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Serving the Windrow Valley since 2004 · (555) 014-8830

Beacon. Roofing & Exteriors

Projects

Before, after, and the part most contractors leave out

Anyone can show you a drone shot of a finished roof. We'd rather tell you the whole job: what we found, what it changed, and how the surprise was priced. Every project below includes its wrinkle, because a contractor who claims there were none is editing.

Project stories

A roofer tearing worn asphalt shingles off down to the wood deck, with a ladder resting on the roof

01 · Birch Landing · 2025

Three layers down to daylight

Roof replacement: architectural asphalt

Roof size
24 squares
Decking replaced
14 sheets
On-site
2 days

Before

A 1962 ranch carrying three generations of shingles: a 90s overlay on an 80s overlay on the original roof. The deck sagged between rafters, and the hallway ceiling had a brown ring that grew every spring.

The work

  • Tore off all three layers, 9,400 lbs to the trailer
  • Replaced 14 sheets of delaminated decking at the published $85 per sheet
  • Re-nailed the rest of the deck to code, with ice-and-water at eaves and valleys
  • Architectural asphalt with continuous ridge vent to finally let the attic breathe

After

A flat, quiet roofline and an attic that reads 20°F cooler on summer afternoons. We gave the hallway ring a coat of stain-block before we left. Not our trade, but it finished the job.

The honest wrinkle

The estimate assumed 8 sheets of decking; tear-off found 14. The homeowner had photos of every bad sheet in her inbox before we nailed the new ones down. That's what the published $85 per sheet is for.

How we price roof replacement →

A shingle roof with patches torn away by a storm, showing bare decking under a blue sky

02 · East Windrow · 2025

61 hail strikes, one adjuster meeting

Insurance replacement: class 4 asphalt

Impacts documented
61
Roof size
19 squares
Claim outcome
Approved, first visit

Before

June hail took out half the street. Three storm crews had already knocked on the owner's door with 'free roof' promises and a contingency form on a clipboard.

The work

  • Chalk-circled and photographed 61 impact points, mapped by roof slope
  • Met the adjuster on the roof with the documentation package
  • Replaced with class 4 impact-rated shingles, which the owner's insurer discounts
  • Zero contingency agreements: the owner signed after the claim was approved, not before

After

A roof that qualifies for a yearly insurance credit, and a claim file the carrier called 'the easy one on the street.'

The honest wrinkle

We told the owner two slopes didn't have enough damage to claim, and the carrier's re-inspection agreed. Claiming clean slopes is how storm outfits get whole roofs denied.

How we price roof replacement →

Grey standing-seam metal roof with crisp vertical panel lines over a white-walled house

03 · Kelsey Junction · 2024

A 10/12 farmhouse goes to metal

Roof replacement: standing-seam metal

Pitch
10 in 12
Panel runs
38, formed on site
On-site
5 days

Before

An 1890s farmhouse on its third cedar roof, owned by a couple who were done re-roofing every couple of decades. Steep, tall, and open to the full west wind off the prairie.

The work

  • Full cedar tear-off down to skip sheathing; re-decked with plywood over the original boards
  • Standing-seam panels roll-formed to length in the yard, with no field seams on 32-ft runs
  • Concealed-fastener clips rated for the wind zone; snow rails over both entries
  • High-temp underlayment throughout (metal roofs cook standard felt)

After

The last roof this house should need in the owners' lifetime: 38 crisp panel lines you can see from the county road.

The honest wrinkle

Five days instead of the quoted four. The original 1890s ridge beam wandered almost two inches, and straight panels don't bend to fit. We ate the extra day; the quote was fixed-price.

How we price roof replacement →

Close view of a weathered cedar shake roof with layered hand-split shakes running up to the ridge

04 · Alderton · 2024

Keeping the cedar on a 1928 lakefront

Cedar shake restoration and partial replacement

Shakes replaced
About 30% of field
Ridge rebuilt
64 lin ft
On-site
4 days

Before

A character-district home where the review board (and the owners) wanted the cedar kept. The south side was mossy and cupped, and two other contractors had quoted full tear-offs to asphalt.

The work

  • Replaced about 30% of the field shakes, worst first, matched for grade and exposure
  • Rebuilt 64 feet of ridge with new cap shakes over a vented ridge detail
  • Soft-wash moss treatment and a full preservation coat on the whole roof
  • Copper drip flashing at the eaves where the old galvanized had rotted out

After

A cedar roof with a realistic 12 to 15 more years in it, at about a third of the cost of replacement, and the streetscape the district exists to protect.

The honest wrinkle

We were the third bid and the only one that priced restoration. The honest version: a full replacement pays a contractor better. Restoration was simply the right call for this roof.

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Back corner of a two-storey house with grey lap siding, a wooden deck and an orange ladder set up for siding work

05 · Cassel Heights · 2025

The woodpeckers won. The rot almost did.

Siding replacement: fiber cement

Wall area
2,300 sq ft
Windows re-flashed
11
On-site
6 days

Before

Woodpeckers had turned the west gable of this hillside Victorian into pegboard. Probing found soft sheathing around most window heads, where water had been running behind the old hardboard for years.

The work

  • Stripped the west face to the studs; sheathing patched and dried before anything went back
  • House wrap, seam tape, and new head flashing on all 11 windows
  • Fiber-cement lap siding with kick-out flashing where the porch roof meets the wall
  • Factory finish in the district-approved color, with a 15-year paint warranty

After

A hard, paintable, peck-proof skin, and window openings that finally shed water outward instead of into the wall.

The honest wrinkle

The rot repair added $2,140 to a $31,000 job. The owners approved it from photos we sent at 9 a.m., and nothing was covered up before they said yes. Find, photograph, approve, then proceed: that order is policy.

How we price siding →

Long icicles hanging from a frozen roof edge, the sign of an ice dam forming above

06 · Fenwick · 2026

Ice dams, fascia rot and a drainage rethink

Gutters, fascia and heat cable

Seamless gutter
186 lin ft, 6"
Fascia replaced
92 lin ft
On-site
2 days

Before

Two winters of ice dams had pried the old 5-inch gutters off their spikes and rotted the fascia behind them. Meltwater was landing at the foundation, and the basement knew it.

The work

  • Replaced 92 feet of fascia and flashed the drip edge into the gutter line
  • Oversized 6-inch seamless runs on hidden hangers at 16-inch spacing for snow load
  • Downspouts extended to daylight, away from the foundation
  • Self-regulating heat cable in the two valleys that feed the north gutter

After

The next freeze-thaw cycle made icicles you could photograph instead of ice dams you'd have to claim. The basement dried out enough that the owner retired the dehumidifier.

The honest wrinkle

We advised against gutter guards here. Heavy conifer needles defeat the mesh and hide the ice. Guards would have been an easy $1,400 add-on; they'd also have been the wrong call.

How we price gutters & downspouts →

Every homeowner gets the full photo log of their own job, including the rot under layer two and the flashing someone reused in 2009. We show one photo per job here and keep the rest with the family who owns it.

Free estimate

Your roof gets the same story, with any surprise priced in writing

Find, photograph, approve, then proceed. That order is policy on every Beacon job, and it starts with a free measure.

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