St. Cloud, Minnesota
Reliable Brava Tile Roofing in St. Cloud, MN
Slate is the roof being replaced, or imitated, on a lot of the pre-1940 houses in St. Cloud, and composite tile gets looked at when the framing under a Southside roof will not carry real slate again, or when a Pantown bungalow needs a profile that reads correctly from the sidewalk. Both are fair reasons. Neither settles the porch roof, which is a separate problem.
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The porch returns decide half the job
On a Southside house the steep main pitch is the easy part. The trouble is where it stops. Porch roofs and dormer returns on these century old houses run nearly flat, well under the pitch any tile belongs on, and that is exactly where meltwater backs up and ice forms. Those areas get membrane or metal, not tile, and the transition between the two is the detail that decides whether the ceiling below stays dry. Above it, we open the sheathing. Board decking with wide gaps will not hold fasteners the way the layout needs, so re-decking shows up on more Pantown and Southside quotes than owners expect. Color and profile go through the historic district rules before anything is ordered. If your house still carries the real thing, that work lives under clay tile roofing, and we will tell you what putting it back involves.
Brava Tile Roofing in St. Cloud
What a century old roof gets out of it
Flat porch returns get metal, not tile
Porch roofs and dormer returns on these houses run too shallow for any tile. Those areas take a low slope membrane or metal, which we also do, so the whole roof stays one contractor's work.
Ice stopped at the shallow transition
Meltwater off a steep main pitch hits a nearly flat return and stalls there. That joint is where ice builds and the plaster below stains, so it gets ice barrier, proper laps and real flashing.
Profiles that clear the district rules
Barden Park, Pantown, Southside, Southeast and the Commercial District are all locally designated, and exterior work in them follows the city preservation rules. Color and profile get settled before anything is ordered.
Board decking checked before layout
Century old sheathing is board, often with wide gaps, and it will not hold fasteners on the layout tile needs. We open a section and tell you whether re-decking is part of the job before you sign.
A 1917 bungalow still reads right
The Craftsman houses Pan Motor built in 1917 and 1918 have a specific roof character. Composite tile can be specified to match it from the sidewalk, which a modern architectural shingle does not do.
Chimney flashing cut into the brick
Old masonry chimneys are a common leak source on these roofs. Counter flashing goes into a cut reglet in the brick rather than sitting on a bead of caulk, which is what fails after a few winters.
Working inside the historic districts
We read the rules first
Five districts in this city are locally designated, and every address has its own situation. We check what applies to your block before we start talking about product.
We look at the porch roof
Half the trouble on an old St. Cloud roof is below the steep part. The porch and dormer returns get their own scope, their own material and their own line on the estimate.
We do the low slope too
Commercial low slope roofing is part of what we do, so the flat sections of your house are not handed off to somebody else who shows up a week later.
We start from what was there
If the house wore slate or wood originally, that is the reference. We would rather match the original roof than pick the closest thing on a sample board.
We take the awkward old roofs
Steep pitches, shallow returns, board decking and district paperwork add up to a job plenty of roofers would rather skip. That is the work we are set up to do.
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St. Cloud tile roofing questions
What people in St. Cloud ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Can I install composite tile in a St. Cloud historic district?
Usually, but not without checking first. The city has five locally designated districts, Barden Park, Pantown, Southside, Southeast and the Commercial District, and exterior work in them falls under preservation rules. Profile and color are what get scrutinized, and composite tile is often easier to get approved than a modern shingle because it can mirror the original slate or shake.
Is composite tile a fair substitute for slate in St. Cloud?
For most of these houses, yes. Real slate is quarried stone, and framing that carried it in 1910 has been through a century of loading, ice and repairs since then. Composite tile gives you the same profile and shadow at a fraction of the weight, which is often the difference between re-roofing the house and rebuilding what holds it up.
What happens to the flat porch roof when the main roof gets tile?
It gets a different material. Those porch and dormer returns run nearly flat, well below what any tile is rated for, so they take a low slope membrane or standing metal instead. The transition between the two is detailed with ice barrier and flashing, since that is where meltwater from the steep pitch backs up in February.
Have your Southside or Pantown roof looked at
We will get on the roof, check the decking and the porch returns, and tell you what the district rules allow before you commit to anything. Estimates are free.
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