Roofing across Summit County
Roofing across Summit County, from Park City, Snyderville, Silver Summit, Wanship and more.
Working across Summit County
Summit County covers enough ground that a roof on one side of it faces a different year from a roof on the other. Exposure, elevation and the age of the housing all shift as you move across the county, and so does what a roof needs to survive here.
We cover 13 communities in Summit County as part of the ground we cover around Salt Lake City. Being close enough to get there quickly is most of what matters after a storm, and being on roofs across the county regularly is what makes an honest read of a roof possible rather than a guess from the driveway.
What Summit County does to a roof
Sun at this elevation
The thing that quietly ages a roof around here is not a storm. It is a mile of thin air between the shingle and the sun, with more clear days than most of the country gets. Ultraviolet breaks down the asphalt binder, the mat loses flexibility, granules let go, and a south or west slope wears out years ahead of the north side of the same house.
Uneven wear is normal
On plenty of homes up here the south face is done and the north face has life left. That is not a defect, it is exposure, and it is worth knowing before anybody talks about replacing everything.
Chimneys and the winter melt
Masonry sits colder than the roof around it and snow banks against the uphill side. Meltwater runs down the brick and looks for a way in. Step flashing, counter flashing tucked into a reglet cut, and a cricket behind a wide chimney are what keep it out. A bead of sealant across a chimney base is a temporary measure that somebody will be redoing in two winters.
Old mortar makes it worse
Where the joints have gone soft, the water gets into the masonry itself and the flashing is only half the job.
Genuine alpine conditions. Snow sits for months, ice builds wherever an attic leaks heat, and shedding onto a walkway has to be designed rather than discovered.
What we find across the county
Intake and exhaust have to match
Attic ventilation is a balance, and most of the failures we find are unbalanced. Ridge vent with the soffit stuffed full of insulation is exhaust with no intake, so the attic pulls its air from the house instead and drags moisture up with it.
How it shows up
Frost on the sheathing in January, a hot attic in July, curling shingles on the upper courses, and an ice dam at the eave that nobody can explain.
Baffles are cheap
Keeping the insulation off the soffit with a proper chute fixes more roofs than most people would believe.
Ridge cap is its own material
The cap along a ridge or a hip is the most exposed run on any roof and the most abused during installation. Cutting three-tab pieces to serve as cap on an architectural roof is a common shortcut, and the folded pieces crack at the bend within a few seasons up here. Purpose-made hip and ridge stock is thicker, pre-bent, and holds the fold through the cold.
Nail placement is the other half
Fasteners land under the next piece’s overlap, never through the weather surface where they sit exposed to the sky.
Communities we cover in Summit County
Every community below has its own page. 13 of them across Summit County.
Summit County
How we work across the county
Dry-in is the real milestone
The moment that decides whether a re-roof goes well is not when the last shingle goes down, it is when the deck is covered, taped at the penetrations and sealed at the edges. From that point the house is weather-tight and everything after it is finish work. A crew that understands this never leaves at the end of a day with bare deck showing.
Ice barrier goes down first
Eaves, valleys and every pipe before any field underlayment. Working from the bottom up means every sheet laps over the one below it the way water expects.
Then the metal, then the field
In that order, every time.
Counterflashing let into the masonry
Where a roof meets brick or stone, the honest detail cuts a groove into a mortar joint, tucks the top edge of the metal into it, and seals the groove. Water running down the wall face hits metal and gets thrown out onto the roof. The shortcut runs the metal flat up the wall and caulks the top edge, which works until the caulk moves.
Surface-mounted is a temporary answer
We will do it that way on an emergency repair and tell you plainly that it needs to be cut in properly when there is time.
What we check on every roof
- Field condition and granule loss
- Valleys, ridges and every transition
- Penetrations and their flashing
- Gutter and fascia condition
What we do in Summit County
Every service below is its own page. Whichever one Summit County turns out to need, the roof gets walked before anything is quoted.
Roofing
Full replacements and new roofs on Summit County homes, deck up.
Repairs
Leaks and failed details, which is most of what Summit County calls about.
Upkeep
Inspections, cleaning and sealing before a small thing gets expensive.
Shingles
Architectural laminate, the field material on most of this valley.
Metal
Standing seam and corrugated, common on canyon-side snow load.
Tile
Clay and concrete tile, and the flashing work they need.
Commercial
Membrane systems for flat and low-slope buildings around Summit County.
Coatings
Restoration coatings when a commercial roof has life left.
Storm
Hail, wind and the insurance paperwork that follows.
Skylights
Installation and the curb-flashing repairs skylights usually need.
Gutters
Gutters, downspouts and fascia, which are part of the roof.
Government
Schools, city, county, state and federal buildings. Every government service is on the government roofing page.
Work from around the county
Questions we get asked
Not the question you had? Call the shop and ask a person. We would rather talk it through than have you guess from a website.
(801) 382-8898Do you actually work in Summit County?
Yes. Summit County sits inside the ground we cover around Salt Lake City, and the crew is there most weeks rather than once a season.
How fast can you get to Summit County after a storm?
Storm calls jump the queue. We get there, stop what is coming in, and schedule the real fix rather than rushing a permanent repair in bad weather.
Do you work through the winter?
Yes, with judgment. Shingles need to seal, and in genuine cold that takes longer or needs hand sealing. Emergency work happens whenever it has to. Full replacements get scheduled around the weather rather than forced into it.
What makes a Utah roof different?
Snow load, ice at the eaves, canyon wind and high-altitude sun, all on the same roof. A crew that learned roofing somewhere mild has to learn it again up here.
How do I know when a roof is getting close?
Granules collecting in the gutters, tabs lifting or curling at the edges, shingles that look bare in patches, and daylight or staining in the attic. Any of those is worth a look.
Where Summit County sits on our map
Crews reach Summit County on the normal week, not as a special run.
Roof work in Summit County
Call (801) 382-8898 and we will get on the roof.