Licensed, bonded and insured · Family run, Scottsdale AZ · AZ ROC #243220
Concrete and clay tile roof installation for homes across Scottsdale, done by the same family run crew, with the underlayment spec written into the quote.
Tile sits up off the deck on its own battens and lugs, so air moves underneath it and the roof does not hand all of that heat straight to the attic the way a dark flat surface does. In a Scottsdale summer that gap does real work.
A look at the valleys, the ridge mortar and the flashing once a year keeps a new tile roof new, and catches a slipped tile while it is still one tile.
Everybody quoting your roof is offering the same tile. What separates a tile roof that runs 20 years without a callback from one that leaks in year eight is what goes underneath it: the grade of underlayment, how the valleys and headwall flashing are formed, how the penetrations are tied in, and whether the hips and ridges are finished the way the tile maker intended.
Arizona deck temperatures are brutal on that layer, so we specify a high temperature underlayment rather than the cheapest roll that passes, and we put the spec in the written quote so you can compare like for like against anyone else bidding the job. The tile you choose is a look. The layer under it is the roof.
The exact underlayment, flashing and fastening detail is written into your quote, so you know what you are buying and what you are comparing against.
Three steps from the first phone call to a finished roof, with the price agreed in writing before we start.
We get on the roof, check the deck, the structure and the existing tile, and photograph what we find, whether or not you need work.
The tile, the underlayment spec and the flashing detail spelled out in writing before anything starts.
Our own crew lays the roof, clears the debris and walks the finished job with you.
Tile is a heavy, slow, detail driven roof and it punishes shortcuts. Courses have to keep their line across a long elevation, valleys have to be formed wide enough to clear a monsoon downpour, penetrations have to be tied into the underlayment rather than smeared over afterwards, and the hips and ridges have to be finished so they do not crumble in five years. None of that shows on the day the scaffold comes down. All of it shows later.
The Gordons install and replace tile roofs in Scottsdale, AZ and across the wider Maricopa County valley, from Phoenix to Cave Creek. The inspection comes first. We check the deck, the structure carrying the load, the existing tile and what is left of the underlayment, then tell you honestly whether the roof needs replacing, relaying with your existing tile, or simply repairing, with photos and a fixed written price.
We check the deck, the tile, the valleys and every roof penetration, then walk you through what we actually found up there.
The inspection and the written quote cost you nothing, work or no work.
We do not push you into a new roof. If your tile is sound and only the underlayment has gone, we will tell you that, and either way you get the reasoning and the number in writing.
Emergency leak response across Scottsdale and the Valley.
A tile roof is built from the deck up, and every layer is covered by the one after it. Here is the order a Circle G Roofing tile roof goes on in.
The old roof comes off and the deck underneath is checked for soft spots and damage, because nothing goes over a deck we would not stand on.
High temperature underlayment is laid to the manufacturer spec, lapped correctly and carried into the valleys and up the walls.
Valleys, headwall and sidewall flashing and every pipe and vent are formed and tied into the underlayment before a tile is set.
Tile is loaded out, set course by course to a straight line, and the hips and ridges are finished to match, then the site is cleared.
BBB accredited, and Angie’s List Super Service Award in 2013 and 2014. Free inspection either way, work or no work.
You do not have to guess, and you do not have to climb up there. A tile roof tells you it is at the end of the underlayment long before anyone opens it up.
If any of these sound like your roof, have someone look before the next monsoon finds the weak spot. On a sound structure the answer is often a relay using your existing tile, not a whole new roof.
These are the questions people search for most before putting a tile roof on, and the answers we give standing on the roof. If yours is not here, ask us at the inspection.
One to two weeks on a typical Scottsdale home, and the size of the roof is only half of it. Cut up roofs with a lot of hips, valleys and penetrations take longer than a big simple one, because the detail work is where the time goes. You get a schedule with the written quote, and the roof is never left open overnight.
Both work here, and the choice is mostly look, weight and budget. Clay holds its color for decades because the color is the material, and it suits a Spanish or Mediterranean elevation. Concrete costs less, comes in more profiles and colors, and its surface color fades over the years. Concrete is also heavier, which matters on an older structure. We will tell you which your roof and your house can carry.
Usually yes, and it is the option most Scottsdale homes actually need. If the tile is sound it comes off in order and gets stacked, the old underlayment is stripped, new goes down, and your tile goes back on with only the broken ones replaced. You pay for the layer that wore out rather than the one that did not.
The tile can last the life of the house. The underlayment beneath it is the clock, and in Arizona heat that is usually 13 to 16 years before it needs replacing. So a tile roof is not a one time purchase that fails all at once: it is a long lived shell over a waterproof layer that gets renewed once or twice along the way.
If your home already has tile, yes. If you are moving to tile from a lighter roof, the structure has to be checked first, because concrete tile is several times the weight of the roof it replaces. We look at the framing at the inspection and tell you plainly if an engineer needs to be involved, rather than loading a roof and hoping.
It depends on the size and cut up of the roof, whether it is a new roof or a relay of your existing tile, which tile you choose and what the deck looks like once the old roof is off. We will not put a number on it over the phone from a guess. We get on the roof, photograph what is actually there and give you a fixed price in writing. The inspection and the quote cost you nothing, work or no work.
Thinking about a new tile roof, or wondering whether yours needs one at all? Contact Circle G Roofing for a free inspection and a written fixed price, and we will tell you straight which of the two you are looking at.
