Farmington Hills Roof Pros provides professional tile roofing in Farmington Hills, MI for residential and commercial properties across southwest Oakland County. We service tile in Farmington Hills and we very rarely recommend installing it. There are a few hundred tile roofs in this part of Oakland County, most of them on custom homes from the eighties, and almost every one of them has cost its owner more than it should have.
The climate is the first problem. A clay or concrete tile sits in standing snow, absorbs water, then freezes, and a tile that was fine in year twelve spalls in year twenty. The second problem is that the tile itself does not keep water out. What keeps water out is the underlayment beneath it, and thirty-year-old felt under a fifty-year tile is the actual roof you are relying on. Felt does not last fifty winters here.
The third problem is structural, and in this housing stock it is real. Concrete tile runs somewhere near nine or ten pounds a square foot against under three for laminated asphalt, and framing drawn in 1982 for a shingle roof was not drawn for that. A conversion needs an engineer's letter before we quote it, and most do not get one. An engineer's letter costs a few hundred dollars and it is not optional on a conversion.
The fourth problem is that nobody nearby works on it. Finding a crew in southeast Michigan who can relay a hip properly, source a matching profile and set a broken field tile without cracking six neighbors is genuinely difficult, and that scarcity shows up in every repair invoice for the next four decades. Scarcity of skilled labor is a cost you keep paying quietly for the whole life of the roof.
So if you already have tile, we will keep it going. Broken units replaced from salvage, mortar-set hips and ridges rebedded, the underlayment relaid slope by slope with the tile lifted and stacked, and the valley metal replaced while everything is open, which is the only sensible moment to do it. Doing the underlayment in sections keeps the house dry and keeps the salvage inventory intact.
If you want the look on a new roof, buy a stone-coated steel tile profile or a heavy synthetic slate instead. You get the shadow line and the ridge detail at a fraction of the weight, no engineer's letter, no spalling in February, and a product any competent roofer in the county can work on when you are not here to supervise.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — self-adhered ice barrier at the eave course, laminated architectural shingles rated to ASTM D3161 Class F, six-nail fastening pattern on every course, aluminum-wrapped pine sub-fascia, draftstopped attic partition above a party wall, cricket saddle framed behind a wide chimney — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Farmington Hills and nearby communities including Farmington, Livonia, Northville, Plymouth.
What We Handle
Everything our tile roofing in Farmington Hills covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of tile roofing work in Farmington Hills, MI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Farmington Hills services.
Materials, equipment and how we do tile roofing
The difference between tile roofing that lasts and tile roofing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with self-adhered ice barrier at the eave course, laminated architectural shingles rated to ASTM D3161 Class F, six-nail fastening pattern on every course, aluminum-wrapped pine sub-fascia, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Farmington Hills job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in southwest Oakland County means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do tile roofing outside Farmington Hills
Farmington Hills Roof Pros covers Farmington Hills and the surrounding communities of southwest Oakland County. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Tile Roofing in Farmington, MI — Oakland County, population 11,597
- Tile Roofing in Livonia, MI — Wayne County, population 95,535
- Tile Roofing in Northville, MI — Wayne and Oakland counties, population 6,119
- Tile Roofing in Plymouth, MI — Wayne County, population 9,370
- Tile Roofing in Westland, MI — Wayne County, population 85,420
- Tile Roofing in Southfield, MI — Oakland County, population 76,618
Start on the Farmington Hills Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Farmington Hills Chooses Farmington Hills Roof Pros
- ✓We ask for the master deed and the bylaws before we measure anything, because the article listing general common elements decides who is legally allowed to buy this roof.
- ✓On a detached site condominium the home and its roof are yours, and we say so plainly instead of sending you to a board with no authority over either.
- ✓Association quotes arrive per building with a remaining-life column, so twelve roofs can be phased across three budget years rather than funded by one special assessment.
- ✓Gutters and chimneys get their own document when the deed assigns them to the co-owner and the deck to the association, because a single invoice cannot cross that line.
The standards behind tile roofing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The tile roofing work we do in Farmington Hills follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every tile roofing project in Farmington Hills gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free tile roofing free estimate in Farmington Hills, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.