Specialty Roofing in North Georgia
Built the way these materials actually demand.
Cedar, standing seam metal, slate, and tile usually fail for the same reason: not bad material, but rushed details underneath it. Here's what each one actually requires, what drives cost, what goes wrong, and how to spot the difference before it's on your roof.
Get My Free Roof InspectionHow a roof is actually built.
- 1 Roof deck
- 2 Ice & water shield
- 3 Synthetic underlayment
- 4 Drip edge
- 5 Starter strip
- 6 Shingle course one
- 7 Courses two & three, overlap
- 8 Ridge cap
Eight layers, in order. Most of what keeps water out is underneath the part you can see.
Standing seam versus exposed fastener. They are not the same roof
Read More Cedar ShakeCedar shake grades, and why we hand nail every shake.
Read More Natural SlateSlate: the roof, and the roof underneath it, need to last the same amount of time
Read More Clay & Concrete TileTile: the underlayment is doing more work than the tile is
Read MoreTPO and flat roofing
Flat and low slope roofs need a different system entirely. We install TPO for detached structures, additions, and the flat sections that show up on many high end homes. If your project includes flat roofing alongside a specialty material, we can handle both.
Areas we serve
Dawsonville Cumming Gainesville Dahlonega Jasper Lake Lanier Area
Request an EstimateTell us about your roof.
Cedar, metal, slate, tile. Tell us what you're working with and we'll follow up to schedule a look at your home.
770.235.1146No pressure, no obligation, no salesman in your living room. We inspect, we document, we send you the report. What you do next is up to you.
We respond to every inspection request within one business day.