Roofs we install
Asphalt shingle roofing in Atlanta.
Asphalt shingle covers more houses in Georgia than everything else put together. Most of what gets installed today is architectural shingle — heavier, layered, and cut to throw a shadow line instead of lying flat.
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The material
Architectural shingle, and the older flat kind.
An architectural shingle is built from two or more layers laminated together, so the roof reads as texture and depth rather than as a flat sheet. It is the standard replacement in Atlanta and what a new roof here usually means.
The older three-tab shingle is a single layer cut into tabs. It lies flat, it weighs less, and it is what you are looking at on a lot of houses built before the mid-2000s. A three-tab roof coming off is usually going back on as architectural.
Underneath either one sits the part nobody photographs and everything depends on: the decking, the underlayment, the ice and water barrier in the valleys, the flashing where the roof meets a wall or a chimney. A roof fails at those joints far more often than it fails in the field.
Where it suits
When shingle is the right answer.
A pitched roof with ordinary spans
Shingle wants slope. On a normal gabled or hipped house it is the straightforward, proven covering.
Matching a street
If every house on the block wears architectural shingle, a roof that matches is worth more at resale than one that argues.
A repair you want done this week
The material is stocked everywhere, so a shingle repair rarely waits on an order.
A replacement on a budget
Shingle costs less to buy and less to install than metal, tile or slate. That is true of the material anywhere, not a quote.
What to know
Four things worth knowing first.
Manufacturers rate it at 25–30 years
That is the rating on the bundle for an architectural shingle, not a promise from us. Heat, ventilation and storms all move the real number.
Georgia heat is the quiet enemy
An under-ventilated attic cooks a roof from below and shortens its life. Intake at the eave and exhaust at the ridge matter as much as the shingle.
Hail bruises it
A hail strike knocks granules loose and leaves a soft, dark spot. That is the damage an adjuster is looking for, and it is easy to miss from the ground.
Colour changes the attic
A darker roof runs hotter. On a house with living space under the roof, that shows up on a power bill.
You might ask us
Straight answers.
Is architectural shingle worth it over three-tab?
For most houses, yes. It is heavier, it carries a longer manufacturer rating, and it looks like a roof rather than a surface. Three-tab still has a place on outbuildings and on houses where matching the original is the point.
How do I know my shingle roof needs replacing?
Missing or lifted shingles, dark soft spots where hail has landed, grit collecting at the downspouts, and any stain on a ceiling. If you are seeing those, the walk is free.
My shingle roof was hit by hail. What happens?
We photograph and document the damage, we are on site when your adjuster inspects, and you get a written estimate to submit. The claim itself stays between you and your insurer.
Roofs we install
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