Looking up a finished slate and standing-seam roofline against the sky

Ridgeline

The last roof this house will need.

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

The work

Three roofs of four hundred.

The Georgian · Ninety squares of slate over a house that's outlived four roofs. This one retires the count. — The Georgian Ninety squares of slate over a house that's outlived four roofs. This one retires the count. MYERS PARK

The Farmhouse · Standing seam, charcoal, panels folded on site. Rain sounds better than you'd think. — The Farmhouse Standing seam, charcoal, panels folded on site. Rain sounds better than you'd think. DAVIDSON

The Tudor · Cedar shakes and a copper bay. The patina takes eight years; the warranty runs fifty. — The Tudor Cedar shakes and a copper bay. The patina takes eight years; the warranty runs fifty. EASTOVER

The craft

What careful looks like.

A copper valley with standing seams in late sun — Valleys are folded, not caulked. Water never argues with a fold.

Slate courses being laid by hand — Every course is chalk-lined twice. The line costs a minute; a wave costs the whole look.

Rain beading and running on a new standing-seam roof — The proof is weather. A roof earns its keep the day the sky opens.

50-year material warranty

Registered to the house, not to us.

10-year workmanship

In writing, on page one.

Inspected at every course

The foreman signs the ridge.

The Ridgeline crew working a steep slate roof, backs to the camera

The people

The crew that comes back.

Same four crews for eleven years; the foreman's father ran the first one. If we tarp your roof at 6 in the evening, we're on it at 7 the next morning. The neighbors set their watch by it.

EST. 2011 · CHARLOTTE

Your roof

Get a straight answer about your roof.

We inspect, we photograph everything, and we tell you plainly if it's a repair rather than a replacement. If it can wait five years, we'll say so.

(704) 555-0163

MYERS PARK · DILWORTH · EASTOVER · DAVIDSON · LAKE NORMAN