Big Lake, Minnesota
Licensed Luxury Roofing in Big Lake, MN
Half the roofs we look at in Big Lake do not need a designer shingle. Late 1990s production homes on small platted lots run a simple gable with a hip over the garage, and the extra money buys almost nothing from the street. The shoreline is a different conversation. On Big Lake and Lake Mitchell the roof sits at eye level from the water.
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A four inch hailstone changed the spec
The National Weather Service measured a four inch stone here just after midnight on July 14, 2024, well past the size that bruises a mat and fractures the fiberglass under it. On the lake homes that changes the order. If a designer profile is going on a roof you will look at from the dock for twenty years, it goes on impact rated or it does not go on. The other local problem is ground. The city covers under three square miles, tighter than Becker or Elk River, and these platted lots leave no room to park a dumpster away from the house. Some of the shoreline cottages wore real wood originally, and if that look matters to you we will talk about cedar shake roofing and the composite profiles that imitate it well.
Luxury Roofing in Big Lake
What actually matters on a Big Lake roof
Impact rated where hail lands
After the stone that fell here in July 2024, an impact rated version is the only designer shingle we recommend on a lake home. The profile you picked is worthless if the mat bruises in the first storm.
Staged for a small platted lot
On these lots the dumpster, the material drop and the crew all want the same driveway. We plan where each one sits before the day starts, so the tear off does not end up stacked against your siding.
Seen from the water first
A lake house gets judged from the dock, not from the road. We look at the roof from that side before picking a blend, because a color that reads soft from the street can go flat over open water.
Claim paperwork done properly
Hail work here is usually an insurance job. We document the mat damage, the vents and the metal, and we write the scope so a designer profile gets matched rather than quietly swapped for the cheapest laminate.
Old plank decks made ready
Shoreline cottages often have board decking with gaps that a heavy shingle telegraphs. We find that at tear off and sheet over it, because a thick profile on a wavy deck only makes the waves easier to see.
Cottage additions pulled together
The older places near Lake Mitchell grew one addition at a time, so the roof is several pitches meeting at odd angles. Running one profile cleanly across all of them is most of the work on those houses.
Why lake owners here call us
We look from the dock
Part of the walk through happens at the shoreline, looking back at the house. That is the view you paid for, and it decides the color and the profile more than the front door does.
Open at two in the morning
We answer the phone all hours, every day. After a hail night that matters, because covering a broken slope before the next rain is what keeps the ceiling out of it.
We meet the adjuster up top
It is easier to agree about hail standing on the slope than it is over email. We are there for the inspection and we bring photographs of what we already found up there.
Your driveway comes back clean
Magnet sweeps, tarps over the beds, and nothing left leaning on the lakeside wall overnight. On a lot this tight, cleanup is not a courtesy, it is part of doing the job.
A quote you can read
The estimate lists the shingle, the underlayment, the valley metal and the venting on separate lines, so you can see exactly what the designer part of the roof is costing you.
What people near Big Lake say
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 Orange Exteriors fixed a minor leak that involved replacing flashing and a few shingles blown off our roof. Timely, quality work. Great ideas to keep our roof going long term.
Jim ThomasStorm damage repair
Big Lake roofing questions
What people in Big Lake ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Should I put a luxury shingle on a Big Lake production home?
Often not. On a simple gable with a garage hip the profile has little to work with and the street barely registers it. Where it does pay is a lake facing home, a house with a steep front gable, or one with real brick or stone that a flat laminate cheapens. We will tell you which one yours is.
Does hail damage from the July 2024 storm still qualify for a claim?
That depends on your carrier and the deadline written into your policy, not on us. What we can do is get on the roof, document mat bruising, split shingles and dented vents, and give you all of it in writing. Take that to your carrier and they will tell you where you stand.
How do you get a dumpster onto a narrow Big Lake lot?
Carefully, and usually with a smaller container dropped the morning of the tear off rather than parked there all week. On the tightest shoreline lots we load straight into a trailer instead. We walk the approach before the job so nobody is guessing while the roof is open.
Get the lake side roof right
Send us the address and we will look at the roof from the road and from the water, check for hail damage while we are up there, and put real numbers to it. No obligation.
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- Office6600 City West Pkwy Suite 375, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
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