Before & After
Three recent jobs, in detail
The same camera angle, ten weeks apart. The interesting part is what the tear-off uncovered between the two shots.
Cedar shake → architectural composite, Mercer Island
Original 1982 cedar shake at end-of-life — moss on the north slope and split shakes on the south, no salvageable courses. We pulled the cedar in two days and found two valley sections where the original installer had used 15-lb felt where ice-and-water was specified. Replaced underlayment with synthetic + ice-and-water at all penetrations, valleys, and the rake edges. New 50-year architectural composite on the whole roof. Owner reports the attic noise during rain went from “you’d swear it was raining inside” to inaudible.
Windthrow damage, Ballard, January 2026
January windstorm pulled four courses of composite off the south slope and exposed plywood in two locations. We were on site at 5:30 AM with two crews, tarped before sunrise, and had the full estimate written that afternoon. Insurance came in on the high side of our scope (they wanted full re-roof; we recommended slope replacement with matching shingle). Owner went with the smaller scope; we finished in seven working days; the rest of the roof is the same 2018-era composite still in good shape.
Built-up → TPO membrane, Kirkland warehouse
14,000 sf low-slope warehouse roof in active service — owners needed the work done without shutting down operations. Original built-up roof was 1990s and patched in twelve places. We replaced it in five working sections, each section completed start-to-finish in a single day so tenants did not lose interior space overnight. 60-mil mechanically-attached TPO membrane, new edge metal, three new roof drains routed to existing storm. Sub-$200K on a job two other firms quoted closer to $280K.
