This one is in progress. A two-story home in Rancho Cucamonga, CA with S concrete tile, an older roof, and leaks showing up in more than one place. We're doing a tile lift and relay: same tile on top, new everything underneath. Here's where it stands. I'll add the finished roof when we wrap up.
Age, mainly. The roof was getting older, and he was getting leaks in more than one spot. When it's one spot, a repair makes sense. With issues in this many areas, I suggested we do the whole roof instead of chasing the leaks one at a time. The S concrete tile could go back on, so this is a lift and relay, not new tile. Why patching an old roof over and over usually costs more is in repair vs replacement, and how a relay works is on our tile lift and relay page.
The tile is coming off and getting stacked right on the roof, in rows, because it's all going back on. The old underlayment is off down to the deck. The solar panels came off before we started: the homeowner's solar company takes them off and puts them back on, so that part isn't in our contract.
The front slopes from above, tile stacked in rows on the open deck.
The front of the house, mid job.
Up close: the deck open and the tile stacked, ready to go back on.
The back slopes.
New Westlake Royal TileSeal HT underlayment over the whole deck. Open valleys with new valley metal at every valley, so the water has a clear channel and the tile isn't crowded into it. I wrote about why that matters in why roof valleys leak. New fascia board: about 70 feet of 2x4, painted, and 20 feet of 2x8. Then the same S concrete tile goes 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.
We should be done on Friday. I'll add the finished roof to this post when we wrap up.
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.
Two more we've finished: a Rancho Cucamonga lift and relay in October and one in Loma Linda. More of our work in town is on our Rancho Cucamonga page.
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