Zimmerman, Minnesota
Trusted Slate Roofing in Zimmerman, MN
Nothing in Zimmerman is old enough to have an original slate roof, so every stone roof we put on here is the first one the house has ever had. That is not a bad place to start. The post-2000 houses run steep, and steep is what slate wants: water leaves fast, snow slides, and the field stays dry between storms.
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Long ridgelines are where these roofs fail
The shape that repeats here is a long ridge running the length of the house and out over three garage bays, with deep soffits under it. On a steep roof the field slates are the easy part. Wind gets into ridge and hip caps first, which is what an EF-1 like the one that dropped near town on March 6, 2017 and ran 8.9 miles to Princeton does to a roof: it peels the top line and works down. So we bed and fasten the ridge in a way that does not rely on one nail per piece, and we keep the hip courses tight where they meet it. Deep overhangs also mean the intake vents sit far back, and a stone roof over a poorly vented attic cooks its underlayment. If you want that checked, a certified roof assessment covers venting as well as the roof surface.
Slate Roofing in Zimmerman
Steep pitch helps, the ridge does not
Ridge and hip caps built to hold
Wind takes the top line first. We bed and fasten ridge and hip in a way that does not hang on one nail per cap, and keep the courses tight where hips meet the ridge.
Steep slopes that shed and stay dry
The pitches out here are the ones slate likes. Water and snow leave fast, the underlayment stays a backup rather than a working layer, and the stone lasts closer to its full life.
Venting checked under deep soffits
Deep overhangs push intake vents far back from the fascia, and blocked intake cooks the underlayment beneath a stone roof. We look in the attic and clear the baffles before we lay anything.
Kickouts where the garage meets the wall
A long garage slope dumps everything it collects at one wall. We step the flashing up that wall and set a kickout so the water lands in the gutter and not inside your siding.
Gutters sized for a long slope
Forty feet of steep roof throws a lot of water at a short run of gutter. We size the trough and add downspouts to match, because slate outlasts three sets of undersized gutters.
A roof that outlives the mortgage
Sand Dunes State Forest and the wildlife refuge mean much of the land around town will never be platted, so these houses are the permanent stock here. Stone is a reasonable bet on staying put.
How we work on newer houses
Fasteners and underlayment named in writing
The estimate says which nail, which underlayment and which ridge system. Stone roofs are decided by those details, and you should be able to read them before you sign anything.
Your yard and drain field respected
Lots out here are big and soft. We ask where the septic and the field lines run, then set the dumpster and the lift somewhere that will not sink or get crushed.
We start at the ridge
On these long ridgelines that is where failure begins, so it is the first thing we look at, whether we are quoting slate or checking the asphalt roof you already have.
One slope open at a time
We tear off and dry in a slope before moving to the next, so the house is never sitting open overnight in March weather. You get the sequence before we start.
We are straight about the calendar
Slate is ordered, not pulled off a shelf. We tell you what waiting on material looks like instead of promising a start date we cannot keep.
What people near Zimmerman say
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 From sales to construction crew to upper management, they helped make an insurance battle a breeze. This is the best contractor interaction I have ever had.
Jim NormanRoof replacement Orange Exteriors did an excellent job with my new roofing install. Very professional, on time and hard working crew. Completed the job in one day.
Dick JohnsonRoof installation
Questions we get in Zimmerman
What people in Zimmerman ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Are there any original slate roofs in Zimmerman?
Essentially none. Housing here mostly postdates 2000, so there is no old stone stock to repair or match. Every slate roof we install in town is the first one that house has worn. That makes the job simpler in one way: you choose color, size and thickness on merit instead of chasing something a quarry stopped making.
Will slate survive a tornado like the one in March 2017?
Under a direct track, no roof does. That EF-1 touched down near Zimmerman on March 6, 2017 and ran 8.9 miles to Princeton, and material choice does not decide what happens under a path like that. What material and detailing do decide is the edge of the event: whether the ridge, hips and rakes stay down in strong straight line wind.
Can the trusses over a three car garage carry slate?
Sometimes, and we do not guess. Trusses on 2000s houses were engineered for asphalt, and a garage span is the lightest framing on the building. We look in the attic, note the truss type and spacing, and bring in an engineer when it is close. Reinforcement is possible, and on some roofs it is not worth doing.
Ask about stone before you re-shingle
If the first asphalt roof on your Zimmerman house is wearing out, that is the moment to look at slate. We will check pitch, trusses and venting and give you a straight comparison.
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