Chaska, Minnesota
Seasoned Asphalt Roofing in Chaska, MN
Steep, simple gables and narrow eaves are what an asphalt crew signs up for on the older blocks of Chaska, where the field of shingle goes fast and the slow parts are elsewhere: counterflashing cut into a mortar joint on cream colored brick, and intake air found at an eave with almost no soffit behind it. Masonry punishes careless flashing, and it does it slowly.
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The brick decides how the flashing goes
Houses in the Walnut Street Historic District went up between 1860 and 1920, and the district was listed on the National Register in January 1980, about 17 acres of it. What that means on a roof is board sheathing with gaps, sometimes three layers of shingles when a 1970s overlay sits on the original wood, and a tear-off that has to come off in careful sections so nothing drops into the masonry or the garden. Golf ball to egg sized hail fell here on August 9, 2020, and pocket corridors repeat over the same blocks, so we spec a shingle whose wind rating is built for a hard sideways hit. Where a gable is too steep or too exposed to shingle twice in a lifetime, the honest recommendation is metal roofing, and we say it out loud rather than after the fact.
Asphalt Roofing in Chaska
What an old brick house needs from a roofer
Counterflashing cut into the mortar
On cream brick walls and chimneys, flashing gets let into a mortar joint and sealed, not smeared across the face of the brick. Face caulk fails, and it fails into the wall cavity where nobody sees it.
Plank decks handled, not just covered
Houses from 1860 to 1920 often have board sheathing with gaps between the planks. Where the boards are too far apart to hold a nail, we sheet over them so the new shingle has something to bite.
Steep gables worked from proper staging
The pitch on these old gables is too steep to walk casually. Roof jacks and planks go up first, which slows the day and keeps the courses straight instead of drifting the way rushed work does.
Masonry and gardens covered during tear-off
Old lots near Walnut Street are tight, with brick sills, porches and plantings right under the eave. Tarps and plywood go down before the first shingle comes off, and the ground gets cleared before we pull out.
A shingle that suits the street
The district was listed on the National Register in January 1980 and runs about 17 acres. A heavy shadow line laminate in a quiet color sits better on cream brick than a busy blend that fights the wall.
Intake air where the eave is narrow
Narrow eaves on these houses leave almost no soffit for intake vents. An edge vent at the drip line or a vented starter course gets air moving without cutting into trim that matches nothing sold today.
Why Chaska homeowners hand us the old ones
The brick gets treated carefully
Flashing, chimney work and the way tools land all get planned around masonry that is over a century old and does not forgive drilling in the wrong place.
We will talk you out of work
If two slopes are fine and one is failing, we will scope one slope. Selling a whole roof to a house that does not need one is how a contractor gets remembered badly.
Century old houses get more measuring
Nothing on a house from 1880 is square. We measure planes individually and order material to what is there rather than to a rough square count off a map.
We work to your insurer's timeline
Storm and insurance work is routine for us. If a claim is open on a Chaska block that got hit again, we work to the adjuster's schedule and keep the paperwork straight.
Old houses get an old house schedule
Steep pitch, tight lots and staging take longer, so we quote the days honestly instead of promising a one day roof and leaving your yard open for three.
What people near Chaska say
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.
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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.
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Chaska roofing questions
What people in Chaska ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Will a new asphalt roof be a problem in the Walnut Street Historic District?
The district covers about 17 acres and has been on the National Register since January 1980, so it is worth asking the city what applies to your address before ordering material. In practice, asphalt in a restrained color is what most of those roofs already carry. We work with whatever review the city asks for.
My Chaska house has board sheathing. Does all of it need to be replaced?
Usually not. Plank decking that is sound and tight enough to hold nails can stay. The trouble is gaps: where boards have shrunk apart or split, a nail hits air and the shingle above it lifts. We sheet over those areas, and you see the count before we close it up.
Is asphalt the right choice for an 1890s Chaska gable?
For most of them, yes. A steep simple gable sheds well and a laminate shingle looks right on brick. The exceptions are roofs so steep or so awkward to reach that you would rather not repeat the job in twenty years, and small low pitch porch roofs, which need a different material entirely.
Get the old Chaska roof scoped
Send us the address and we will come look at the flashing, the deck and the eave detail, then write a scope that says exactly what happens to the brick. Free and no obligation.
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