Dearborn Roofing done right, proven on every roof

Dearborn houses, roofs you can see

Much of Dearborn was built between the 1920s and the 1950s. That means solid brick houses with steep roofs, chimneys, dormers and finished upstairs rooms, many of them on their third or fourth roof by now. Under the shingles we often find board decking, an old layer or two that was never torn off, and attics with very little ventilation.

Those details matter when you are deciding what to do. A roof laid over another roof hides soft boards. A finished half story with no airflow is the classic setup for ice dams. A brick chimney with tired counterflashing can drip into a wall for years before it shows on a ceiling.

So we don’t ask you to take our word for it. Scott, the owner, walks the roof with you, and the crew photographs what they find: the old layers, the decking, the flashing, the new underlayment and the finished ridge. If there is rot or a hidden leak, you see the picture before we go further. At the end of each day the yard and driveway are cleaned up and you get a short briefing on what was done and what comes next.