Apple Valley, Minnesota
Skilled Clay Tile Roofing in Apple Valley, MN
Whole blocks of Apple Valley came off the same handful of builder plans, so once we have measured one roof and read one truss layout, the house three doors down is rarely a surprise. What does change lot to lot is exposure. A south facing hilltop plane and a shaded slope under mature apple trees are two different jobs, even in the same tile.
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Exposure, not the plan, sets the spec
On the hilltops, the south and west planes take sun all day while the north side of the same roof stays cool. Clay handles that better than asphalt does, because the color goes through the body of the tile instead of sitting on a granule surface, so a hilltop plane does not fade out ahead of the rest of the roof. The shaded lots are the harder assignment. The apple trees Orrin Thompson planted at these houses are mature now, their limbs sit close to the eaves and gutters, and a tile that stays damp under leaf litter through a freeze and a thaw is a tile that spalls. There we specify a dense, low absorption tile, keep the limbs back off the roof plane, and keep the gutters clear. Owners comparing long life materials often end up weighing slate roofing against clay before they settle on a material.
Clay Tile Roofing in Apple Valley
What clay tile handles on these lots
Color that runs through the tile
On a south facing hilltop plane, asphalt granules give up first and that side fades ahead of the rest. Clay color is in the body of the tile, so the sunny plane and the shaded one age closer together.
Low absorption tile for shaded lots
Three streets over on a low shaded lot, the roof stays damp for days. A porous tile that holds that water will spall once it freezes, so shaded houses get a denser tile than a hilltop needs.
Limbs and litter kept off
Orrin Thompson planted an apple tree at each house in some of these plats, and those trees sit close to the eaves now. Branches crack tile, and dropped fruit and leaves hold water in the gutters.
Repeated plans, faster answers
These blocks came off a small set of builder plans, so roof geometry, dormer placement and the garage tie in repeat. Once one of them has been measured and reviewed, the framing question moves quickly.
Gutters set for tile and leaves
Tile hangs into the gutter differently than shingles do, and under old apple trees a gutter fills faster. We reset the hangers and the drip line so the eave course drains instead of backing up.
A roof that breaks the repetition
On a street of matched elevations, a tile roof is the one thing that changes the house from the curb. Keep the profile flat and the color muted and it reads as intentional rather than transplanted.
How we work on repeated plans
Every plane logged by exposure
We note which planes take the afternoon sun and which sit shaded, because the same roof can need two different answers on ventilation, tile density and gutter work.
Color judged on your own roof
Samples look different on a bright hilltop than they do under a shop light. We set them on the plane they will live on and let you look at them at different times of day.
The scope is written before we order
Tile is a special order, so nothing changes once it ships. Everything we plan to do to the deck, the flashings and the framing goes in writing first.
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What people near Apple Valley say
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Jim NormanRoof replacement 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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What Apple Valley owners ask
What people in Apple Valley ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Every house on my Apple Valley street has the same roof. Will tile look out of place?
It will look different, which is the point, but different is not the same as wrong. On a repeated builder elevation, a flat or lightly contoured clay in a muted terra cotta or gray sits comfortably. A deep Spanish barrel on that same house tends to fight the siding and the window trim.
Do the old apple trees over my roof cause problems for clay tile?
Two of them. Limbs that touch or overhang a tile roof crack tile when they move or come down, and the shade plus dropped leaves keeps the surface damp through freeze and thaw cycles. Keep the branches back off the plane, keep the gutters clear, and choose a dense tile for that roof.
Why does the south facing plane on my Apple Valley hilltop wear faster?
Because it takes sun most of the day and cycles through more heating and cooling than the shaded side of the same roof. With rolling ground and a hundred feet of elevation change around here, a hilltop plane and a low shaded lot age at genuinely different rates. Clay narrows that gap.
See how tile sits on your block
We will walk both sides of the roof, note the sun and the trees, and set samples where you can actually see them. Free estimate, and no obligation to go ahead.
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