What a straight-talking roofer would tell you before you spend anything.
A roof is a purchase most people make once or twice in a lifetime, which means almost nobody is an experienced buyer. That asymmetry is where bad roofing deals come from. These guides cover the questions that decide how much you spend: whether a repair will hold, what storm damage claims involve, and what actually wears a roof out in this climate.
Utah is hard on roofs in a specific way — deep snow load, freeze-thaw cycling, high-UV summers, and wind that comes down the canyons without much warning. Understanding what that does to shingles, flashing, and the deck underneath is most of what separates a fair estimate from an expensive one.
A practical guide to the repair-or-replace decision: age, leak history, flashing condition, decking, and when patching stops paying off. From Roofing 801.
Read the guide →What hail does to shingles, when a claim typically makes sense, and how to document damage before you call your insurer. A Utah guide from Roofing 801.
Read the guide →What shortens a roof's life along the Wasatch Front — snow load, freeze-thaw, UV, ventilation — and the signs your roof is aging faster than it should.
Read the guide →Get someone on the roof who will tell you whether this is a repair or a replacement.
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