Arizona Roofing News & Expert Tips

People ask whether a lighter roof will make the house cooler. The honest answer is that it's one of four things that interact, and usually not the most important one. Insulation, duct condition, air sealing and...

Cool roofing gets sold hard in this market, sometimes with numbers attached that nobody can support. Here's what the technology actually does. Reflectance and emittance are real, measurable properties and we will give...

Asphalt shingles were not designed with the Sonoran Desert specifically in mind. They work here, but they work harder. The failure sequence here is consistent enough to predict: granules shed, ultraviolet light reaches...

Both are common in Arizona, both last a long time, and the differences mostly show up when it's time to do work on them. Color behavior, weight, brittleness underfoot and replacement cost are where they diverge, and all...

Three options at three price points. Contractors quoting different options aren't quoting the same job, which is why tile proposals can look wildly inconsistent. Ask each contractor which of the three they are quoting...

Usually yes, and it's often the reason a tile roof costs less to renew than people fear. Existing tile is removed, stored and reinstalled over new underlayment and flashings, which renews the waterproofing without...

The most expensive misunderstanding in Arizona roofing is thinking the tile keeps water out. It doesn't. The underlayment beneath it does, and it wears out first. It does not. The tile sheds most of the water and...

I submit warranty registrations after every completed roof, and I see which customers can find their paperwork years later and which can't. The difference is almost always whether someone put it all in one place at the...

Roof age has become one of the more common reasons homeowners hear from their insurer, and it catches people off guard because nothing went wrong. It catches tile roof owners out especially, because tile and the...