About
A regional roofer, because the region is not one climate
We cover twelve towns, from Goderich on Lake Huron down to Leamington on Lake Erie. The reason for running it as one business is simple: most people have no idea how different the two ends are, and the difference is the whole job.
There are good long-established roofers in every one of these towns, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. What we do differently is start with the number — how much snow your town actually gets, how exposed you are, and what that changes above the deck. It is a two-minute conversation that decides several thousand dollars of specification, and it almost never happens.
We would rather tell you a cracked stack boot is causing your leak, charge you for an hour, and lose the replacement. That is easy to write on a website and harder to do on a Tuesday, so the answer you get always includes what we think you should not spend money on.
How we work
Four things we will not compromise on
- 01
Your town's snowfall figure first, then the specification
Southwestern Ontario is not one climate. The ground behind Goderich and Listowel takes lake-effect snow off Huron all winter, and the ground down by Leamington and Chatham does not. The same house wants a different roof at the two ends of that line, and the figure that decides it takes two minutes to look up. We start there rather than at the shingle.
- 02
Storm damage should be photographed before it is tarped
An adjuster is looking for what the storm did, and a tarp covers exactly that. The camera should come out first and the tarp go on second, in that order, even with water coming in. It costs a few minutes on the roof and it is the difference between a claim that pays and a claim you spend a month arguing.
- 03
Ice dams should come off with steam, never a hammer
Chipping ice off a roof breaks shingles that were sound before anyone climbed up. Steam lifts the same ice without touching what is under it. The dam is a symptom in any case, so the visit that clears it should also find where the heat is getting into the attic. Otherwise you are buying the same job again at the next thaw.
- 04
A straight answer, whether or not you hire us
An inspection that ends in nothing but a price is a sales call. Ours ends with what was found, where, and what we would do about it — including when the answer is that the roof is fine. Hold every roofer, us included, to that standard.
Talk to a Woodstock roofing contractor
Three things get us most of the way there: which town you are in, roughly when the roof was last done, and what you are actually seeing — a stain on a ceiling, granules in the eavestrough, shingles on the lawn on Sunday morning. That is usually enough to tell you whether this is a repair, a claim, or a roof that has quietly reached the end, without anybody driving anywhere.