Ramsey, Minnesota
Seasoned Luxury Roofing in Ramsey, MN
Most of the stock in Ramsey is young, a median build year around 1996 with a large share added since 2000, and that shows up as two story elevations carrying full height second floor walls under steep roof planes. A designer roof on that shape is mostly a question of how the roof lands on the wall, because open river ground drives rain sideways into every joint up there.
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Most of the job happens where roof meets wall
Look at a Ramsey two story from the corner of the lot. There is a lot of wall under that roof, and it stands on open river ground along the Mississippi and the Rum with nothing to break the weather. Rain does not fall on these houses so much as blow at them, which is why the calls come from headwalls, from step flashing beside a bump out, and from window heads under a rake. A heavier profile changes those details. Thicker material wants a taller flashing leg and a deeper drip edge, and kick outs have to actually kick water out. Get that wrong and it runs behind the siding instead of into the gutter. We take the same approach to cedar shake roofing on these elevations, where the wall lines get sorted before the covering goes on.
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What these Ramsey elevations ask of a roof
Roof to wall done in metal
Where a steep plane dies into a second floor wall, step flashing, a proper headwall and a kick out at the bottom of the run are what keep driven rain out of the siding.
Roof and siding scoped together
The same wind that lifts a ridge cap pushes water into siding seams and corners. We do both trades, so the wall gets looked at while the roof is open rather than a year later.
Window heads under the rake
Water sheets down a tall wall and lands on window heads. When the roof edge is rebuilt we check the head flashing below it, because a new roof will not fix a leak that starts at a window.
Water off a steep plane, fast
A tall pitch dumps a season of rain at the eave in a hurry. Outlets and downspouts get sized and placed so it leaves the wall instead of running down the corner boards.
Attached homes scoped by building
At the COR and other townhome blocks the roof runs across several units on a small lot. That job belongs to the association, so we scope it by building and present it to the board.
Metal accents over the entry
A two story front with a lot of wall can take a standing seam over the entry or a bay. It breaks up the elevation and gives the main roof something to answer to.
How we approach a Ramsey roof upgrade
We start at the wall lines
The first walk looks at where the roof meets siding, chimney chases and window heads, since that is where these houses actually leak, not out in the field.
Eden Prairie based, up here often
We are based in Eden Prairie and work the north metro through the week, so a look at a Ramsey roof is a normal stop rather than a special trip.
The flashing plan, on paper
Before we order, you see photographs of your own elevations marked up with what metal goes where. Color is the easy part of this decision and it should not be the whole conversation.
What we leave alone is listed
If the chimney flashing is sound or the gutters have years left, that goes in the scope as work we are not doing, so you can see what you are not being sold.
We only open what we can close
On a steep two story, a plane left open in a river wind is a bad night. We tear off in sections we can dry in the same day.
What people near Ramsey 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
Questions we hear in Ramsey
What people in Ramsey ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
I own a townhome at the COR. Can I pick my own roof?
Usually not on your own. Where the roof runs across attached units, it belongs to the association and the board makes the call for the whole building. What you can do is bring it up: we will walk the buildings, put a scope and material options together, and present it at a meeting.
Water is getting behind my siding in Ramsey. Is that the roof?
It often starts up top. On these tall elevations, driven rain hits a headwall or a bad kick out, gets behind the siding and shows up as a stain a floor below. We look at the roof to wall detail, the window heads and the corners before anyone starts pulling boards off.
My Ramsey house is from the late 1990s. Is it too new for this?
The house is not too new, but the timing matters. If the original shingles still have life, a designer profile is a want and there is no harm in waiting. If they are cupping or the ridge is bare, that is the moment to change material, because you are paying for the tear off and the labor either way.
Walk the wall lines with us
We will come out, look at how your roof lands on that second floor wall, and tell you what a designer profile would mean for the flashing as well as the look.
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