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A new roof on a Hamilton century home is a roof, a chimney and a set of flashing details done together. On the Mountain and in Stoney Creek it's a tear-off and a roof built for escarpment weather. We do both.(416) 846-3797Or send the form and we'll call you back.
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Westdale, Kirkendall and Durand roofs are steep, and the deck under them is a hundred years old — original plank sheathing with gaps, sometimes a layer of cedar under the asphalt. The chimneys are tall and often need work before new flashing can go on. Dundas is the same in miniature. On the Mountain the houses are 1950s and 60s bungalows with lower pitches and, often, a second layer of shingles over the first that has to come off. Stoney Creek and Ancaster subdivisions from the 90s and 2000s are more straightforward: one layer, a two-storey roof with valleys, and shingles that were specified for a milder climate than the one the escarpment delivers.
The owner walks the roof and the attic and writes an itemized quote from what's actually there — and on an old house that includes the chimney and any deck repair, not just shingles. On the day, everything comes off. Plank decks with gaps get sheathed over so the new roof has something solid to fasten to. Ice-and-water membrane runs the eaves and the full length of every valley, with synthetic underlayment across the rest. Chimneys are repointed or rebuilt as needed before new step and counter-flashing is fitted into the mortar joints — the way it was originally done, not surface-caulked. Then architectural shingles nailed for wind, ridge vent, and open soffits.
Replace when granules are washing into the eavestroughs, when shingles are cupped or curling, when there's a second layer already on, when you've had leaks at more than one place — especially around the chimney — or when the roof is past 20 years. On a century house, a roof that's been patched at the chimney three times is a roof telling you the flashing needs to be done properly with a new roof.
Yes. The flashing on an old brick house is cut into the mortar joints, not stuck to the face of the brick. We repoint where needed and fit new flashing into the joints. It's the detail that separates a roof that lasts on these houses from one that leaks at the chimney in five years.
It's normal for a 1920s house and it's fixable. We sheath over the planks with new panel so the shingles have a solid, continuous surface to fasten to. It's a line on the quote, not a surprise on the day.
A Stoney Creek or Ancaster two-storey is one to two days. A steep Westdale or Kirkendall house with chimney work and deck sheathing can be three or four. We commit to a date and a realistic window.
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