Janesville Premium Roofing provides professional tile roofing in Janesville, WI for residential and commercial properties across south central Wisconsin. We will install a tile roof in Janesville, and we will spend the first meeting trying to talk you out of it. That is not modesty about our crews. It is what the code and the local building stock together say about tile in southern Wisconsin.
Start with the clause that catches everyone. SPS 321.28 says a new roof covering may not be installed over an existing roof of wood shake, slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile. So tile is never a recover job in either direction. Going on means a full tear-off, and coming off later means another one. Two demolitions are built into the product. That is a cost most tile quotes quietly leave out.
Then the weight. Concrete and clay tile run several times the dead load of an asphalt roof, and pre-1980 Janesville framing was never sized for it. Rafters at 24 inches on center carried a shingle roof for sixty years because a shingle roof is light. Adding tile to that assembly is a structural project with a roofing project attached to the end of it. Weight is not a detail you discover halfway through a tear-off.
Above the 1980 line, SPS 321.27 governs roof design and framing and the added load has to be justified to somebody. Below it, the state code does not apply and nobody will stop you, which is worse rather than better. The house that most needs an engineer's opinion is the one where nobody is required to go and ask for it. That is backwards, and it is worth saying out loud.
The freeze cycle finishes the argument. Southern Wisconsin crosses the freezing point over and over each spring and fall, and tile that takes on water and then freezes spalls at the edges. Tile performs beautifully in climates that stay warm or stay cold. This is neither, and the tile fields in Rock County we get called out to look at are usually cracked at the noses.
If you already own a tile roof on a period house we will repair it, source matching pieces where they exist and reset the field properly. If you are choosing a new covering and tile is on the list because you saw one in Arizona, we will quote a heavy laminated asphalt or a standing-seam steel instead, and you will be happier with it in ten years.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — No. 15 asphalt-impregnated felt underlayment, ASTM D4869 Type I underlayment felt, ring-shank nails set into 1x6 board sheathing, No. 28 gauge open-valley sheet metal, 50-pound roll roofing in closed valleys, step flashing and masonry chimney crickets — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Janesville and nearby communities including Beloit, Edgerton, Milton, Evansville.
What We Handle
Everything our tile roofing in Janesville covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of tile roofing work in Janesville, WI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- tile roofing Janesville
- clay tile roof repair
- concrete tile replacement
- tile roof tear-off
- tile roof weight framing
- broken tile replacement
- historic tile roof
- tile roof alternatives
- spalled tile repair
- tile roof cost Wisconsin
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Janesville 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 No. 15 asphalt-impregnated felt underlayment, ASTM D4869 Type I underlayment felt, ring-shank nails set into 1x6 board sheathing, No. 28 gauge open-valley sheet metal, 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 Janesville 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 south central Wisconsin 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 Janesville
Janesville Premium Roofing covers Janesville and the surrounding communities of south central Wisconsin. 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 Beloit, WI — Rock County, population 36,657
- Tile Roofing in Edgerton, WI — Rock County, population 5,945
- Tile Roofing in Milton, WI — Rock County, population 5,716
- Tile Roofing in Evansville, WI — Rock County, population 5,703
- Tile Roofing in Clinton, WI — Rock County, population 2,221
- Tile Roofing in Orfordville, WI — Rock County, population 1,473
Start on the Janesville Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Janesville Chooses Janesville Premium Roofing
- ✓We pull the assessor's construction year before we price a roof, because June 1, 1980 decides whether the state code governs your reroof or your contract has to.
- ✓Our estimates name specifications rather than adjectives: No. 15 felt or a labeled ASTM D226 Type I synthetic, four fasteners per strip shingle, a two-inch head lap.
- ✓We count existing layers by lifting shingles at the rake and a valley, and the count goes in writing before anything is sent to your insurance carrier.
- ✓We go in the attic on every inspection. Fastener rust, valley staining and packed eaves show on the underside of the sheathing long before they show on top.
The standards behind tile roofing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The tile roofing work we do in Janesville 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 Janesville 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 Janesville, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.