Arden Hills, Minnesota
Thorough Cedar Shake Roofing in Arden Hills, MN
Cedar gets expensive at the hips, and houses in Arden Hills have plenty of them. Large lots meant architects were free with the roof: long ridges, several hips running into gables, and a lot of cap that has to be cut and fitted on site rather than pulled from a bundle. That is where the labor sits on a shake roof here, and it is worth knowing before you compare quotes.
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Hips and ridges drive a cedar job
Bigger roofs are not just more squares. Every hip on a cedar roof gets site cut cap, mitered and fastened by hand, and every intersection is a place where two planes drain into one another. We flash those with metal wide enough to carry the volume, because a cedar valley choked with oak leaves holds water against the wood for days. The long ridges on Arden Hills houses are an advantage: run a continuous vent and the underside of the deck dries. On a Lake Johanna or Valentine Lake block, the elevation facing the water gets a shorter exposure and a closer look every few years. If the shaded back plane under old oaks keeps growing moss, that side is often better in asphalt roofing and we will put both options on one estimate so you can see them side by side.
Cedar Shake Roofing in Arden Hills
Where the work goes on a large roof
Hip caps cut and fitted on site
Cedar hip and ridge cap is made on the roof, mitered and fastened piece by piece. Houses here have a lot of it, and that is where a careless job shows first.
Continuous vent the full ridge
Long ridge lines are an advantage if you use them. A vent that runs the whole length pulls air under the deck and keeps the shakes drying from both sides.
Wind off the lake planned for
A shoreline elevation catches weather the back of the house never feels. That plane gets a shorter exposure and a heavier cap so the courses stay down through a winter of it.
Heavier grade on long exposures
Big planes and long ridges are hard on thin wood. We spec a heavier butt where the roof is exposed, so the courses lie flat instead of curling by the third summer.
Large roofs never left open
We stage a big house so every section that comes off goes back on the same day. Nothing sits under a tarp waiting for the next dry stretch of weather.
Chimney saddles built properly
Wide chimneys on these houses need a saddle behind them, or snowmelt piles up and rots the cedar at the back wall. We build one in metal and flash it into the courses.
How we quote a large cedar roof
We measure the whole roof
Hips, ridges, valleys and cap footage all get measured, not estimated off a satellite picture. On a house this size a rough guess is a bad place to start.
We draw it before we quote it
You get a plane by plane layout of what is going where, ventilation included. It is easier to ask questions about a drawing than about a paragraph.
Scheduled around dry stretches
Cedar goes on best when the deck is dry. We watch the forecast and set the tear off date around it rather than opening a large roof ahead of rain.
Samples in hand at the estimate
We bring shake samples so you can see grade, thickness and how the wood will gray out. Choosing cedar off a website picture is how people get surprised.
We will read the other quote
Bring us the estimate you already have. We will tell you what it includes and what it leaves out, even if you end up going with them.
What people near Arden Hills say
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.
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
Arden Hills cedar questions
What people in Arden Hills ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Why does a big Arden Hills roof take longer in cedar?
Hips. Large lots here gave houses long ridges and several hips running into gables, and every foot of hip and ridge on a cedar roof is cap that gets cut and fitted by hand. The open field goes quickly; the intersections are where the days go, and where the flashing has to be right.
Should the lake side and the back of the house be reroofed at the same time?
Not always. The shoreline elevation weathers faster than the sheltered side, so it is common for one plane to be done while the rest of the roof still has years left. What matters is that new work ties into old at the hips and the ridge without leaving a seam that holds water, and that you know what the remaining planes have in them. We give you that read plane by plane.
How long does cedar last on a lake facing roof in Arden Hills?
Less than the sheltered side of the same house. Close to an eighth of the city is open water, so a shoreline elevation takes wind, driven rain and sun with nothing to slow any of it down. Cedar there weathers faster and wants looking at more often. The back of the house may still be fine when the lake side is done.
Walk your roof with us first
Large roofs have more hip, more ridge and more places to get wrong. We will measure the whole thing, show you the shake grades, and put cedar and the alternatives on one estimate.
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