Roofers for Chapel Hill, NC homes

Roofing in Chapel Hill and Carrboro

The town sorts into a few roofing worlds. Lake Forest, Coker Hills, Greenwood, Morgan Creek and the Gimghoul neighborhood are 1950s–70s houses — long ranches and split-levels with low-pitch roofs, brick chimneys, and a canopy of white oak, willow oak and loblolly pine that was already mature when the houses went in. Southern Village, Meadowmont and the Briar Chapel side of things are 1997–2015 two-story homes with steep, cut-up roofs, plenty of valleys and dormers, and architectural shingles now at or past 20 years on the earliest phases. Governors Club, Chapel Ridge and the Mount Carmel Church Road corridor carry larger custom homes with 40–60 square roofs, often with slate or metal accents. Carrboro is a mix of 1940s mill houses off Main Street and 1980s–2000s infill.

Roofers Chapel Hill NC homeowners hire deal with two things more than anyone else in the region: shade and trees. A roof that never sees direct sun holds moisture, and the algae and moss on the north slopes in Lake Forest are the thickest we see anywhere. And when a remnant saturates the clay, the oaks in Coker Hills drop limbs that weigh more than a car.

What we see most here

• Moss and algae under the canopy. On a roof shaded all day, algae streaks turn into a moss mat that lifts the shingle edges. Soft-wash treatment is $300–$600; if the granules under the moss are gone, it's replacement.
• Low-pitch leaks on 1950s–60s ranches. Original 3/12 and 4/12 roofs with shingles that were never meant for that slope, leaking in wind-driven rain at the eaves and where the porch roof meets the wall.
• Oak and pine limb strikes after every September remnant. Tarping, then a decking and shingle repair, usually $800–$2,500 and usually a claim.
• Valleys and dormer flashing on the cut-up Southern Village and Meadowmont roofs. A valley re-lay with membrane is $500–$1,200.
• Chimney flashing on the brick ranches, flashed once in 1962 and tarred over three times since. $600–$1,500 done right.
• Attic ventilation on the 1960s houses with gable vents and no soffit intake, cooking the shingles from below.

What we do here

• Roof repair — leaks, flashing, boots, limb damage; most jobs $300–$1,500
• Roof replacement — architectural shingles, $450–$800 per square; a Southern Village two-story runs $13,000–$22,000, a Coker Hills ranch $10,000–$16,000
• Storm damage repair — tarping and claim documentation after remnants and thunderstorms
• Roof inspection — written reports for a market where due diligence runs a week
• Metal roofing — standing seam for the custom homes out Mount Carmel Church Road and the modern builds in Carrboro

Permits, HOAs and the historic district

The Town of Chapel Hill and Orange County each handle their own permits; we sort out which applies to your address. Southern Village, Meadowmont and Governors Club have architectural review that cares about shingle color and, for metal, material — we send the spec sheet and color sample before ordering. Houses in the Chapel Hill historic districts around Franklin Street and Gimghoul need a certificate of appropriateness for visible changes, which a like-for-like shingle replacement usually clears without trouble.

Nearby

Carrboro, Hillsborough, and the Orange County countryside between them. Roof repair Hillsborough NC homeowners call for — West Hillsborough mill houses, the 1990s subdivisions off Orange Grove Road, and the farmhouses north toward Cedar Grove — is the same crew and the same pricing. See the cost page for numbers.