West Jordan, Utah
Roof Replacement around West Jordan
A full tear-off and rebuild when patching stops making sense.
Roof Replacement for West Jordan homes and buildings
We strip the old roof to the deck, replace any sheathing that has gone soft, set new drip edge and flashing where it is needed, lay underlayment and ice barrier where the eaves need it, then shingle from the starter course up.
Wind off the benches gets under a shingle course and lifts along a run. Around West Jordan that shows up as a line of creased tabs rather than one missing shingle, and the creased ones have broken their seal even though they are still sitting where they belong.
A replacement is the one time the whole assembly is open. Ventilation, flashing and decking all get fixed at once instead of one at a time.
What matters on roof replacement
What we find most often
On houses in this valley the three recurring findings are unbalanced ventilation, flashing that was sealed rather than formed, and decking that went soft under a valley nobody could see into. All three are invisible from the ground and all three are cheap to fix while the roof is already open.
What the age of the house tells us
A house built in the 1950s, one built in the 1980s and one built last year each fail differently. Older stock tends to have thinner decking and original framing that was never sized for a second layer of shingles. Houses from the building booms tend to share a builder’s ventilation shortcut across a whole subdivision. New construction usually fails at a detail somebody rushed to hit a schedule.
Roof Replacement around West Jordan
How the system goes together
Decking is the part nobody plans for
The sheathing under the roof only gets looked at once every couple of decades, which is when the old roof comes off. Older homes up here might have skip sheathing, plank decking with gaps, or plywood that has been soft over a leak for years. It gets replaced where it is bad, because fasteners do not hold in punky wood and a soft deck telegraphs every wave through a new roof.
It is measured, not guessed
Sheet count gets documented once the roof is open, before anything goes back down.
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.
What we check
- Decking condition underfoot across the whole plane
- Fastener pattern on the existing sheathing
- Whether there are one or two existing layers
- Flashing that will need rebuilding rather than reusing
What the job looks like
Get on the roof
We walk it rather than look from the drive, check the decking underfoot, the flashings and the ventilation, and photograph what we find before any number is discussed.
Show you what we saw
The photographs come back to you with a plain read of what the roof needs and, just as often, what it does not need yet.
Crew on site
The crews we hire work under Hancock’s direction, staged so landscaping and the drive are protected, working the detail in the order it is supposed to go on rather than the order that is quickest.
Leave it clean
Site cleared at the end of every day, a magnet run over the whole yard for nails at the finish, and the roof walked with you before we go.
Snow load is a real number
A roof up here carries weight. Wet spring snow runs heavier per foot than the dry powder that falls in January, and a roof that shrugged off three feet in February can groan under eighteen inches in April. What matters is how the load moves off, which comes down to pitch, sheathing condition and whether the framing was built for the zone it sits in.
Where the weight collects
Valleys and the low side of a dormer are where snow piles instead of sliding. We look at those first, because that is where decking softens and fasteners start backing out.
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.
Where roofs go wrong
The shortcut we see most
Shingles laid over a second existing layer to save a tear-off. It hides the decking, adds weight the framing was not sized for, and guarantees that the next roof is a bigger job than this one should have been.
What good looks like instead
Down to the deck, sheathing repaired where it is soft, ice barrier where the eaves need it, and the flashing formed rather than sealed.
Signs worth a look
- Granules collecting in the gutters or at the downspout discharge
- Tabs lifting or curling along a rake or ridge
- Shingles that look bare or patchy from the street
- Staining or daylight visible in the attic
Part of our Salt Lake County work, out of Salt Lake City & surrounding counties. A full replacement carries our 10-year workmanship warranty.
What to expect
How long it takes
Most houses in this valley are one to two days on site once the crew arrives. What stretches it is pitch, the number of existing layers to strip, and how many valleys and penetrations the roof has. We tell you which of those apply to yours before the schedule is set.
What happens to your yard
Tarps go down over landscaping and the drive before anything comes off the roof. Material is staged where it will not crack concrete. At the end of every day the site gets cleared, and when the job is finished a magnet goes over the whole yard for nails.
What you should expect from us
A walk of the roof before anything is quoted, photographs of what we found, a plain explanation of what needs doing and what does not, and Hancock answering for the job through to the finish.
On a West Jordan roof
Getting to West Jordan
On a booked replacement the calendar does most of the work. On the day something fails at a West Jordan house, stopping the water comes first and the real repair follows.
That proximity is most of what matters when weather moves through. West Jordan sits in Salt Lake County, and we are on roofs across it regularly enough to know how the housing there was built.
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 West Jordan?
We do. West Jordan falls well inside the radius we run, and being there often is what lets us tell you how the housing around it was built.
How fast can you get to West Jordan after a storm?
As fast as we can get there. Stopping the water comes first and the permanent repair follows once the weather opens a window.
Will you tell me if I do not need a new roof?
Yes. Plenty of what we look at turns out to be a repair, and we say so. A roof with years left in it gets left alone, and you get the photographs either way.
How long does a roof replacement take?
Most houses in this valley are a one to two day job once the crew is on site. Steeper pitches, multiple layers to strip and complicated roofs with a lot of valleys take longer, and we tell you which yours is before we start.
Do you handle the insurance side?
On hail-damaged roofs, we work with your insurance to get the roof covered. We document the damage thoroughly with photographs, so the claim reflects what is actually on the roof.
Where West Jordan sits on our map
We cover West Jordan on the regular route rather than treating it as a trip.
Talk to Hancock
Roof Replacement in West Jordan
Call (801) 382-8898.