New Construction Roofing in Edmonton
Roofing new builds, additions, garages and dormers, with the details done right while everything is still accessible.
Roofing a new structure is a different job from replacing an old one, and in one respect an easier one: nothing is hidden. Edmonton Roof Pros works with builders and homeowners on new roofs, additions and garages. There is no thirty-year-old deck to discover, no previous contractor’s shortcuts under the shingles, no rot behind a chimney. Everything is visible and everything can be done right the first time.
Which makes it the point where the details are cheapest to get correct, and the point where getting them wrong is most frustrating, because a new roof that leaks is a problem nobody expects to have.
Getting the Building Dry
On most builds the roof is the gate for everything after it. Until the structure is dried in, interior trades cannot start and the framing is exposed to whatever the weather does.
So the practical value we add is turning up when we said we would. Roofing schedules slip for real reasons, weather being the main one, but a roofer who has taken on more work than their crews can cover is a different problem. We would rather give a builder a date a week later and meet it than take a slot we cannot hold.
Where the schedule is tight or the forecast is poor, dry-in can be staged, getting underlayment and eave protection down to protect the structure while the finish roofing follows.
Additions Are Mostly About the Tie-In
For homeowners the more common project is an addition, a garage, a dormer or a reworked porch roof, and on those jobs almost all the risk sits in one place: where the new roof meets the existing building.
That junction has to be integrated, not overlaid. Where a new roof plane runs into an existing wall, step flashing goes in course by course and the wall cladding comes down over it. Where a new plane meets an existing roof, the existing shingles have to be lifted and the new work woven in so water passes over the top of every lap.
The wrong way is quicker and very common: butt the new roof against the old, run a bead of sealant along the joint, and let the caulk do the work. That joint moves with temperature and it opens, usually within a couple of seasons, and by then it is leaking into a newly finished space.
Matching is the other addition question. We will get as close as the current product range allows, and where the difference would be obvious we will tell you before the job rather than after, so you can decide whether to re-roof the adjacent plane and have it read as one roof.
Designing the Ventilation In
On a new build or an addition, attic ventilation is trivially cheap to get right and expensive to fix later. Intake at the soffits, exhaust at the ridge, balanced to the volume being ventilated, with baffles at the eaves so the insulation contractor cannot inadvertently seal off the intake.
That last point causes more problems than any other. Insulation goes in after the roof, and blown-in material pushed over the top plate at the eaves blocks soffit intake completely while looking perfect from outside. Baffles installed at roofing stage prevent it permanently. Our roof ventilation page explains what happens when this is missed.
Materials
Most new residential work here goes on in architectural asphalt, and our asphalt shingle roofing page covers the assembly in detail. On a build you intend to hold long-term, metal roofing is worth pricing at the same time, because the cost gap is narrower on new construction than on a replacement and the decision is easiest to make before anything is installed.
What's Included
- New builds, additions, garages and detached structures
- Scheduling coordinated with framing and close-in
- Ventilation designed into the assembly, not added afterward
- Tie-in detailing where an addition meets an existing roof
- Dry-in ahead of interior work
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New Construction Roofing Questions
Can you schedule around our framing timeline?
Yes, and getting the roof on promptly after framing is usually the priority for everyone, because it dries the structure in and lets interior trades start. We would rather hold a slot and hit it than promise an earlier date we cannot keep.
How does an addition roof tie into the existing one?
That tie-in is the most important detail on the whole job. Where the new roof meets the existing wall or roof plane, the flashing has to be integrated with the existing courses rather than laid over them, which usually means lifting and re-weaving the adjacent shingles. Done as an overlay with sealant, it becomes a leak in the first spring.
Will the new roof match our existing shingles?
We can usually get very close on a current product, but an exact match to shingles that have been weathering for years is rarely possible. Where the join would be conspicuous, we will say so up front and give you the option of re-roofing the adjacent plane so it reads as one roof.
Do you handle the ventilation design on a new build?
We handle the roof side and coordinate with whoever is doing insulation. Intake at the soffits, exhaust at the ridge, balanced to the attic volume. It is far cheaper to get right at the design stage than to correct once the drywall is up.
Do you work with builders and general contractors?
Yes, on both single builds and multiple lots. What contractors tend to want from a roofer is a firm date, a crew that turns up on it, and a roof that does not generate warranty calls, which is what we aim to be.
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