Asphalt Shingle Roof Replacement - Light Gray Gabled Roof

A small-footprint single-story gabled roof is one of the most common job types we do. The work that determines whether the roof lasts 25 years or 15 years is the same work regardless of size: tear-off, deck inspection, underlayment, flashing, and proper nailing.

This was a four-photo project - the kind of job we knock out in two or three working days from tear-off to magnet sweep. The previous roof was a single layer of dark shingles, original to the house, with normal age-related granule loss and some lifting at the rake edges. No active leaks, but the homeowner was selling within the year and wanted to deliver a new roof to the buyer.

Tear-off down to deck. The deck was solid - original 3/8 plywood with no soft spots. Synthetic underlayment across the field. New aluminum drip edge. Step-flashing reset at the chimney and the wall transition. Architectural shingles in a light-gray blend went down with hand-nailed starter rows and gun-nailed field nails set to proper depth (not over-driven - over-driven nails are the most common installer mistake we see).

Total turnaround: two and a half working days. Final magnet sweep removed every nail from the lawn and driveway. The buyer got a 30-year roof on a 50-year-old house.