Victoria, Minnesota
Practical Asphalt Roofing in Victoria, MN
The DNR climate record for the August 9, 2020 metro storms notes tennis ball sized hail photographed in Victoria, bigger than the golf ball stones that fell elsewhere that night. Hail that size does not only bruise a shingle, it splits the mat and drives the deck nails loose. Most roofs here are post 2000, which tells us a lot about what is under the shingle before we ever climb it.
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Wooded, rolling ground changes the setup
Most houses here went up after 2000 on rolling, wooded ground, so the deck is OSB, there is one layer of shingle on it, and the tear-off itself is straightforward. Access is not. Walkout and lookout levels mean the eave on the low side sits high above sloping grade, which changes where ladders land, where the dumpster goes and how the debris comes down. The tree preservation ordinance adopted in 1996 protects significant trees of eight caliper inches or more, so staging gets planned around trunks and drip lines rather than through them. On the roof itself, the thing to look for after a hail year is the nail line: stones that size loosen fasteners and fracture the mat under an unbroken looking surface. Homes near Stieger Lake with low porch planes sometimes do better in metal roofing, and we will tell you so rather than sell the shingle.
Asphalt Roofing in Victoria
What a Victoria roof gets after a hail year
Impact rated shingles where hail repeats
Stones the size photographed here in 2020 fracture a standard mat. An impact rated shingle is worth discussing on exposed slopes, and your insurer may treat it differently, which is a conversation to have before you order.
Staging that respects protected trees
The 1996 tree preservation ordinance protects significant trees of eight caliper inches or more. We plan truck and dumpster placement around trunks and root zones, because a roof should not cost you an oak.
Walkout elevations reached safely
On a walkout, the low eave can sit two stories above the grade behind the house. Ladder placement, anchors and where debris lands all get worked out before anyone carries a bundle up.
Nails and mats checked, not just tabs
Big hail loosens fasteners and cracks the mat under a surface that still looks whole from the ground. We check the nail line and the underside of the shingle, slope by slope.
Nails pulled out of the landscaping
Mulch beds, gravel and lawn around these houses swallow roofing nails. The magnet gets rolled over drives, beds and the yard, and the crew walks it again before the trailer leaves.
Shaded north slopes get extra attention
Heavy tree cover keeps north facing planes cold and damp, so shingles seal slower and hold moss and needles. Those slopes get hand sealing in cool weather and a shingle laid tight to shed needles rather than trap them.
How we work on wooded Victoria lots
We walk every slope, not one
Hail hits directions unevenly. We get on each plane and rate it separately so you know whether the whole roof is done or only the west side took it.
Access is planned before the day
On rolling ground with walkouts and mature trees, where the truck sits decides how the day goes. We look at that on the estimate visit, not the morning of.
We say when it is not hail
Not every mark on a shingle is a storm claim. Blistering, foot traffic and factory defects look different, and calling them hail wastes your time with the adjuster.
Hail hits more than the roof
Siding, windows and gutters take the same stones. We look at all of it while we are there so nothing gets left off a claim that should be on it.
Winter grades and loaded trucks
Rolling ground and long grades make a February delivery a different problem than a July one. We plan around that rather than putting a loaded truck on an icy drive, and we will say when a week is wrong for it.
What people near Victoria 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.
Dick JohnsonRoof installation 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.
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Victoria roofing questions
What people in Victoria ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Tennis ball hail hit Victoria in 2020. Is my roof totaled?
Not automatically, and age matters as much as the storm. What decides it is the number of hits per test square, whether the mat is fractured and how much life the shingle had left. We check each slope, show you what we find and tell you when the honest answer is a repair.
Will your equipment damage the trees around my house?
That is the first thing we plan out here. The city has protected significant trees of eight caliper inches or more since 1996, and root zones do not recover from a loaded truck. We stage on the drive or the flattest open ground and carry material further rather than driving under a canopy.
How do you work on a Victoria walkout where the roof edge sits high?
Carefully and with the right setup. On a lookout or walkout the ground falls away, so ladders get footed on level cribbing, anchors go in where the pitch calls for them and debris is dropped into a chute or a placed dumpster rather than tossed over the high side.
Have the hail slopes checked properly
If your roof has not been looked at since the 2020 storms, get someone on it. We climb, rate each slope and give you the photos, free and with nothing owed after.
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