Core work
Metal Roof Installation
New metal roofs on Bellingham homes, from tear off through underlayment, panel layout and flashing detail.
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Bellingham and Whatcom County
Metal Roofing in Bellingham, Washington
Metal roof installation, replacement and repair on Bellingham homes and in the towns within about half an hour of it. Standing seam and exposed fastener systems, detailed for wet winters and the wind that comes down the valley with them.
Metal only. We do not touch composition, shake or tile.
Most Bellingham roofs are on their second or third round of composition shingle. Twenty five years of wet winters, north slopes that never fully dry, fir needles collecting in the valleys, and moss doing quietly what moss does. At some point replacing the same thing again stops making sense.
That is usually when somebody starts looking at metal, and starts running into sales pages. This one is not going to do that. A metal roof is a good answer for a lot of houses in this city and a poor answer for some of them, and the difference is worth knowing before you spend the money rather than after.
We install, replace and repair metal roofs. That is the whole list. We do not install composition shingle, cedar shake or tile, we do not do flat commercial membrane, and if we look at your roof and think metal is the wrong call, we will say so and tell you why.
Services
What we do
Six of these have a page. Three do not have one yet, so those cards go to the contact form rather than to a dead link.
Core work
Metal Roof Replacement
Taking off a worn composition or failing metal roof and replacing it with a system built for wet winters.Read the detail
Core work
Metal Roof Repair
Fastener, seam, flashing and panel repair on metal roofs that are sound but leaking somewhere.Read the detail
Standing Seam Metal Roofing
Concealed fastener standing seam panels, the system most Bellingham homeowners are actually picturing.Read the detail
Metal Roof Leak Repair
Tracing an active leak back to where the water is really getting in, then fixing that instead of the stain.Read the detail
Metal Roof Inspections
Written condition reports for owners, buyers and sellers, with what is wrong and what it will take to fix.Read the detail
Metal Roof Coating and Restoration
Cleaning, rust treatment and coating on a metal roof that is tired but not finished.We do this work. There is no page for it yet, so this goes to the contact form.
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Snow Guards and Snow Retention
Snow retention over entries, walkways and driveways on the higher ground east of town.We do this work. There is no page for it yet, so this goes to the contact form.
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Skylight and Chimney Flashing
Reflashing the penetrations that leak first on almost every roof we get called out to.We do this work. There is no page for it yet, so this goes to the contact form.
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The short version
Why homeowners call us
We only do metal
Not metal plus everything else. The detailing that makes a metal roof last is not the detailing you learn installing shingles, and it is mostly invisible once the job is done.
We will tell you when the answer is no
A metal roof is wrong for some houses and some budgets. Complicated rooflines with a lot of penetrations, a house being sold next spring, a roof that has five good years left in it. You will hear that from us.
We know what this city does to a roof
North slopes under Douglas fir that stay damp all winter. Needle load in the valleys. Salt air down at Fairhaven and Edgemoor. Long low pitch runs on the mid century houses up on Alabama Hill. These are not the same problem and they do not get the same detail.
Written estimates, itemised
What the panel is, what the underlayment is, how the penetrations are being handled, and what we are not doing. If two quotes are thousands apart, it is almost always in that detail.
Process
How the work goes
You call or send the form.
Tell us the neighbourhood, roughly the age of the house, and what is prompting the call.
We come and look at it.
On the roof, not from the driveway. Into the attic where there is access.
You get a written estimate.
Itemised, with the panel system, the underlayment, the flashing approach and the exclusions.
We schedule it properly.
Metal work needs dry enough conditions and a realistic run of days. We will tell you honestly when that is, including when it means waiting.
We do the work.
Tear off, deck check, underlayment, panel, flashing and trim.
We walk it with you.
What went on, what we found on the way, and what to keep an eye on.
Reviews
What customers say
Nothing yet, and we are not going to write our own.
There are no reviews on this page because there are no reviews yet
This is a new business. It has no review history, no star rating and no customer photographs, and every one of those would be trivial to fabricate and worth nothing to you.
The judgement you can actually make today is about how this company talks about its own product. There is a page on this site about what is wrong with metal roofs and who should not buy one, written by the company that only sells metal roofs. Read that instead of a testimonial, then decide.
What each review will carry when they exist
- Customer name and town
- Job type and date
- What we got right
- Star rating
Coverage
Where we work
Bellingham first, then the towns within about half an hour: Ferndale, Lynden, Blaine and Birch Bay. Beyond those we get out to Everson, Nooksack, Sumas, Deming and Point Roberts.
- BellinghamYou are here
- Ferndale
- Lynden
- Blaine
- Birch Bay
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Questions
Common questions
What is the average cost of installing a metal roof?
The cost is driven by the panel system, the complexity of the roofline, the number of penetrations, and whether the old roof comes off. A simple gable in Sunnyland and a cut up roof with four dormers and three skylights are not the same job even at the same square footage.
Cost figures are not published here yet. We will not put a number on a page that we have not stood behind on a roof, so ask and we will price your roof.
Is it cheaper to put a metal roof or shingles?
Shingles are cheaper to install and metal is cheaper to own, and which one wins depends entirely on how long you are staying. If you are selling in three years, metal will not pay you back. If this is the roof you intend to stop thinking about, the arithmetic goes the other way, mostly because you are not doing it again in twenty years.
What is the biggest problem with metal roofs?
Bad installation, and it is not close. The panels themselves rarely fail. What fails is the detailing around them: flashings at chimneys and sidewalls, penetrations added later and sealed with the wrong product, fasteners driven at the wrong torque, and panels fitted without room to move. A metal roof is only as good as the person who detailed it, which is an uncomfortable thing for a roofer to say and still true.
What is the lifespan of a metal roof?
Long enough that the fasteners and the flashings usually become the question before the metal does. On an exposed fastener roof you should expect to revisit the screws and washers well before you think about the panels. That gap is the main reason standing seam costs more up front and lasts longer without attention.
Get an estimate
Tell us the neighbourhood, the rough age of the house, and what is going on with the roof. We will come and look at it.
That is with us
We will get back to you within a working day. If water is coming in right now, call (360) 555-0142 rather than waiting on this.