We just finished a tile lift and relay on a single-story home in Loma Linda, CA. The house already had a few leaks, and the homeowners wanted to fix them without paying for a whole new tile roof. Same tile on top, new underlayment underneath, five days start to finish.
The homeowners went with a lift and relay for budget reasons. The tile could go back on, so a relay let them fix the roof without paying for new tile. On a lift and relay, the tile comes up, the old paper underneath comes off, new underlayment goes down and the same tile goes back on. What the job includes, and when it's the right call, is on our tile lift and relay page.
Every tile came off and got stacked right on the roof, in rows, because all of it was going back on. Then we tore off the old paper. It was shot. That paper is the layer that keeps the water out. The tile is the armor. The paper underneath is the waterproofing. With the paper in that shape, the leaks made sense.
In its place went Titanium PSU30, a self-adhered (peel and stick) underlayment, over the whole roof. In these drone photos from October 28 it's going down and the tile is stacked in rows, waiting to go back on.
Not every underlayment carries the same warranty, and the papers don't all say what you'd expect. I wrote up what each one actually says in what the underlayment warranty papers say.
October 28: the tile stacked in rows on the new PSU30.
The whole roof in new PSU30, the tile waiting to go back on.
Tile stacked by the chimney on the new underlayment.
Five days, start to finish. The same tile went back on, hips and ridge included. From the street it looks like the same roof, and that's the point. The difference is underneath.
November 5: the finished roof, same tile back on.
The front hip and ridge, back in place.
The whole roof from above.
If the tile is still good, keep it. Replace what's under it.
Three things I look for, and any one of them is enough to have the conversation. Leaks showing up in more than one spot. Tile from the 80s or 90s that has never been lifted. And tiles sliding out of their rows. If your tile is cracked, chipped or discontinued so it can't be matched, a relay isn't the right job, and I'll tell you so. That's a tile replacement with new tile.
We finished another one in Rancho Cucamonga last month: same tile, new underlayment, day by day. More of our work in town is on our Loma Linda page.
Free in-home estimate, in writing. We'll tell you straight whether your roof needs a relay, a repair or new tile. We do asphalt shingle roofs, tile replacement with new tile, tile lift and relay, and flat roofs across the Inland Empire.
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