Roofing for Syracuse and Onondaga County
Syracuse Roof Co.Roofing · Syracuse, NYEvery ring answered 24/7, first snowfall to final thaw
Leaks found and fixed, ice dams cleared, storm damage tarped and documented, and full replacements laid with ice and water shield where the snow sits. One roofing outfit for the city and the towns around it. We look first, then price it in writing.
Free roof inspection
Tell us what the roof is doing. We call back to set a visit, look before we price, and put the number in writing.
A tear-off down to the deck, soft boards replaced, ice and water shield along every eave and valley, new flashing, ventilation that actually moves air, and architectural shingles or metal on top. Done in a day or two on most houses, permitted, and cleaned up with a magnet sweep of the yard and driveway.
What a replacement includes →A drip by the chimney, shingles in the yard, icicles as thick as your arm. Call or use the form, any time of day, and we set a visit.
The roof gets walked when it's safe to walk, the attic gets a flashlight, and every problem gets a photo you can see.
Repair or replacement, line by line: materials by name, the permit, tear-off layers, decking allowance. Nothing starts until you say so.
The job gets done, the yard gets swept for nails, and you get photos of what went under the shingles before it was covered.
Prices, permits, ice dams, insurance claims and winter care, written for houses in Onondaga County rather than for the whole country.
For a typical 1,600 to 2,000 square foot house with one layer of old shingles, a full architectural-shingle replacement usually lands somewhere around $11,000 to $20,000. A second layer to tear off, soft decking, a steep two-and-a-half-story pitch or a lot of valleys and dormers push it up. Standing seam metal runs roughly double. The replacement cost guide breaks it down line by line.
Inside the city, yes. A full replacement needs a building permit from the City of Syracuse Central Permit Office at One Park Place, 300 South State Street, and the fee usually runs about $100 to $350. Patching or swapping a few shingles normally doesn't. The towns and villages around the city each set their own rules, so we check with the right office for your address and pull the permit ourselves. More in the permit guide.
Nine times out of ten it's an ice dam. Heat from the house melts the snow on the upper roof, the water runs down to the cold overhang and freezes, and the ridge of ice holds back the next melt. That water backs up under the shingles and comes through at the wall line or around a window. The fix is part removal and part prevention. See ice dam repair.
Not at the state level. New York has no statewide roofing license, so the questions that matter are insurance and permits. The crews who work through us carry general liability and workers' compensation, and full replacements go in under a local permit.
If wind, hail, a fallen limb or ice did sudden damage, the homeowner's policy often covers the repair or replacement, less the deductible. Wear and age aren't covered. We document the damage with photos and measurements so the adjuster has what they need. The claims guide walks through it.
From the double-decker flats of the North Side and Tipp Hill to the split-levels of Clay and the old village houses of Fayetteville, we roof across Onondaga County, roughly twenty miles out from downtown in every direction.
See the whole service areaSyracuse Roof Co. books and runs roofing work across the city and Onondaga County. The crews are insured. Full replacements go in under a permit. And before anyone talks money, you see the photos: the cracked boot, the rotten corner of decking, the dark streak in the attic where the ice dam pushed water in.
We don't push a new roof on a house that needs a repair. If a $600 flashing job buys you five more winters, that's the job we quote.
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Call or send the form. We look at the roof first, then put the price in writing. Clay to Camillus, Cicero to DeWitt.
