Prior Lake, Minnesota
Complete Slate Roofing in Prior Lake, MN
Slate on the old lake streets in Prior Lake is almost always a new roof, not an old one. The cabins along the water were rebuilt in stages, so an addition meets the original roof at a different pitch, and that seam is where the job is won or lost. Some of those lower planes are too flat for stone, and we will say so.
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A cabin rebuilt in stages needs a plan
The first thing we do on a lake street house is walk the tie ins. A 1950s cabin roof that got a shed dormer, then a second story, then a garage breezeway, ends up with three pitches meeting in short runs of valley, and the mature trees overhead keep those seams damp. Slate needs pitch to work. Where a plane is steep enough, stone goes on with copper nails and an open valley. Where it is not, we run standing seam metal on that section and tie the two together with a proper transition, which looks better than forcing slate onto a roof that will not shed. Debris is the other half. If the valleys and gutters pack with leaves, water backs under the courses. Owners planning work near the water begin with a certified roof assessment, since the shoreland rules are easier to sort out before anything is ordered.
Slate Roofing in Prior Lake
What slate needs on a Prior Lake roof
Tie ins between cabin and addition
Where an addition meets the original roof at a different pitch, the transition gets built as its own detail: metal, correct headlap, and a valley wide enough to carry both planes. That seam is the usual leak.
Metal where the pitch is too low
Slate will not shed on a shallow addition roof, and putting it there buys a leak. Those planes get standing seam metal in a color that reads with the stone, tied in at the transition.
Gutters sized for the tree canopy
The old lake streets sit under mature trees. Slate sheds fast, but the leaves still land, so gutters and guards get set up to keep water moving instead of backing under the bottom courses.
Shoreland permitting sorted first
Property along the water sits in a DNR shoreland district, so review can reach work near the shore. We find out what applies before the stone is ordered, not after the tear off has started.
Skylights and chimneys curbed properly
Rebuilt cabins collect skylights. In slate every one needs a raised curb and soldered metal around it, because a flush unit set in a stone field leaks the first spring the ice sits on it.
Extra attention on the shaded slope
Under a canopy the north planes stay wet, and moss holds water against the courses. A copper strip at the ridge slows it, and slate takes a cleaning without damage, unlike asphalt.
How we work on the lake streets
Someone answers at any hour
We are open around the clock, seven days. When a limb comes through a roof at night, the useful thing is a tarp before morning, not a message left on a machine.
The mixed roof is planned up front
We decide at the estimate which planes get stone and which get metal, and you see it drawn out. Nothing about the material changes once the staging is up.
We show you the seams
Before anything is ordered we walk you through photos of every tie in on your house, so you know which ones we are rebuilding and why the old ones leaked.
Narrow lake streets planned around
Access on these lots is tight and the neighbors share the road. We arrange the dumpster and the delivery so nobody is boxed in for a week.
Work you can phase
If the main house needs slate now and the garage can wait, we will write it that way. Splitting the work by section beats doing all of it badly at once.
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Prior Lake slate questions
What people in Prior Lake ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Our cabin was added onto twice. Can slate go over the whole roof?
Usually not the whole thing. Slate needs pitch, and the low addition roofs that came out of those rebuilds do not have it. What works is stone on the steep original planes and standing seam metal on the flat ones, joined at a transition built for the job. It looks deliberate, and it stops the seam leaking.
Does roof work near the water in Prior Lake need extra permits?
It can. Shoreline property sits in a DNR shoreland district, and the lake set a record high level in 2014, so the city pays attention to what happens close to the water. A straight reroof is usually simpler than an addition, but staging, access and any change in footprint can draw review. We check before we schedule.
Will the trees hanging over our roof be a problem for slate?
Not for the slate itself. Stone does not rot, and moss will not chew it the way it chews a shingle roof. The problem is what the debris does: leaves pack the valleys and gutters, water backs under the courses, and ice builds at the eaves. Keep the seams clear and the roof outlasts the trees.
Have us look at the tie ins
Send us the address and we will walk the roof, photograph every seam where the additions meet, and tell you what belongs in stone and what does not.
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