Roof Replacement in Edmonton
A full tear-off and rebuild, with the deck, underlayment, flashing and ventilation handled as one system.
Replacing a roof is the one exterior job where almost everything that matters gets covered up on the same day it is installed, which is why Edmonton Roof Pros puts the whole scope in writing first. The shingles are the part you see. The deck underneath, the membrane at the eaves, the flashing where the roof meets a wall, and whether the attic can breathe are the parts that decide how long it lasts.
What Is Actually In the Price
Everything comes off, down to bare sheathing. That is not a preference, it is the only way to see the sheathing — and on Edmonton roofs that have been through twenty winters of freeze-thaw cycling, sheathing is where the surprises live. Delaminated plywood, split boards around a chimney, soft spots under a valley that has been shedding water into the deck for years.
Anything we replace gets itemised. You see what came out and what went back in, and the quote says up front what our allowance is so a deck repair is not a blank cheque discovered on day two.
From there the assembly goes back in order: ice and water membrane at the eaves and in the valleys, synthetic underlayment across the field, starter course, shingles, and new flashing at every wall, stack and chimney. Flashing is replaced outright, never straightened and re-laid. Metal that has already been formed once does not seat properly the second time, and that is behind a great many first-spring leaks on otherwise new roofs.
Ventilation Is Not an Add-On
An attic with no airflow slowly bakes the roof above it. Warm moist air from the house collects in the attic, condenses on the cold sheathing, and shortens the life of both the deck and the shingles above it. In winter that same trapped warmth melts snow on the upper roof, which then refreezes at the cold eave and builds an ice dam.
So we measure what the soffits can draw and what the ridge can release before a price is written, and rebalancing them is scoped into the job. It is a small line on the estimate and it is the difference between a roof that reaches its expected life and one that does not.
Choosing a Material
Most Edmonton homes are re-roofed in architectural asphalt shingles, and for good reason — the price-to-lifespan ratio is hard to beat and the impact-rated products handle hail respectably. If you are weighing something longer-lived, our metal roofing page covers where standing seam and steel make sense on a prairie house.
If you are not yet certain the roof needs replacing at all, a roof inspection is the cheaper first step. We would rather tell you it has five years left than sell you a roof you did not need.
Getting a Quote That Means Something
Ask every roofer you talk to for the scope in writing: tear-off or layover, deck allowance, membrane coverage, flashing renewal, ventilation work. Quotes that are just a number and a colour cannot be compared, and the gap between two of them usually turns out to be the work that was left out.
That is what we hand you. Book a free quote and we will get on the roof, look in the attic, and put the whole thing on paper.
What's Included
- Full tear-off to the deck, never a layover on a failed roof
- Rotten or delaminated sheathing replaced and itemised
- Ice and water membrane at eaves, valleys and penetrations
- Step and counter-flashing renewed, not reused
- Intake and exhaust ventilation corrected as part of the job
- Written scope so you can compare quotes on the same terms
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Roof Replacement Questions
How much does a new roof cost in Edmonton?
Most asphalt shingle replacements on an average Edmonton bungalow or two-storey land in the mid four figures to low five figures. The spread comes from roof area, pitch, how many layers come off, and what the deck looks like once it is stripped. A firm price given without seeing the roof is a guess, and it usually turns into a change order.
What is the cheapest time of year to replace a roof?
Late winter into early spring is the quietest stretch here, before hail season fills every roofing calendar in the city. Shingles need reasonable temperatures to seal properly, so a deep-cold January install is worth avoiding. If the roof is leaking now, though, waiting for a better month costs more than it saves.
What is the most expensive part of replacing a roof?
Labour and disposal, not the shingles. The material bill is often the smaller half. That is also why a suspiciously low quote usually means a thinner crew, a layover instead of a tear-off, or deck repairs left out to be added later.
Can you shingle straight over what is already there?
Not on a roof we are putting our name on. A layover hides deck damage, adds weight, traps heat that ages the new shingles early, and makes the next replacement more expensive. Tearing off is the only way to see what the deck is actually doing.
How long will the job take?
Most single-family roofs come off and go back on within a day or two of the crew arriving, assuming the weather holds. Cut-up rooflines, steep pitches and unexpected deck work stretch that. You get the expected window in the quote rather than on the morning we show up.
Get a Free Roof Replacement Quote
Book a free quote. We will tell you which one it is, in writing, before you spend anything.