Before day one: the quiet logistics
After you approve the written estimate, materials get ordered and a start window gets set. The day before, a dumpster or trailer arrives for the tear-off debris, and shingle delivery usually lands on the driveway or, on many jobs, directly onto the roof by boom truck.
Your prep list is short: cars out of the driveway, anything fragile off the walls of upper rooms (hammering travels), pets somewhere calm, and a note to us about anything in the yard you're worried about. We tarp and protect, but local knowledge helps.
Day one: tear-off (the loud part)
Tear-off starts early and sounds like it. The crew strips the old shingles and underlayment down to bare plywood, with tarps protecting landscaping and catch zones below the eaves. By afternoon your house is briefly wearing nothing but its deck, which is exactly the point.
This is also inspection hour: every sheet of decking gets checked for rot and soft spots. Solid deck means full speed ahead. Damage means a conversation, today, with photos and per-sheet pricing you saw in writing before we started. Surprises happen under old roofs; surprise bills shouldn't.
Day one to two: the rebuild, layer by layer
The new roof goes on as a system, in order: ice-and-water membrane in valleys and trouble spots, underlayment across the field, drip edge, new flashing at every penetration and transition, and then the shingles themselves, nailed to spec (placement and count per shingle are part of what manufacturer certification means). Ridge venting and cap shingles finish the top.
A weather pause, if Oregon supplies one, isn't a crisis: the underlayment stage is built to be left watertight overnight. You'll hear the plan from us before you have to ask.
Final day: cleanup and the walkthrough
Cleanup is where roofing companies show their character. Ours ends with the yard raked, the gutters cleared of debris we caused, the dumpster hauled, and a magnet sweep of the lawn and driveway for stray nails, the part dog owners and bare feet appreciate most.
Then the walkthrough: you, us, and the finished roof, with photos of the details you can't see from the ground and your warranty paperwork. (What those warranties cover, exactly.) Questions get answered before we wave goodbye, not in a voicemail next week.
