Oakdale, Minnesota
Complete Asphalt Roofing in Oakdale, MN
Two houses on the same street in Oakdale can be twenty years apart, because the city formed by consolidating townships and kept annexing land into the 1990s. What they tend to share is the shape: a split level or rambler with short intersecting gables, boxed soffits, and barely any attic room where the roof meets the wall.
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Ventilation is the real Oakdale job
The shingle part of an Oakdale reroof is straightforward. A 1970s or 1980s split level has had one or two roofs since it was built, so tear-off usually finds a single layer over plywood, occasionally two where somebody laid over in the 1990s. What sits under the eave is the interesting part. Boxed soffits with a shallow heel leave almost no gap above the insulation, so intake is choked or was never really there, and short intersecting gables give you very little continuous ridge to exhaust through. Add wind reaching these roofs straight across open inland ground, with no river valley or wooded bluff to break it, and a high wind rating stops being optional. Once in a while the honest answer on a split level is not asphalt at all, and we will say when metal roofing makes better sense than a third round of shingles.
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Details that matter on these 1980s roofs
Intake opened at a boxed soffit
There is little room above the insulation where these trusses land, so intake gets choked. We fit baffles and open real intake at the eave, which is what makes a ridge vent do anything at all.
Thin sheathing found and replaced
Roof decking from this era was often thin and set without edge clips, so it dips between the rafters and telegraphs through new shingles. We mark the soft spans at tear off and sheet over them.
The first thing to leak on a 1980s roof
Rubber collars on the plumbing stacks harden and split years before the field wears out, so on a house this age they are usually the leak already in progress. Every one of them goes on with the new roof.
Flue and chimney flashing rebuilt
Most of these houses have a furnace flue, and sometimes a chimney, landing right where two gables meet. That flashing gets rebuilt rather than resealed, because it is the wettest spot on the roof.
Nails off the drive and the lawn
Older streets near Tanners Lake sit close together with mature trees over the driveway. We tarp the beds, run a magnet across the grass and the street, and leave the yard usable that evening.
Drip edge set the right way
A shallow eave with a boxed soffit gives water very little room to find the gutter. New drip edge goes under the ice barrier and over the gutter apron, so runoff lands where it is supposed to.
What we check before we quote
We go up in the attic
Rusted nail tips, matted insulation at the eave and daylight at the gable louvers tell us why the last roof failed. That look takes ten minutes and it changes the quote.
Wind rating explained, not upsold
We show you what a rating actually means for fastening and edge sealing on your roof, then you decide. No pressure either way, and the estimate is free and carries no obligation.
Scheduling around the two freeways
Living between I-694 and I-94 means noise and traffic already fill the day. We stage the dumpster and the shingle delivery so your driveway is blocked no longer than the tear off needs.
The quote lists what we found
Deck repairs, vent corrections and flashing show as their own lines rather than hiding in the shingle number, so you can see what is replacement and what is correction.
Storm calls answered overnight
We are open twenty four hours, seven days, so a limb through the deck at eleven at night gets a person rather than a machine.
What people near Oakdale say
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 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
Questions we get in Oakdale
What people in Oakdale ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Two houses on my Oakdale street are twenty years apart. Does that change the roof?
It changes what we expect to find. This city formed by consolidating townships and kept annexing into the 1990s, so a street can hold a 1970s split level and a house from two decades later. The older one is likelier to have a layover, thinner decking and a choked boxed soffit, and the newer one is likelier to need nothing but shingles. We quote the house in the driveway rather than the block.
Why does my Oakdale split level get frost in the attic every winter?
Because warm house air gets up there and cannot get back out. Boxed soffits with a shallow heel leave almost no intake above the insulation, and short intersecting gables give very little ridge for exhaust, so the moisture condenses on cold nails and sheathing. Reroofing without correcting that simply buries the problem under new shingles.
Do you replace the plywood on 1970s and 1980s roofs?
Only where it needs it. Decking from that era is often thin and was frequently laid without edge clips, so it dips between the rafters, and those dips show through a new roof. We walk the whole deck once it is bare, mark the soft spans and sheet over them. On most houses here that is a handful of sheets, not the whole roof.
See what your split level roof needs
We will get in the attic, walk the deck, and tell you whether this is a reroof or a reroof plus a ventilation fix. Free estimate, written down, and no obligation to book anything.
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