine sits in both Anoka and Ramsey counties, which confuses more paperwork than it should. We pull the permit through the city and meet the inspector, whichever side of the line your address falls on.
Before we put a shingle on
Nails out of new sod
Young lawns on these plats swallow fasteners better than gravel does. The magnet goes over the yard and the boulevard more than once, and somebody walks it again before we call the job done.
We quote the house, not the plat
Every house on a 1990s plat looks the same from the street and none of them are the same on top. We climb yours and grade the planes that are actually there instead of going by what the block has been doing.
Nothing is left open overnight
Wind crosses these plats after dark with nothing to slow it. We tear off only what we can dry in the same day, with capped fasteners through synthetic underlayment.
Ask around before you sign
We are rated 5.0 from 217 Google reviews, and on a street where several roofs go on every season, the work is easy enough to walk over and look at.
The estimate names the parts
You get the shingle line, the nailing pattern, the ridge product and the intake work in writing, so you can set our estimate beside another and compare the same things.
What people near Blaine say
We live in Eden Prairie. Orange did an excellent job on our siding replacement and provided great customer service all the way through.
Thomas DeSutterSiding replacement, Eden Prairie, MN 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
Blaine roofing questions
What people in Blaine ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
How long do the original shingles on a 1990s Blaine plat last?
It depends on the shingle the builder used and which way the planes face. Three tab on a south facing plane on open ground gives up sooner than laminate on a shaded north slope. Most of the first wave roofs out here are at or near the end, but we would rather look at yours than guess from the plat map.
Will a new roof hold up to the wind on the open plats in Blaine?
It holds if the edges are right. Wind gets under a roof at the rakes, the hips and the ridge, not in the middle of a plane. That means starter strip up the rakes, the full nail pattern the wind rating assumes, and hip and ridge caps made as a rated product rather than cut from field shingle.
If I live on the Ramsey County side of Blaine, who issues the roof permit?
Yes. Blaine spans two counties, but the roof permit and the inspection go through the city either way, and we handle both. You do not need to chase paperwork or be home for the inspector. If your house sits in an association, that approval is separate and worth starting early.
Find out where your plat roof stands
We will get on the roof, check the attic and tell you whether this is the season for a new one or whether it has two more years. Free estimate, and nobody leans on you at the door.
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