Blaine, Minnesota
Local Brava Tile Roofing in Blaine, MN
The first wave of roofs on the post 1990 plats in Blaine is aging out now, and the house across the street may be getting shingles this season. That gap is where composite tile comes up: owners cross shop a second asphalt roof against a molded polymer tile that carries a slate or shake face and does not hand the wind a loose tab to start on.
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Wind decides how this roof gets fastened
On the sand plain these plats sit on, there is nothing upwind to slow anything down, so the install here is mostly about edges. We set starter and edge metal first, keep the first courses tight to the drip, and run hip and ridge in the same molded tile rather than a lighter cap that can walk loose. Composite tile is nailed like a shingle, but it moves with temperature, so butt gaps and nail placement have to be right or the field buckles by the second summer. Overdriven fasteners take that movement out of the roof, and that is what cracks tile at the nail line. We check what is under it too. Original pipe boots from the first plats are usually split by now. If your house reads more Mediterranean than colonial, ask about clay tile roofing, which is a different look on a heavier assembly.
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What composite tile does on an open plat
Ridge and hip that stay down
Wind on a treeless plat works at the cap line first. We run hip and ridge in the same molded tile, fastened through to solid wood, so there is no lighter cap piece left to lift and walk.
Edges locked before the field goes on
Starter, drip edge and the first courses take the load on a west facing plane. Those get set and fastened before anything else, because a roof that fails in wind almost always starts at an edge.
A roof the street does not have
Whole streets here went up with the same builder shingle. Molded tile carries a slate or shake face and the color runs through the body, so a chip or a cut edge is not a light spot.
Old pipe boots replaced, not reused
Roofs from the earliest plats still have their original plastic vent boots, and most are split. Those come off with the shingles and go back new, because a boot is a leak that shows up in a bedroom ceiling.
Color that holds in full sun
There is no shade on most of these lots. Pigment in composite tile is molded in rather than sprayed onto a granule surface, so the south and west planes do not chalk out ahead of the rest.
Gutters that stop filling with grit
Asphalt sheds granules for its whole life, and they end up in the gutters and at the bottom of the downspouts. Composite tile has no granule layer to lose, so what you clean out is mostly leaves.
How we handle a Blaine tile job
We walk it before we quote
Nobody prices a composite roof from the driveway. We get on the planes, look at the cap line and the west facing edges, and count what actually has to come off.
We will say asphalt is enough
If your roof has good years left or the house is going on the market, we will tell you a shingle is the better buy. The estimate is free and carries no obligation.
Staging on an active plat
Lakes of Blaine still has construction traffic on it. We time the material drop and the dumpster so your driveway stays usable and the street stays passable for everyone else.
The scope is written down
Fastener type, edge metal, underlayment and what happens to the vents are all named on the estimate, so you can hold two bids next to each other and see the difference.
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What people near Blaine say
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 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
Blaine tile roof questions
What people in Blaine ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Will composite tile hold up to the wind we get on the open plats in Blaine?
It holds better than a worn shingle, and most of the answer is in the install. Tile is nailed into the deck, hip and ridge run in the same material, and the edges get locked first. What fails in wind out here is usually a loose starter course or a cap piece, not the field of the roof.
How does composite tile compare to another asphalt roof on a 1990s Blaine house?
Asphalt is cheaper going on and you will be back at it sooner. Composite tile asks more up front, looks like slate or shake instead of a builder shingle, and does not shed granules. On a house you plan to keep, that trade works. On one you are selling in two years, it usually does not.
Will the trusses on my house carry a composite tile roof?
Almost always, yes. Houses in these plats were framed with engineered trusses sized for a shingle roof, and composite tile lands in that same weight range rather than the range real slate lives in. That is the point of the material. We still look at the framing from the attic before anything gets ordered.
Get a tile roof estimate in Blaine
Tell us the plat and we will look at the cap line, the west facing planes and what is left of the original vents. The estimate is free and says plainly whether tile suits your house.
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