Front Range Roofworks

Roofing across the Denver Front Range

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A roof rarely wears out evenly. It goes at the joints, and on the sunny side. Six places a roof gives way. The one everyone checks is No. 2, the shingle field; the other five do most of the failing.
Garage Point 1: ridge caps 1 Ridge caps: worked loose by the daily swing Point 2: the field of the roof 2 The field: UV dries it out Point 3: valleys 3 Valleys: meltwater runs longest here Point 4: flashing 4 Flashing: chimney, garage line Point 5: vent boot 5 Vent boot: cracks early up here Point 6: eaves and ice dams 6 Eaves: ice builds where the attic leaks heat
  1. 1 Ridge caps. Worked loose by a temperature swing that happens every single day.
  2. 2 The field. High-altitude sun dries the covering out from above, faster than the calendar says.
  3. 3 Valleys. Where two slopes drain as one, and where meltwater runs longest.
  4. 4 Flashing. Chimney joints, and the line where the garage roof meets the house.
  5. 5 The vent boot. Rubber cracks early at this altitude, well before the shingles do.
  6. 6 Eaves. Ice builds at the edge wherever the attic is leaking heat into the roof.

Two things at once

Ultraviolet at this altitude ages a covering from the top while the freeze that arrives most winter nights works on every seam. Neither is dramatic alone. Together they take years off a roof.

The work

The Front Range crown

Seven cities in the outer ring of the Denver metro, where whole subdivisions were built in the same few years, and their roofs come due together.