Prior Lake, Minnesota
Licensed Luxury Roofing in Prior Lake, MN
A lot of the lakefront houses in Prior Lake started as summer cabins and were rebuilt in stages, so an addition roof meets the original at a pitch that does not match. A designer profile can pull that elevation together, but only if the tie in is rebuilt underneath it rather than shingled over.
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Every rebuilt cabin roof hides a seam
The first thing we look for on the old lake streets is where the additions landed. Two or three rebuilds in, a house can have four pitches meeting in a seam that was never framed to shed water. Mature trees hang over those streets and the debris settles into that seam, so water sits against the overlap. Before any designer product goes down, the tie in gets opened, cricketed and lined with membrane and metal. Shoreline work carries a second constraint: the lake hit a record high level in 2014 and the shore sits in a DNR shoreland district, so setback and permitting review come before scheduling. Inland the 2000s plats are simpler roofs, and the choice there is profile and color. On a cabin body where the walls read as much as the roof, cedar shake roofing on the gables is often the better call, and we will say so.
Luxury Roofing in Prior Lake
What a designer roof solves on a rebuilt cabin
Mismatched pitches tied in properly
Where an addition roof meets the original at a different pitch, we reframe or cricket the seam so water is pushed out of it. Shingling straight over that joint is what fails.
Built for debris from big trees
Overhanging trees on the old lake streets drop needles and leaves into every seam. We run open metal valleys where the debris load is heavy so it washes off instead of packing in.
Shoreland permitting handled first
Property in the DNR shoreland district carries extra setback and permitting review. We deal with that before we set a start date, not after the roof is already open.
A roof that reads from the water
The lake side elevation is the one people look at. Profile, color and ridge line get chosen for that view as well as for the street, which are often two different faces of the house.
Ice held off the low tie ins
Old cabin additions often end in a low pitch that ices up. Membrane runs well past the seam and the eave, so a January thaw does not push water back under the shingles.
Skylights and dormer curbs reset
Cabin rebuilds collect skylights and shed dormers added at different times. Those curbs and flashings get replaced with the roof, because old flashing under a new designer shingle is a leak waiting.
How we handle work near the water
We open the seam before quoting
On a rebuilt cabin nobody can price the tie in from the driveway. We get up there, look at how the additions meet, and tell you what we expect to find under them.
Permitting sorted before the tear off
Shoreland district review takes time. We start that paperwork early so the roof does not sit opened up waiting on an approval that could have been handled first.
Trees worked around, not through
Limbs over the roof get dealt with before the shingles go on, and we set staging where it will not tear up a lake lot yard or a shoreline garden.
You see samples on the lake side
We put boards on the elevation that faces the water and look at them in afternoon light, because that is the view you actually live with every day.
Free estimate, honest limits
If the framing under an addition needs more than a roofer, we will say so. The estimate costs nothing and carries no obligation either way.
What people near Prior Lake say
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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.
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Lake roof questions
What people in Prior Lake ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Do I need extra permits for a new roof on Prior Lake shoreline property?
Often yes. Shoreline property sits in a DNR shoreland district, which adds setback and permitting review to work near the water. A straight reroof is usually simpler than a structural change, but if the job touches framing, dormers or the footprint, expect review. We check what applies to your parcel before anything gets scheduled.
My cabin was added onto twice. Can the roof look like one house?
Usually, and it starts under the shingles. We rebuild the tie ins so the planes meet cleanly, then run one profile and one color across the whole roof so the eye stops reading it as three roofs stuck together. Where pitches are too far apart to hide, we make the change look deliberate instead of accidental.
Which Prior Lake neighborhoods actually suit a luxury roof?
The old streets around Lakefront Park and Sand Point Beach Park, and out toward Spring Lake, where houses were rebuilt and the roof is part of the elevation. In the inland 1990s and 2000s plats a good architectural shingle often looks better for what it costs than a designer profile. We will tell you which one you have.
Book a look at your lake roof
Tell us where the additions meet and how close you sit to the water. We will walk the roof, sort out what shoreland review applies, and quote it free with no obligation.
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