Our coverage
We work a 60 mile radius around Salt Lake City, which covers the Salt Lake valley, the Davis and Weber corridor north, Box Elder at the top, Tooele to the west, Utah County south, and Summit, Wasatch and Morgan over the mountains.
Each county below has its own page, and so does each community in it.
Counties
Salt Lake County
Davis County
Weber County
Box Elder County
Tooele County
Utah County
Summit County
Wasatch County
Morgan County
How far we actually go
Sixty miles around Salt Lake City covers a lot of ground, from Brigham City’s southern edge down to Santaquin, and from Tooele east over the mountains to Heber and Park City. We work that whole area rather than claiming it and staying in the valley.
Why proximity matters
On a scheduled replacement the drive barely matters. On a storm call it is the whole thing. Getting to a house quickly is the difference between a wet ceiling and a wet house.
Counties and communities
Each county below has its own page with the communities inside it. If your town is not listed and you are inside the radius, call anyway. The list reflects where we work most, not a fence.
Crossing the mountains
Summit, Wasatch and Morgan counties sit over the top from the valley, and they are a different roofing proposition. Snow sits for months rather than weeks, ice builds anywhere an attic leaks heat, and access in midwinter is its own planning problem. We work them because the roofs up there need people who understand that, not because the map allows it.
North and south
The Davis and Weber corridor runs narrow between the lake and the mountains with wind funnelling down it, and the housing near the bases has its own age profile. South through Utah County the growth of the last decade means whole neighbourhoods of roofs are reaching the end of their first covering at the same time.
What we find on roofs around here
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.
The year a Utah roof works through
Dry for months, then all at once
This climate does not rain steadily, it saves up. Long dry stretches let dust pack into valleys and gutters, then a single cell drops an inch in half an hour. A valley that was clean in May is holding pine duff and grit by August, and that debris dams the water right where the roof concentrates it.
What we clear before storm season
Valleys, gutter runs, the back side of chimneys, and the low end of any cricket. Ten minutes of clearing beats a drywall repair.
Snow sliding off steep pitch
Steep roofs shed, which is good for the roof and hard on everything below it. A loaded slope lets go at once and takes gutters, vent caps and the occasional shrub with it. On metal it happens faster because there is nothing to hold it. Homes with steep pitch over a walkway or a doorway get looked at differently than the same roof over an open yard.
Snow retention when it matters
Where a slide is a hazard, cleats or a retention rail spread the load and let it melt off instead of releasing in one sheet.
What we check
- Field condition and granule loss
- Valleys, ridges and every transition
- Penetrations and their flashing
- Gutter and fascia condition
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
From recent jobs
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.
Why Hancock
Down to earth, and particular
Friendly does not mean casual about the work. We will joke with you in the driveway and we will also tear out a valley that was ninety percent right and redo it. Those two things live comfortably together in a family shop.
What particular looks like
Six nails in the line. Step flashing one piece per course. The magnet run twice.
What friendly looks like
You get a real person on the phone and a straight answer.
Small on purpose, steady throughout
We take on the work we can staff properly. That is a deliberate limit. A crew stretched across four jobs cuts corners on all of them, and the corners it cuts are the ones under the shingles where nobody will look for a decade.
Hancock runs the job
The person who looked at your roof answers for the work on it.
Where Salt Lake County sits on our map
Salt Lake County is inside the sixty mile radius we cover around Salt Lake City.
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) 382-8898How 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 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.
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.
What happens if you find bad decking?
We show you. The decking is only visible during a tear-off, so that is when soft sheathing gets found and replaced. We photograph it rather than just add it to a list.
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.