Arden Hills, Minnesota
Skilled Asphalt Roofing in Arden Hills, MN
Big lots mean big roofs, and the single family houses in Arden Hills carry more square footage, longer ridge lines and more hip and gable intersections than a typical city lot allows. That changes the material order, how many days the crew is on site, and where the leaks tend to show up years later.
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A bigger roof is not just more squares
Hips change the arithmetic. Every hip is a cut, a run of cap shingle and a line where two planes lean on the underlayment beneath them, so a hipped house takes more material and more hours than a gable house of the same footprint. Long ridge lines want cap running end to end with no color break, which is why we order a roof this size from one production lot instead of topping it up later. On the water side, houses along Lake Johanna and Valentine Lake have one elevation taking wind straight off open water, and that is the side we spec hardest. Most of these roofs run two days, and the house is dried in each night. Owners with a shop or a long outbuilding often ask us about metal roofing for that structure, which is frequently the better answer on a low pitched span.
Asphalt Roofing in Arden Hills
What a large hipped roof needs
Every hip and intersection counted
Hips add cap shingle, cut waste and flashing feet that a simple gable roof never sees. We measure each plane and each intersection so the order is right the first time and the scope is not a guess.
Shingles from one production lot
Color blends vary between production runs. On a roof this size a partial second order can show up as a shade line down a hip, so the whole roof gets ordered at once.
Long ridge lines capped in one run
A ridge that long shows every splice. Cap comes off the same order as the field, runs end to end, and carries the same wind rating as the shingles sitting under it.
Exhaust on a roof with little ridge
A hip roof has short ridge relative to its area, so continuous ridge vent alone often cannot move enough air. Hip vents or added exhaust make up the gap, once the intake is confirmed open.
Color chosen for a roof you see
On a low, wide house the roof is a large share of what you look at from the driveway. Worth putting samples up on the deck in daylight instead of choosing off a brochure indoors.
The whole lawn swept
A big roof throws nails a long way and a big lot means a lot of grass to cover. We run magnets across the yard and the drive before the trailer leaves the property.
How we approach a large reroof
Credentials you can check
With Rice Creek Commons under construction there are more unfamiliar trucks in town than usual. Ask us for the license and the insurance certificate before you sign, and ask everyone else too.
Outbuildings quoted with the house
A detached garage, a shop or a barn on a large lot gets measured alongside the main roof, so you are looking at one scope rather than finding the second one later.
Two days, planned as two days
We tell you up front when a house is a two day roof instead of promising one and running out of daylight. Materials, dumpster and the second morning are settled before we start.
Beds and hardscape covered first
Tear off debris falls where it falls. Landscaping, condenser units and anything glass along the drip line get covered before the first shingle comes off the roof.
Family run and faith based
We are a family run, faith based business, and how a homeowner gets treated is not a marketing decision. Ask around Lake Johanna or over by Bethel University before taking our word.
What people near Arden Hills say
Fantastic guys to work with, did an excellent job of fixing our siding. You can tell it’s a high integrity company. Definitely recommend.
Carolyn MillerSiding repair 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
Common questions in Arden Hills
What people in Arden Hills ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Why does a hip roof take more material than a gable roof?
Because every hip is a diagonal cut through full shingles, and the offcuts mostly become waste. Then the hip itself has to be capped, which uses cap shingle the same way a ridge does. A hipped house and a gable house with the same footprint are not the same roof to buy or to install.
Which elevation fails first on an Arden Hills lakeshore house?
The one facing the water. On Lake Johanna and Valentine Lake the wind comes across open water with nothing to break it, so that side loses shingles at the rake and along the ridge long before anything happens on the sheltered elevations. We upgrade the nailing and the starter on that face and note it on the estimate.
Is my Arden Hills hip roof getting enough attic exhaust?
Often not. A hip roof has very little ridge compared with its area, so a continuous ridge vent has nowhere near the run it needs. The fix is hip vents or added exhaust, but only after we confirm the soffit intake is open, since exhaust without intake just pulls conditioned air out of the house.
Get an Arden Hills roof measured
Send us the address and we will measure every plane, hips included, look at what exhaust the ridge can actually carry, and quote the outbuildings with the house. Free, no obligation.
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