Roofing in the Grantsville area
A family roofing company that reads a Grantsville roof before pricing it.
Why Grantsville roofs fail where they fail
The freeze that follows a warm afternoon does more damage around Grantsville than a steady cold spell ever does. Meltwater finds its way into a lap or a nail hole at two in the afternoon and turns to ice by eight, and ice that expands in a seam does not put the seam back where it found it.
We have worked enough of Tooele County to know which builders put up which subdivisions and where they cut the same corner twice. That is worth more on a roof than any brochure.
The weather a Grantsville roof works against
Ice dams start at the eave
The mechanism is simple and it ruins ceilings. Heat escaping the living space warms the deck, snow above melts, the water runs down to the cold overhang past the heated wall line and freezes there. The ridge of ice that builds up backs meltwater under the shingles.
The fix is not a heat cable
Cables buy a season. Sealing the attic bypasses, getting insulation depth right at the top plate, balancing intake and exhaust, and running ice-and-water shield well past the interior wall line is what actually stops it.
The wet spring snow problem
Late season storms carry more water per inch than anything that falls midwinter. That heavy stuff clings to a roof instead of sliding, pushes on gutters, and refreezes at night into a solid mass on the overhang. It is also the load most likely to find a framing weakness.
After a heavy spring storm
Walk the drip line and look for bent gutter hangers and separated seams. Then look at the ceilings inside along exterior walls.
What we check on the deck
Spongy sheathing between rafters, especially over the eave where the ice sat.
Open desert country west of the Oquirrhs, where wind is the constant and shade is scarce. Nailing pattern and UV both matter more out here.
What we find on roofs around Grantsville
Architectural over three-tab
Most homes here that are replacing a roof move to architectural shingles and stay there. The laminated construction is thicker, carries a higher wind rating out of the wrapper, and does not show every wave in old decking the way a three-tab does. Three-tab still has a place on a rental, an outbuilding or a repair that has to match what is already up.
Wind rating is a nailing question
A shingle only earns its rating if it is fastened the way the wrapper says. Six nails in the nail line, not four in the wrong spot.
Ice-and-water shield, and where it goes
This is the single most important membrane on a Utah roof. It is a self-adhering sheet that seals around nail shanks, and it belongs at the eave, in every valley, and around every penetration.
The eave measurement people get wrong
Code language is about coverage past the interior wall line, not a flat number of feet. On a house with deep overhangs that means more courses than a builder might assume.
Valleys get it too
A valley carries water from two planes. It gets the membrane whether anybody asks for it or not.
What we do around Grantsville
Every service is its own page. These are the ones Grantsville asks for most.
Roofing
Full replacements and new roofs on Grantsville homes, deck up.
Repairs
Leaks and failed details, which is most of what Grantsville 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 Grantsville.
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.
How the job runs
Photographs at every stage
We shoot the roof before anything comes off, we shoot the bare deck with anything we are replacing marked, we shoot the ice barrier and the metal before the shingles cover them, and we shoot the finished roof. The photos that matter most are the middle ones, because those are of the parts nobody can see once the job is done.
You get the whole set
Not a curated few. If something in there raises a question, ask it.
It keeps everybody honest
Including us.
Where the trailer and the chute go
Placement gets settled before the crew shows up, not while they are unloading. That means looking at the slope of the drive, where the gas meter and the sprinkler heads are, whether a neighbor’s parking gets blocked, and which side of the house takes the debris with the shortest carry.
A tight street changes the answer
On a narrow older block the trailer sometimes has to go in the street with cones, which needs a heads up to the neighbors and occasionally a word with the city. We handle that part.
Work from around the valley
Second generation on a roof
This is a family trade here. The owner learned it working for his uncle, who did not tolerate a sloppy valley, and those habits carry into every job the name goes on. Twenty-seven years in the trade is the owner’s own time on roofs, learned before there was a company.
Eight years under this name
The Hancock Signature name has been on trucks for eight of those years. Two different numbers, and we keep them straight because the difference is the whole story.
Referrals instead of advertising
Most of what comes to us comes from somebody who watched us work. That is slow and it is the only marketing we really trust, because a neighbor who saw the cleanup and the crew and the finished ridge line knows more about us than any page of text can say.
Ask around your street
Somebody near you has had a roof done in the last few years. Ask them who cleaned up and who did not.
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 Grantsville?
Regularly. Grantsville is ordinary working territory for us, not an outlying job we take when it is quiet.
How fast can you get to Grantsville after a storm?
We stop the water first. Temporary work is genuinely temporary and we say so, but it buys the time to do the actual repair right.
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.
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.
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.
Where Grantsville sits on our map
Grantsville sits in Tooele County, inside the sixty mile radius we run crews in every week.
Roof work in Grantsville
Call (801) 382-8898 or send a note, and we will book a time to walk the roof with you.