FAQ

Leak repairs run an estimated $550 to $2,500 across the metro, with small fixes from around $175. Per square foot of the area repaired it is roughly $3.50 to $12. A tile lift and re-felt is different work and prices differently: an estimated $4 to $6 per square foot, or roughly $8,000 to $12,000 on a 2,000 square foot roof.

Because the tile is not the waterproof layer. Tile is a rain screen; the felt underneath it is the membrane that keeps water out, and in this heat felt lasts 15 to 20 years while the tile above it lasts fifty. A roof that looks immaculate and leaks is the normal situation on a twenty-year-old house here, not a puzzle.

Asphalt felt gets 15 to 20 years, and 30-pound felt 20 to 25. Synthetic underlayment runs 25 to 35. The same products are rated for 20 to 30 years nationally -- heat and ultraviolet are what cut them down here. The concrete tile above them lasts 50 years and more, which is why the two are on completely different clocks.

Usually just the underlayment. A lift and re-felt takes your tile off, stacks it, puts new underlayment and flashings down and reinstalls the same tile: $4 to $6 per square foot. Buying tile again is unnecessary on almost every roof in this city, because concrete tile lasts fifty years and most of these houses are half that.

Yes, and Arizona makes it easy. An ROC license is required for any roofing work of $1,000 or more including labor and materials, and the number must appear on contracts, bids and advertising. R-42 is residential, C-42 commercial, CR-42 both. The register is public and the check takes about a minute.

We confirm that with Goodyear Building Safety before the work is booked rather than telling you on a web page. Requirements change, they are not identical across West Valley cities, and a confident wrong answer on this costs you time rather than us. Where a permit is needed we pull it.

Because monsoon rain arrives sideways. Wind-driven water goes up under tile courses and past laps and upstands that are perfectly adequate for water that falls vertically. A roof can shed every drop for a year and then leak in fifteen minutes, and on older felt the storm is usually finding something that was already finished.

No. The inspection is free, the written quote is free, and neither carries an obligation. The survey includes lifting tile to look at the underlayment, which is the part most quotes skip and the part that decides the job. What we will not do is give you a price from the driveway.