Maplewood, Minnesota
Local Brava Tile Roofing in Maplewood, MN
February on the streets around Wakefield Lake shows you which roofs are losing: spalling slate on the older stock, curling asphalt on the split entries. Composite tile changes that math in Maplewood, and Orange Exteriors installs it across the ten miles between the Battle Creek bluffs and the mall, on ramblers, split entries and townhome rows that were never framed to hold real stone.
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Slate Character Without Slate Weight on Maplewood Roofs
Brava composite tile is molded from a resin blend and colored all the way through, so a Maplewood roof gets the depth of hand split shake or quarried slate at a fraction of the dead load. That matters here because the housing stock was never framed for stone. A postwar rambler off Frost Avenue and a 1979 split entry near Maplewood Mall were both stick built for asphalt, and a real slate roof would ask those rafters to carry several times what they were drawn for. Composite lands close to a heavy architectural shingle, which usually means no engineered reframing and no new ridge beam. Owners who start out pricing clay tile roofing often land here once they compare weight, freeze thaw behavior and how the two materials handle a steep ravine side plane at the Battle Creek end of the city.
Brava Tile Roofing in Maplewood
What Composite Tile Actually Does on a Maplewood Roof
Rafters Carry It as Drawn
Brava tile weighs in the neighborhood of a heavy architectural shingle, so the rafters under your rambler or split entry carry the shake and slate profile you wanted without an engineer redrawing the framing.
Water Never Gets Into the Tile
Water never soaks into the composite, so the winter cycle that spalls face bedded slate and splits cedar shakes on older Maplewood roofs is working on a surface that simply does not absorb it.
Ramsey County Storms Stop Repeating
Composite tile takes a hailstone the way a shingle mat cannot, so the summer storms that roll east across Ramsey County stop turning into another claim and another driveway full of tear off.
No Bleached Stripe on the South Plane
The color runs through the tile instead of sitting on granules, so the wide south facing planes on the open flat ground near Maplewood Mall keep their tone rather than fading into a bleached stripe.
Cleaner Flashing on Split Entry Planes
Split entries stack short roof planes against tall walls, and tile lets us build step flashing and sidewall detail that stays proud of the surface instead of drowning under a thick shingle course.
Budget for One, Not for Three
Composite is built for a multi decade service life, so rather than budgeting for two more asphalt replacements you plan one install and hand the next owner a roof still in its middle age.
How We Run a Composite Tile Job in Maplewood
We File the Maplewood Permit
Maplewood runs its own building department, and a tear off and reroof needs a permit plus a contractor licensed with the state or the city. We pull it, post it, and meet the inspector on your date.
Framing Checked Before Tile Is Ordered
We open a test square on the deck first to read sheathing thickness, rafter spacing and past layer count, because that is what decides fastening pattern and whether the plane is ready for tile.
Tiles Clipped Up Before You Order
Composite reads differently in gray January light than on a sample board indoors, so we leave tiles clipped to your street facing plane and let you judge the color from the curb before ordering.
Storm Claims Documented Tile by Tile
When a hail claim is what started this, we photograph the failed slate, shake or asphalt with the adjuster and write the composite scope so the upgrade conversation happens before the check, not after.
Delivery Mapped With the Neighbors
Shared wall rows and narrow Maplewood drives leave little room for a dump trailer and a tile pallet, so we map delivery, ground protection and daily cleanup with your neighbors before the first bundle lands.
What people near Maplewood say
From sales to construction crew to upper management, they helped make an insurance battle a breeze. This is the best contractor interaction I have ever had.
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.
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
Composite Tile Questions from Maplewood Owners
What people in Maplewood ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Will a 1960s Maplewood rambler carry a Brava composite tile roof without reframing?
Almost always, yes. Composite tile sits in the same weight class as a heavy architectural shingle, nowhere near quarried slate or concrete tile. What can change the answer is what is already up there: two or three existing layers, a sagging ridge line, or sheathing thinner than current code. We open a test area and tell you before anything is ordered.
How does composite tile handle the freeze and thaw swings near Wakefield Lake?
Better than the materials it replaces, because the failure mode is different. Natural slate and cedar take on water, freeze, then delaminate or split over the winters here. Composite does not absorb moisture, so the cycle has nothing to pry apart. The real work is at the edges, so we run ice and water membrane up the eaves and through every valley.
Do I need a permit for a composite tile reroof in Maplewood, and who pulls it?
Yes, and we pull it. Maplewood runs its own building department rather than deferring to the county, so a tear off and reroof requires a city permit and a contractor licensed with the state or with Maplewood. We file the application, keep the card posted on site, and are there when the inspector walks the deck and the finished tile.
Put Real Tile Samples on Your Maplewood Roof
Call (612) 600-8529 and we will walk the planes, read what your framing is carrying today, and leave composite tile against your siding before you decide anything. Estimates are free and carry no obligation.
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Tell us what is going on with your roof, siding, windows, or gutters. We will take a look and give you a straight answer, including when the answer is that you can wait.
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- Office6600 City West Pkwy Suite 375, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
- HoursOpen 24 hours, Sunday to Saturday
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