Roof Replacement in Salt Lake City, UT

Most of these you can check yourself from the ground with binoculars, or from inside the attic on a bright day.

• Granules collecting in the gutters or at the bottom of downspouts, well beyond the first year after install
• Shingles curling at the corners, cupping in the middle, or lying visibly unevenly across a slope
• Black fiberglass mat showing through where the granule surface has worn off
• Missing shingles in more than one or two spots after a wind event
• Daylight visible through the roof deck when you are in the attic with the lights off
• A roofline that dips or waves between rafters, which points to wet decking or a structural issue
• Moss or heavy dark streaking, particularly on north-facing slopes
• Neighbors on the same build-out getting roofs — same builder, same shingle, same year, same failure window

Age alone is a reasonable proxy. In Utah sun and freeze-thaw, a 25-year architectural shingle realistically delivers 22 to 28 years, and a 3-tab closer to 15 to 18. If you are inside that window and seeing two or more of the signs above, it is time to at least get it documented.

Older homes here frequently carry two or three existing shingle layers, and plank or skip-sheathing decking under them. Both push tear-off and decking lines up, so budget above the valley midpoint on anything pre-1960.

That range assumes a complete tear-off, synthetic underlayment, ice-and-water shield at the eaves and valleys, new flashing, and ridge ventilation. A quote materially below it is usually missing one of those, not finding a cheaper shingle.

Here is the full sequence for a typical Salt Lake City project, so nothing on the day is a surprise.

1. 1

   Free inspection

   We get on the roof, photograph what we find, and check the attic where access allows. Ventilation and decking condition get looked at, not assumed.

2. 2

   Written estimate

   You get an itemized scope, a material selection, a price, and a plain-language explanation of anything we flagged. No same-day-signature discount, ever.

3. 3

   Scheduling and materials

   We book the date, order material, and pull the permit. Material is usually delivered the day before or the morning of.

4. 4

   Protection and tear-off

   Landscaping, AC units, and driveways get covered. The old roof comes off down to the deck. On most homes this is the loudest three hours of the project.

5. 5

   Deck inspection

   With the roof off, we walk every square foot of decking. Soft or rotted sheets are replaced and counted, and you see the count before we cover it up.

6. 6

   Dry-in

   Ice-and-water shield at eaves, valleys, and penetrations. Synthetic underlayment across the field. The house is weather-tight from this point forward.

7. 7

   Flashing and ventilation

   New flashing at walls, chimneys, and penetrations. Ridge vent cut and installed, intake ventilation verified.

8. 8

   Shingles, ridge, and cleanup

   Field shingles, then hip and ridge cap. Magnet sweep of the yard and driveway, debris hauled off the same day.

9. 9

   Final walkthrough

   We walk it with you, hand over the warranty paperwork, and the final payment is due after you have seen the finished job — not before.

Salt Lake City has some of the oldest housing stock on the Wasatch Front. It is common for us to pull back two or even three layers of shingles on an Avenues or Liberty Wells home, and older homes often have skip-sheathing or plank decking underneath that has to be evaluated before a new roof goes on.

Downtown sits at roughly 4,300 feet, and the bench neighborhoods above it catch heavier snow loads and stronger canyon winds coming out of Emigration and Parleys.

Housing here is a mix of pre-war bungalows and Victorians in the older east-side and Avenues neighborhoods, mid-century ranches on the west side, and infill townhomes downtown. We work throughout The Avenues, Sugar House, Capitol Hill, Rose Park, and the rest of Salt Lake City — including everything near downtown.

ZIP codes we serve in Salt Lake City: 84101, 84102, 84103, 84104, 84105, 84106, 84108, 84109, 84111, 84116.

There are two, they cover different things, and only one of them is about us.

• Manufacturer warranty — covers defects in the shingle itself. Usually 25 to 50 years, prorated, and rarely the thing that fails. Most manufacturer warranties are voided by inadequate attic ventilation, which is why we will not skip that step.
• Workmanship warranty — covers the installation. This is the one that matters, because the overwhelming majority of premature roof failures are installation errors, not material defects. Ours is written, transferable to a buyer, and backed by a company that has been in the valley since 2011.
• Enhanced manufacturer system warranties — available when the full system (underlayment, starter, field, ridge, ventilation) comes from one manufacturer and is installed by a certified contractor. These can cover workmanship too. Ask whether you qualify.

• Financing with approved credit, including options with no prepayment penalty — ask us to run the numbers before you commit to anything.
• Insurance claims for wind, hail, and sudden storm damage. We document the damage, meet the adjuster on site, and bill the approved scope directly.
• Phased work. If the whole roof cannot happen this year, we will tell you which slope is actually urgent and quote that alone.
• Straight repair. If a repair genuinely buys you five more years, that is what we will recommend — it is a better outcome for you and it is how we get the replacement when it is really time.

Deposits are modest and the balance is due after your final walkthrough, not before.

We work throughout Salt Lake City — The Avenues, Sugar House, Capitol Hill, Rose Park, Liberty Wells, Yalecrest, Glendale, Poplar Grove, Federal Heights, the East Bench — and everything around downtown, the I-15 / I-80 interchange, the University of Utah campus, the Jordan River corridor. Salt Lake City has roughly 200,000 residents and sits in Salt Lake County.

Downtown sits at roughly 4,300 feet, and the bench neighborhoods above it catch heavier snow loads and stronger canyon winds coming out of Emigration and Parleys.