Historic Roof Replacement in Adams Hill

Plan on four to eight weeks before the permit application is even accepted, and more if the first submission has to go back. The way to keep it at the short end is to document what is there properly -- photographs of the existing profile, eaves and ridge -- and to propose something that reads as the original rather than arguing for something that does not.

The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, applied to roof form and cladding. In practice the question is whether the finished roof reads as the original: same profile, compatible color and texture, and details like exposed rafter tails and open eaves left alone rather than modernized.

Not automatically. Age is a prompt to look, not a verdict. Composition at twenty years is usually near the end; clay tile at twenty years has decades left in the tile even if the felt underneath is finished. That distinction is most of the roofing decisions made in this city, and it is settled by a survey rather than by the calendar.

Late spring through early autumn, and the earlier in that window the better. Dry weather means no rushed dry-in, and booking before the first storms means you are not competing with every other homeowner in the valley for the same crews. A roof you already know is marginal is cheapest to deal with in September, not February.

No. The inspection is free, the written quote is free, and there is no obligation attached to either. What we will not do is give you a price at the door without going up, and on a tile roof we will not quote at all until the salvageable tile has been counted.