Mckenzie Towne Roofing Calgary SE

Done Right Roofing is proud to have just finished roofing this home in the Aberdeen area of Southeast Calgary.  This house is a typical two-story structure with a 7/12 roof slope.  The material torn off the roof is pine shake.  There are literally thousands of shake roofs in SE Calgary that required premature re-roofing because one outdated building code required and installation that rotted out the shake.  Due to this controversy the shake roofing product is not very popular in Calgary anymore.

Like most other people, this homeowner is replacing the pine shake with asphalt shingle roofing.  There are some special considerations when doing a shake roof to asphalt roof conversion.  One major thing is that the asphalt roofing lays flatter than the shake roofing, so the metal flashing can stick up excessively and really take a beating in the re-roofing process.  A good Calgary roofing company will give the homeowner the option of replacing or at least painting flashings that look terrible.

The roof deck on this house is rotted at the eaves (edges).  This is typical in the Calgary climate.  The constant fluctuations in winter weather cause moisture to build up on the edges and rot the roof deck.   Calgary roofing building code requires that this rotted deck be cut out replaced and that the bottom edge of the roof have a minimum of 36 inches of eaves protector to fight future roof rot.  You can learn more about Eaves Protection on our Website.