What actually happens during a roof replacement, from tear off and decking through fastening, flashing, ventilation and the final cleanup.
Most of what separates a roof that lasts from one that does not is invisible from the ground. These answers cover how a crew stages a job, what happens once the decking is exposed, why valleys, pipes and wall junctions fail before the field of the roof does, and what to expect on your property while the work is going on. We have installed roofs across northeast Oklahoma since 1987.
Two pieces of metal doing two jobs where a roof meets a wall. Step flashing goes in course by course, counter flashing covers its top edge.
When it will not hold a fastener. Oklahoma defines a solidly sheathed deck and excludes warped, split, cracked, deteriorated or rotten boards.
Because a roof is cut to fit and offcuts cannot be reused. And because ordering short risks a second delivery that will not colour match.
Most standard homes take one day, complex and larger homes two to four. The project around the install is longer and mostly spent waiting.
Not on a shingle roof in Oklahoma. The state prohibits laying asphalt shingles over any existing layer, which is stricter than the national code allows.
In valleys and at pitch changes, yes. Oklahoma requires a 36 inch barrier there regardless of any history of ice dams, which is why it applies in Tulsa.
Because kitchen grease reaches the membrane. Every manufacturer excludes grease damage from warranty on every single ply, so containment matters most.
Often it is not. Walls, parapets, mortar joints, rooftop units and condensation all present as roof leaks, and water travels before it shows up inside.
Clear the driveway, take things off the walls, and mow short so the nail magnets work. The checklist we send before every job, and the reason for each item.
A single ply thermoplastic membrane with heat welded seams, usually white. What it is, how it goes down, and the one building type it is wrong for.
Oklahoma runs the 2018 IRC until 14 September 2026, then the 2024 edition, plus four state amendments that change what a code compliant roof looks like here.
You do not have to be home, but somebody needs to be reachable. The specific reason why, and what to do about the driveway, pets, and attic dust.
