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Roofs we actually installed

Architectural shingle replacements, standing seam metal, roof repairs, and the flashing detail in between — every photo below is from one of our own jobsites in the Des Moines metro, not a stock photo library. If a competitor's website shows a roof, ask them whose crew installed it.

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Aerial view of a finished hip roof with new Owens Corning Duration architectural shingles and the full property below, Des Moines — Full tear-off with Owens Corning Duration architectural shingles, top to ridge. Des Moines.

Finished standing seam metal roof with ridge cap, viewed from the ridge line down toward the street — Standing seam metal, ridge cap set. Des Moines.

Owens Corning Duration shingle bundles stacked on synthetic underlayment during a Des Moines tear-off, roofer working in the background — Owens Corning Duration bundles staged on the underlayment before the first course goes down.

Standing seam metal panels partway up a roof over synthetic underlayment, ridge not yet closed — Panels going up over synthetic underlayment, one course at a time to the ridge.

Video

Walking the finished roof before we call it done.

Roof half covered in standing seam metal panels, half still showing underlayment, with a box of fasteners staged on the ridge — Halfway through a tear-off and metal replacement — fasteners staged as we go.

Finished gray architectural shingle roof viewed from the ridge down, with vent stacks and the neighborhood behind it, Des Moines — Ridge line closed out on a fresh shingle tear-off, vents set and sealed. Des Moines.

Two roofers on the ridge of a ranch house mid tear-off, with a metal panel leaning against the siding below — Tear-off in progress. No subcontractors on this ladder — it’s our crew, start to finish.

Finished architectural shingle roof from above, chimney flashing and roof vent visible on the slope, Des Moines — Chimney flashing rebuilt and shingled around before we call a roof done. Des Moines.

Metal roofing panels staged on the front lawn before being carried up, with the crew working the ridge above — Panels staged on the lawn first, so nothing gets dragged across finished siding.

Aerial view of a completed hip roof with new architectural shingles, full house and yard visible, Des Moines — Same house, one more angle — hip roof closed out end to end. Des Moines.

Aerial view of a finished standing seam metal roof ridge with a box of fasteners, subdivision homes in the background — Ridge line closed out, fasteners staged as we move down the slope.

Roofer walking the ridge of a new shingle roof at dusk in a Des Moines metro subdivision — Final walk of a shingle re-roof at dusk before we call it done for the day.

Roofer setting a new pipe boot flashing into the shingle field around a vent pipe — New boot flashing set into the field — no gap left for water to find.

Roofer cutting in new flashing around a vent pipe on a shingle roof, old flashing removed nearby — Cutting in the flashing before the shingles go back down around it.

Cracked and broken shingles found on a roof before repair — Cracked and broken shingles we found on the first walk.

Lifted and detached ridge cap shingle on a roof, neighboring house in the background — A lifted ridge cap shingle we found during inspection.

New box roof vent installed on a shingle roof with fresh shingles around it and a red tool in the background — New box vent set into the field, fresh shingles around it.

Gloved hand holding an old roof vent removed during a repair — The old vent, pulled out and replaced.

Patch of new shingles blended into an existing shingle roof field — New shingles blended into the existing field — same course line, same exposure.

Old tar sealant patch around a roof penetration, found during inspection — An old sealant patch around a penetration, done by someone else before us.

Roof ridge line with a caulking gun resting on it during resealing — Resealing the ridge line, caulk gun in hand.

Before & after

Two repairs, start to finish — the roof before we touched it and the same section after we closed it out.

Gray shingle roof with a section of missing shingles, felt exposed underneath, chimney in the background

Same roof repaired, new matching shingles filling the section

Missing shingles left the felt exposed. Patched with matching shingles, blended into the field.

Long open strip under the ridge with felt exposed and a vent hole cut into the deck, old vents to the right

Same strip closed in with new shingles and a row of new box vents installed

Open ridge line with the old box vents pulled. Closed in with new shingles and a row of new box vents.

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