Eagan, Minnesota
Experienced Clay Tile Roofing in Eagan, MN
The mid 1980s gable roofs across Eagan are about as simple as tile framing gets: two long planes, deep soffits, few valleys to cut. What stops most of these projects is not the geometry. It is the low pitch canopy over the front door, and whether the trusses under that main roof were ever sized to carry clay.
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The entry canopy decides the details
Most Eagan splits and two stories carry a main roof at a pitch clay is happy on, then a shallow canopy over the front stoop that clay is not. Tile needs pitch to shed, and below the tile maker's minimum you are relying on the underlayment as the actual roof. We either build that canopy up with a full membrane and battens or run a standing seam pan there and stop pretending it is a tile plane. It is also where the snow ends up. Snow sliding off the main roof packs against the wall by the door, sits through a thaw, and works into anything unsealed. The deep soffits on these plans help, since a cold eave melts less. Homeowners who want a stone look on the same reinforced framing sometimes ask about slate roofing, which goes through the same load review before we quote anything.
Clay Tile Roofing in Eagan
Where clay tile earns its keep in Eagan
The entry canopy gets solved
That shallow roof over the front door is below what clay allows. We either build it up with full membrane and battens or set a standing seam pan there, instead of laying tile at a pitch it cannot shed.
Kickout flashing at the canopy wall
Where the canopy dies into the wall, water and packed snow have to be turned away from the siding. That joint gets counterflashing and a kickout, because everything sliding off the main roof lands right there.
Oak limbs cleared on schedule
Limbs over a tile roof crack tile when they come down. State guidance is to leave oaks unpruned from April through July, so we plan limb clearing and the tile install around that window.
Battens keep air under the tile
Tile sits on battens rather than flat on the deck, so air moves under the whole plane. With the deep soffits on these plans, that keeps the eave cold and gives water that gets under a way back out.
Straight runs and almost no valleys
A plain gable roof gives tile an uninterrupted field from eave to ridge. There is very little cutting, and the leak risk collects at the stack flashings and the canopy instead of spreading across a dozen valleys.
Bird stops set at the eave
The gap under the first course of tile is an open invitation at a deep overhang. Eave closures fill it, so birds, blowing snow and leaves stay out of the space under the tile.
What we do differently on these roofs
Every plane gets a pitch reading
We measure the main roof, the garage and the canopy separately. Tile has a minimum pitch, and we would rather find the plane that fails it before you have chosen a color.
Work scheduled around the oaks
Eagan runs a forestry division and an oak wilt program, and oaks are best left alone from April through July. We time limb clearing and the roof work around that.
The canopy is its own line item
You should not have to guess what happens over your front door. That plane gets described on its own in the scope, with the material and the flashing detail spelled out.
You see photos from up there
Most people never see their own roof. We shoot the deck, the flashings and the truss bearing while we are up there, then walk you through what we found.
Someone answers at any hour
We are open around the clock, seven days a week. If a limb comes through in the middle of the night, you are not leaving a message and waiting until Monday.
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Common tile questions in Eagan
What people in Eagan ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Can a 1980s Eagan split entry carry a clay tile roof?
Often, but not without checking. These houses were framed around 1987 with trusses sized for asphalt, and clay runs several times that weight per square. The good news is the spans are short and there is usually an interior bearing wall doing real work. We measure it and have the load reviewed before we quote.
Does clay tile look right on a plain gable house?
It depends on the profile. Deep Spanish barrel on a straightforward 1980s two story tends to look borrowed from somewhere else. Flat or lightly contoured clay in a muted color sits better, keeps the roof line quiet, and still gives you the texture and the life span you are paying for.
Do the oaks over my Eagan roof need to come down before tile goes on?
Not down, usually back. Branches resting on tile or dropping onto it will crack it, so we want limbs clear of the roof plane. Because of oak wilt, pruning is best done outside April through July, so if your install lands in that window we plan the limb work before or after it.
Start with the pitch and the trusses
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