Replacing a Roof on an Older Delaware County Home
Tear off a roof in Media and you find the county's history laid out in layers. Homes here have been reroofed several times over, often by covering rather than removing, so a job that looked like one layer turns out to be three. Underneath there may be plank decking with gaps, a chimney flashed in tar, and a party-wall joint nobody has properly opened since the trolley was new. None of that shows from the ground.
This is roof replacement as our Media, PA office does it — the same crew, the same number, the same written estimate before anything starts.
Everything this office replaces comes off to bare deck. Covering an existing roof hides rot, loads rafters that were sized for one layer, and puts the assembly outside the manufacturer specification a material warranty depends on. On older Delaware County homes, tear-off frequently reveals spaced plank decking laid for wood shingles, which needs sheathing over it before anything modern can be fastened to spec. We replace boards that are split, delaminated or soft, and we check the framing around chimneys and old valleys, because that is where a slow leak has usually been working unseen for a decade.
Then the assembly gets built properly. Ice-and-water membrane at the eaves and up every valley, because a stone or brick wall holds cold and the eave refreezes long after the field has cleared. Synthetic underlayment across the rest. Ventilation gets addressed at the same time, and on attached homes that takes thought, since a twin or row unit often has no gable to work with and depends entirely on ridge and soffit. Ridge exhaust with no matching intake pulls air from inside the house and drives moisture into the sheathing. Where soffit intake cannot be opened, we say so rather than installing a vent that does nothing.
The order of work does not change. Free consultation and an itemized estimate, a written proposal carrying a start date, installation, then a walkthrough with a magnet sweep and your warranty documents. On narrow Media lots, staging and protection get planned before anything comes off, because your neighbor's cars, plantings and walkway are three feet away. Cleanup is daily. Flexible financing is available. What we push back on is covering an old roof to save a day, and replacing only your half of a shared plane when the other half is the same age, since the seam between old and new becomes the next leak.
Why Media roofs are different
Media is the Delaware County seat and one of the older built pockets in the state, and the roofs reflect it: modest planes, close neighbors, masonry that holds winter cold at the eaves, and a great many attached homes. Springfield, Broomall and Ridley add block after block of twins where one roof surface covers two households. The practical effect on replacement work is that scheduling, access and the shared gutter line all have to be settled before the first shingle moves, not improvised on the morning of.
- All Pro HI and Roofing - Media, PA
- Address: 11 W Front St, Media, PA 19063
- Phone: (484) 759-9206
- Hours: Open 24 hours, seven days a week
- Licensed & insured in Pennsylvania — #PA052821
- Serving: Media and Delaware County
- Identifies as women-owned
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Roof Replacement in Media
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Roof Replacement in Media — common questions
Should my twin neighbor replace their half at the same time?
If their roof is the same age, it is worth the conversation. A shared plane replaced in halves leaves a junction between new and old material, and that seam plus the shared gutter run becomes the next maintenance problem. Doing both at once also usually means a single mobilization and one round of disruption instead of two. If their side genuinely has years left, we will replace yours and detail the joint carefully rather than pressure anyone.
What happens if you find plank decking under my shingles?
On older Media homes it is common. Boards were originally spaced for wood shingles, which leaves gaps that modern fasteners cannot hold in reliably. The fix is sheathing laid over the existing planks to create a continuous nailable surface, which also stiffens the roof noticeably. It adds cost and a little height at the edges, so it changes the drip edge and gutter detail. We quote it as its own line rather than folding it into a lump sum.
How disruptive is a tear-off on a narrow street in Media?
Manageable, if it is planned. We agree dumpster placement and access in advance, protect plantings, walkways and any neighboring vehicle we cannot have moved, and keep the debris path tight because there is rarely room to spread out. Work runs during ordinary daytime hours. The site is swept and magnet-swept each evening, which matters more here than in an open subdivision because your neighbor's driveway is effectively part of the job site.
How long does a replacement take on a Media twin or row home?
Most attached homes are typically a one to two day job with a crew on site, weather permitting, since the roof area per unit is modest. What adds time is a steep pitch, a low-slope rear addition needing membrane, plank decking that has to be sheathed, or a party-wall detail that has to be rebuilt. Your written proposal carries a start date, and if weather moves it you hear from us instead of guessing.
What warranty documentation do I receive?
Manufacturer warranties on the materials and a workmanship guarantee on the installation, handed to you at the final walkthrough rather than mailed at some unspecified later date. The material coverage depends on the roof having been installed to the manufacturer's specification, which is one more reason nothing goes over an old layer. Read what you are given, and call the Front Street office at (484) 759-9206 if any of it is unclear.
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