Great Falls roofs are large, steep and usually sitting under a mature tree canopy. That combination punishes shortcuts, so we inspect the entire assembly before we talk about material or price.
A Great Falls roof often runs past the 25 to 35 squares of a large single family home, and much of that surface is cedar, slate or metal across a complicated set of intersecting gables.
Deep lots and long drives change the logistics. Material has to be staged where a trailer can reach without cutting ruts into the drive, and tear off has to come down without stripping limbs off a hundred year oak. We work that out during the inspection, not on the morning the crew shows up.
Real cedar shake runs about $65K and up on an average home, and more out here because the roofs are simply bigger. Correct exposure, stainless fasteners and a breathable layer beneath the shake are what make it last.
Standing seam runs $1,200 to $1,600 and up per square. Porch and bay roofs get snow guards without discussion, because a slab releasing off a standing seam panel will take out a railing, a shrub bed or a person.
Under this much tree cover, valleys load up and gutters carry more than water. We size gutters to the Virginia design rainfall of 6.5 inches per hour and set a guard that can actually clear an oak in November.
Big roofs hide their problems well. Here is what we check and what we hold to on every Great Falls property we take on.
Four questions. You get a straight read on whether this is a repair, a replacement, a gutter job or an insurance claim, and where to go next.
We cover Northern Virginia and the Fredericksburg area out of two offices. Search for your town, or pick it off the list to see the map and the local page.
No match in our service area. Call (703) 347-6482 anyway, we travel for larger jobs.
We get on the roof and photograph what we find before we quote. You see the same evidence we do.
One crew for the roof, the siding and the gutters, so nobody is blaming the other trade.
Virginia license 2705155080, CertainTeed ShingleMaster certified, fully insured on every job.
Photos and video through the whole install on CompanyCam, stored indefinitely, with a link that is yours to keep.
Often less than you were told. Cedar fails in patches, usually on the southern exposure and in the valleys first. We photograph every slope and show you which sections are spent and which are sound, then price both the repair and the replacement so you can compare them side by side.
Yes, and matching matters more than most people realize. We keep the whole assembly on one metal family so the flashing, the valleys and the gutters age together. Putting copper against aluminum guarantees corrosion at the connection within a few seasons.
Not when it is installed over a solid deck with proper underlayment, which is how we install it. The noise people remember comes from panels screwed over open purlins on a barn. Standing seam on a house sits on a full deck and sounds close to any other roof.
We do not remove trees, but we tell you which limbs are abrading shingles or dumping into a valley so your arborist can handle it. We also point out where the gutter system is undersized for the debris load and what a correct size would be.
Neither. The inspection is free, the written estimate is free and there is no obligation attached to either one. We would rather walk your roof, hand you the photos and be wrong about needing work than talk you into a job you can put off for years.
Every town we cover has its own page with local detail. Pick yours.
Call (703) 347-6482 for a free inspection and a written estimate on cedar, slate or standing seam. You get the photos and the honest condition report either way.
Tell us what you are seeing and we will get back to you to set a time.