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Clay and Concrete Tile RoofingBased in Dallas, TX
Broken tiles are a repair. They get sold as a replacement because a replacement is easier to quote.
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What this job involves, and what moves the price.
A tile roof is two roofs. The tiles are the armour and they shed the bulk of the water, but the thing keeping water out of the house is the underlayment beneath them. Tiles routinely outlast the underlayment by decades, which produces the most misdiagnosed job in the trade: a tile roof that is leaking badly while every tile on it is sound.
That distinction decides everything about the quote. If the underlayment has gone, the tiles come off, get stacked, and go back on over new felt, and it is expensive. If a dozen tiles are cracked and the ridge pointing has failed, it is a repair measured in hundreds. Telling the two apart takes someone on the roof who knows what they are looking at, which is exactly why so many tile roofs in Dallas get torn off and shingled over instead.
Included Individual tile replacement, matched from profile where possible · Ridge and hip re-pointing · Underlayment repair and renewal beneath lifted tiles · Tile channel and valley debris clearing · Impact damage assessment after hail
How It Works
Call or send the form
Say what you are seeing: a stain, a storm, missing shingles, or a roof you just want an opinion on.
Someone gets on the roof
And into the attic, because the underside of the decking tells you things the surface will not. The inspection is free.
Photographs and a scope
You cannot see your own roof, so you get pictures of what was found and a written scope before any number is agreed.
The work, then the sweep
A tear-off scatters nails across a property. The last job of the day is running a magnet over the drive, the lawn and the beds.
Before You Call
Tile, answered.
My tile roof leaks but the tiles look fine. How?
Almost always the underlayment beneath them. Tiles commonly last 50 years or more; the felt underneath them is usually rated 20 to 30. The tiles are still doing their job and the waterproof layer under them has stopped doing its.
Can broken tiles be replaced individually?
Yes, and this is the normal repair. The obstacles are matching an obsolete profile and color, and getting to the broken tile without breaking three more on the way. Salvaged tiles from the same roof, taken from a back elevation, often match better than anything current.
Is a tile roof worth keeping in Dallas?
Usually. A tile roof that has had its underlayment renewed once is good for another few decades and it handles heat far better than asphalt. The reason so many disappear is cost and crew availability at the moment they need work, not a fault in the roof.
What is ridge re-pointing?
The ridge and hip tiles are bedded and pointed with mortar. That mortar cracks and washes out over time and the ridge starts letting water straight in at the top of the roof. Re-pointing rebuilds it, and it is one of the highest-value small repairs on a tile roof.
Worth Reading First
Why Homeowners Pick Us
A broken tile is a few hundred dollars until somebody quotes a tear-off.
Tile fails one piece at a time, usually from foot traffic rather than from weather. A crew that only knows shingle has one answer for a roof that never needed it.
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The Difference
The part that decides whether it lasts.
Tile also breaks from being walked on, which is worth knowing before you let anyone up there. Concrete tile has a load path along the headlap and the batten; step in the middle of a tile and it cracks under you. A crew that leaves a tile roof with more broken pieces than it arrived with is a crew that does not work on tile.
Debris is the quiet one. Leaves and grit build in the tile channels, water backs up over the headlap, and it finds the underlayment. Clearing the channels is unglamorous and it prevents the expensive version of this job.
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Find out what the roof actually needs.
Someone gets on the roof and into the attic, photographs what is there, and tells you what it needs. That costs nothing, including when the answer is nothing yet.
Chavez Family Roofing 3816 W Clarendon Dr, Dallas, TX 75211 (469) 780-8781