Your roof is not this house
Pitch, dormers, valleys and how much wall the roof meets all change how a color reads. We photograph your actual roof during the inspection so you choose against the real thing.
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Roof systems we install
Northern Virginia / Design tool
Roof Visualizer see the system before you commit
Four roof systems, thirty two colors and five gutter finishes on a 3D home you can turn, zoom and light. Change the roof and the gutters together, because they are the two things people regret picking separately.
Architectural shingle
Standing seam
Natural slate
Cedar shake
Copper gutters
32
Colors to compare
5
Gutter finishes
Free
Inspections, no pressure
Try it
Put it on a house first
A color chip in your hand and a full roof on a home are two different things. Pick the system, pick the color, then change the gutters. Drag the house to walk around it, and switch the light between morning, midday and golden hour to see how the roof reads.
Loading the 3D house
Architectural Shingle / Georgetown Gray
Drag to turn the house. Click, then scroll to zoom.
1Roof system
2ColorGeorgetown Gray
3Gutters
- Weight
- 270 lb per square
- Wind rating
- 130 mph with correct starter
- Underlayment
- Synthetic, never felt
- Install time
- One day, tear off to clean up
- Gutter
- Aluminum White
- Profile
- Seamless K style, rolled on site
Landmark Pro runs about 270 lb per square against 225 for standard Landmark, which is roughly 1,100 lb more material on a typical home. We do not install three tab in any color.
The honest version
What the tool cannot tell you
A visualizer is a starting point, not a specification. Three things decide how the roof actually turns out, and none of them are the color.
Screens lie about color
Every monitor renders these differently, and weathering shifts most products over the first few years. We bring real sample boards to the house before anything gets ordered.
The metal has to match
Flashing metal gets matched to the gutter metal, never copper against aluminum. Galvanic corrosion eats that joint from the inside and it is the kind of mistake you find years later.
Under the color
What we specify regardless
The color is the last decision. These are fixed on every roof we install, and they are where a cheap quote quietly saves its money.
- CertainTeed Landmark ProAbout 270 lb per square against 225 for standard Landmark, roughly 1,100 lb more material on a typical home, rated to 130 mph with the correct starter strip.
- Synthetic underlayment onlyNever 15 or 30 lb asphalt felt. Ice and water shield goes a full roll at the eave, 24 inches into warm space, plus every valley, wall and protrusion.
- Drip edge at eave and rakeType D, required by Virginia code in both places, and one of the first line items a cheap quote leaves off.
- Snow guards where they belongMandatory over standing seam porch and bay roofs, so a season of snow does not release onto the steps in a single sheet.
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Questions
Questions about the visualizer
How accurate are the colors on screen?
Close enough to compare against each other, and not close enough to order from. Every monitor renders these differently and most products shift over the first few years of weathering, so we bring real sample boards to the house before anything gets ordered.
Do you install everything shown in the tool?
Yes. Architectural shingle, standing seam metal, natural slate and cedar shake, plus the gutter finishes including copper. Nothing in the tool is something we would have to hand off to somebody else.
Can I see it on my own house rather than this one?
That is what the inspection visit is for. Your pitch, dormers, valleys and how much wall the roof meets all change how a color reads, so we photograph your actual roof and you choose against the real thing.
Does the gutter color really matter that much?
It changes the whole elevation more than people expect, which is why the tool lets you change both together. There is also a technical limit: flashing metal gets matched to the gutter metal and we never run copper against aluminum, because the two react and eat the joint from the inside.
What should I decide before I worry about color?
What is underneath it. CertainTeed Landmark Pro at about 270 lb per square against 225 for standard, synthetic underlayment rather than felt, and proper drip edge. That is where a cheap quote quietly saves its money, and the color is the last decision, not the first.
Found one you like?
We will bring real sample boards to the house, hold them against your brick and your trim, and quote the system properly. No charge and no pressure either way.