Durham roofing companies: what to expect from us

How we work

We inspect before we quote. Every estimate comes from the roof and the attic. If a roofer prices your replacement from a satellite measurement and never opens the attic hatch, they haven't seen the decking, the ventilation, or the bath fan that's been venting into the insulation since 1998.

We build for this climate. Algae-resistant architectural shingles with six nails each, synthetic underlayment, membrane in every valley and around every penetration, new flashing on every job, and a ridge vent with soffit intake that actually works. Heat and humidity age a roof from below here; the roof has to breathe.

We tell you when you don't need us. If a $350 pipe boot fixes it, that's the quote. If your roof has four more years, we'll say so and see you then. The best roofers in Durham are the ones who tell you not to buy a roof yet.

We put it in writing. One page, itemized, good for 30 days. Materials named, warranty stated, permit question answered.

Licensing in North Carolina, and why it matters less than it should

North Carolina requires a general contractor license from the NC Licensing Board for General Contractors for any project costing $40,000 or more. Below that, the state requires nothing — no roofing license, no registration, no exam. A shingle replacement on most Durham houses comes in under $40,000, and every repair does, so the work most homeowners hire for is, legally, an unlicensed free-for-all. That's why the trucks multiply after every September storm and why so many of them are gone by spring.

We hold the license anyway. It means the board has checked our financial standing and that we've passed the exam on the building code, and it means you can look us up. We also carry general liability and workers' compensation and send the certificates before a crew arrives. Ask every roofer for the same three things: license number, liability certificate, workers' comp certificate. If they can't produce them, the injury on your roof becomes your homeowners claim.

Residential and commercial

Most of our work is residential roofing Durham wide — single-family homes from 1920s mill houses to 2020s builds, townhomes, and rental properties. We also handle the small commercial roofing Durham businesses need: low-slope TPO and modified bitumen on shops, offices and churches, and metal on warehouses and barns north of town. If it's a 60,000 sq ft distribution center in RTP, we'll point you to a commercial specialist.

Where we work

Based in Durham — downtown and the mill neighborhoods, Trinity Park, Watts-Hillandale, Duke Park, Northgate, Croasdaile, Hope Valley, Woodcroft, Parkwood, Treyburn, Bahama and Rougemont — and across the Triangle: Chapel Hill and Carrboro, Hillsborough, Cary, Morrisville, Apex, Research Triangle Park, Wake Forest and the west side of Raleigh. Area codes 919 and 984. Roofing Durham NC homeowners need and roofing in the towns around it is the same crew, the same pricing, and the same written estimate.

Getting a price

Call or text with what you've seen and roughly when the roof was last done. We'll schedule a look, walk the roof and the attic, and send a written estimate with photos, usually the same day. The pricing page has typical ranges if you'd rather see numbers first, and the roof repair and roof replacement pages explain what's included in each.