Roseville, Minnesota
Local Cedar Shake Roofing in Roseville, MN
Ash borer removals thinned a seventy year old canopy across Roseville, and that changed what a cedar roof does here. Planes that spent fifty years in shade now sit in full sun, which is better for drying and harder on the wood itself. Cedar is a real option on some of these houses and a bad idea on others, and the pitch usually decides which.
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Low slope ramblers are the hard part
Most Roseville ramblers were built with one long, low roof plane and a deep overhang, and that shape is not friendly to cedar. Shakes rely on gravity and fast runoff; at a shallow pitch water creeps sideways under the butt and the felt interlay ends up doing work it was never meant to do. Where the pitch is honest, usually a gable over an addition, cedar looks right on these houses and dries better now than it did when the ash canopy was intact. Full sun brings its own bill: more checking, more cupping, and a wash needed sooner than a shaded roof would want. We clear the limb litter out of the gutters, look at what the sun is doing to the south plane, and are direct when the better answer is asphalt roofing over most of the roof, with cedar only where it earns it.
Cedar Shake Roofing in Roseville
How we build cedar that survives the sun
Low pitch planes get a different material
Shakes on a shallow rambler run leak eventually, so we do not put them there. The steep planes can carry cedar and the long low ones get something built for that slope.
Limb litter cleared from the eaves
Whatever survived the ash removals still drops on your roof. We clear the gutters and the eave courses at the end of the job so new cedar is not sitting in wet debris.
A maintenance interval built for sun
Roofs that spent fifty years shaded now bake. We tell you how often that plane needs washing and looking at, which is sooner than the shady side of the same house.
Cedar kept where it earns its place
On most of these houses cedar belongs on the street facing gable or an addition with real pitch, not the whole roof. Mixing materials by plane looks intentional when it is planned.
Limb strike damage repaired in place
A falling branch usually breaks a handful of shakes, not the roof. We cut those out and weave new ones in so the repair does not read as a patch from the driveway.
Color matched across additions
Postwar ramblers here have grown over the years. Where cedar meets an older wing, we pick the grade and the exposure so the two roofs read as one house.
Why homeowners here keep calling us
The shallow planes get a no
If your roof is one long shallow plane under what is left of the canopy, we will say cedar is a poor bet and explain what we would do instead.
Additions get their own read
A postwar rambler here has usually grown by a wing or a garage, each framed at its own pitch. We measure and price those separately, because one number for the whole roof hides the plane that will cause the trouble.
The whole scope in writing
Materials, exposure, flashing, ventilation and cleanup are all listed before we start. If it is not written down, nobody has to argue about it later.
We look at the siding too
While we are up there we check the siding, the gutters and the window heads. If something needs attention we tell you, and you decide when to deal with it.
We check the deck at the eave
On a low plane the sheathing at the eave takes whatever creeps back under the butts. That is where we probe before quoting, because it decides whether you are buying a roof or a roof plus decking.
What people near Roseville 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
What Roseville homeowners ask
What people in Roseville ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Do the deep overhangs on a Roseville rambler help a cedar roof?
They keep the wall and the eave drier, and they do nothing for the plane above. The problem on these houses is the pitch. One long shallow run does not shed fast enough, so water works sideways under the butts and the felt interlay ends up carrying it. Where there is a steeper gable, a dormer face or an addition with real pitch, cedar performs. We measure each plane and tell you which ones qualify.
The ash trees came down and now my roof gets full sun. Does that hurt cedar?
It cuts both ways. Sun dries the roof faster, which is good for wood, but it also checks and cups the shakes sooner than a shaded roof would. In practice that means a shorter interval between washes and a closer look at the south and west planes. Roofs that spent decades in shade age quickly once the canopy opens.
Do you work on the low slope roofs near Rosedale Center too?
Yes. Roseville has retail and office buildings with flat and low slope roofs sitting a block from 1950s houses, and we do both. Commercial low slope work is a completely different system from a cedar shake roof, but the same company that looks at your house can look at the building down the street.
Have us measure before you commit
We will get on the roof, check the pitch on every plane, look at the gutters, and tell you where cedar makes sense on a Roseville rambler and where it does not.
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