Oakdale, Minnesota
Reliable Metal Roofing in Oakdale, MN
The eave is the problem on a split level, and Oakdale is full of them. There is almost no attic room above the wall plate, so heat reaches the deck near the edge, snow melts, and the water refreezes where the roof gets cold. Standing seam changes that picture, but only if the eave detail is done right.
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The eave decides how this roof performs
A 1970s split level gives you short intersecting gables, boxed soffits and a roof that meets the wall with little room behind it. Standing seam runs fine on those planes, but the panels stop at an eave where there is no attic depth to keep the deck cold. We look at soffit intake and ridge exhaust before we quote, because a metal roof over a warm eave still grows ice, and ice under a locked seam is worse than ice under a shingle. The other Oakdale complication is inventory. A single street can front plats recorded twenty years apart, which means the house next door tells you nothing about your sheathing or your framing. Wind is the constant, since there is no river valley or wooded bluff nearby to slow it. Some owners on the newer plats ask us about luxury roofing for the front gables while we are up there.
Metal Roofing in Oakdale
What this buys on a split level
Ice handled at the eave
With almost no attic above the wall plate, these eaves run warm. Membrane goes well up the plane and the intake path gets opened, so the panel is not laid over a permanent melt line.
Boxed soffits opened up
Soffits on these houses were often boxed in and never properly vented. With the roof off, we can bring in intake air so the new panel roof has movement under it from eave to ridge.
The step between two levels
A split level meets itself at a wall partway up, and that transition is where the old roof usually leaked. It gets a sidewall detail formed to the actual pitch and tied into the panel.
Ridge and hip caps locked down
There is no river valley or wooded bluff nearby to break the wind reaching these roofs. Ridge and hip caps get closures and cleats so nothing can get a lip under the top of the roof.
Old vents and curbs replaced
Split levels of this era collected bath fans, kitchen vents and the occasional skylight over the stairs. Each one gets a new curb and formed flashing with the panel rather than being reused.
Measured for your plat, not the block
A single Oakdale street can front plats recorded twenty years apart. We measure your roof instead of assuming it matches the neighbor's, because pitch, sheathing and gable width often differ house to house.
How the job runs on a split level
We look at the eave first
On a split level the wall plate area tells us more than the field does. Intake, insulation depth and any old ice damage get checked before we put numbers on panel.
The house is closed each night
These roofs come apart in sections. Whatever we open is dried in before the crew leaves, because an open deck and an overnight rain is how a small job turns into ceiling damage.
Venting written into the estimate
Nobody should discover the intake and exhaust work halfway through. It goes in the free written estimate alongside the panel, so you can see what you are buying and what it fixes.
We look at the ceiling below the eave
Years of ice at the wall plate leave stains, soft drywall and damp insulation inside. We look at that with you before quoting, because new panel does not undo what the water has already done.
Magnets over the yard and drive
Metal work leaves clips, offcuts and screws behind. We run magnets across the drive and the lawn before leaving, because these lots are small and the yard sits right under the eave.
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Split level questions we hear
What people in Oakdale ask us about this work. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Will a metal roof stop the ice dams on my Oakdale split level?
Not by itself. Ice forms because heat is getting to the deck near an eave with almost no attic above it. Metal sheds meltwater better and gives ice less to grip, which helps, but the fix is intake air, exhaust at the ridge and insulation over the wall plate. We handle both together or the dam comes back.
Will standing seam look out of place on a 1970s split level?
It can if the profile is wrong. A broad exposed fastener panel on a low, wide house reads like an outbuilding. A narrower pan with a modest seam sits much better on the shallow gables these houses have. Trim color matters as much as panel color here, since the fascia and the gable end sit close to eye level on a split level.
Can we do metal on just the upper roof of a split level?
You can, and people do it when one level was reroofed recently. It works best when the two levels meet at a wall rather than a shared ridge, so there is a clean place to end the panel. Understand that the finishes will not match and the lower roof will need doing later, usually on a different schedule.
Start with the eave on your split level
Send us the address and we will look at the eaves, the intake and the gable runs on your Oakdale roof, then quote standing seam in writing at no cost.
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