Roofing in Cascade, Colorado.
Cascade sits at 7,379 feet at the foot of the Pikes Peak Highway, in the Ute Pass canyon about 10 minutes west of Colorado Springs on Highway 24. It is unincorporated El Paso County, and its roofs deal with mountain snow, ice dams and canyon wind far more than the open-plains hail down in the city.
Alta Roofing works Cascade and the neighbouring Ute Pass communities of Chipita Park and beyond, at the gateway to the Pikes Peak Highway. This is unincorporated El Paso County, so we replace and repair asphalt and metal roofs, restore snow, wind and hail damage, manage the insurance claim, and build in the ice-and-water protection and ventilation a canyon roof needs. Permits here go through the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department, which covers unincorporated El Paso County.
A canyon roof fights snow and wind before hail.
Cascade sits in Cascade Canyon at 7,379 feet, where Fountain Creek comes down out of the mountains. Snow load and ice dams are the first roofing problem here. Snow collects on the deck, melts from below where the attic is warm, runs to the cold eave and refreezes, and the ice that forms pushes water back up under the shingles. The answer is ice-and-water membrane well past the eave, a cold and well-ventilated deck, and flashing detailed for water that moves slowly under snow rather than running off in a summer storm.
Wind accelerates as it funnels through the Pass, and the high-altitude sun bakes asphalt hard, so shingles up here lose their seal and go brittle years before a plains roof would. Many Cascade homes sit under heavy tree cover that drops needles and holds moisture in the valleys, and plenty are candidates for a Class 4 impact shingle or a snow-shedding metal roof that also stands up better to embers.
The gateway to the mountain, and the crews that skip it.
Cascade is the last stop before the Pikes Peak Highway climbs, and the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire forced the evacuation of these Ute Pass communities, so wildfire is not an abstract worry here. It is also a place the out-of-state storm crews drive past on their way to easier work in the city. We are local, we work the canyon, and we treat the roof as both a weather problem and a fire problem, from a Class A assembly to ember-resistant venting. If a leak opens up, we can be up Highway 24 the same day.
Get my roof checkedCanyon homes, cabins, and heavy tree cover
Older canyon homes and former resort cottages
Cascade was a resort town a century ago, and a lot of its housing is older canyon construction and converted cottages on steep, wooded lots. These roofs tend to be steep, cut up with valleys, and often on their third or fourth covering, which means layers and tired flashing waiting under the shingles.
Heavy tree cover and clogged valleys
Many homes here sit under pine and fir that drop needles into the valleys and hold moisture against the roof. That shortens shingle life and rots decking in the valleys first, so the valley detailing and the ice-and-water protection carry more of the load on a Cascade roof than on an open one.
Newer builds in the wildfire interface
The newer homes up the canyon sit squarely in the wildland-urban interface. A Class A roof assembly, ember-resistant venting and a metal or Class 4 covering are the difference between a roof that helps in a fire and one that does not. We size the ventilation to keep the deck cold through the winter as well.
Your roof permit goes through the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department.
Cascade is an unincorporated community in El Paso County, so its building permits run through the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department, the same authority that covers Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs and Fountain. A reroof needs a permit, and we pull it, post it on site and meet the inspector.
Areas of Cascade we work.
- Cascade Canyon
- Chipita Park
- The Pikes Peak Highway gateway
- The Highway 24 corridor
- Along Fountain Creek
- The canyon lots above the creek
What we do here.
Roof Replacement
Complete tear-off and replacement in asphalt, metal, tile and TPO. Decking inspected and repaired, ice-and-water at the eaves and valleys, ventilation designed in, and a lifetime workmanship warranty on the install.
Read moreStorm & Hail Restoration
Our specialty. We assess hail and wind damage with proper test squares, document every strike the way an adjuster scopes it, and restore the whole exterior back to pre-storm condition or better.
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Roof Repair & Leak Detection
Honest, lasting fixes for leaks, missing shingles, failed flashing and storm punctures. We trace the source rather than patching the stain, and we run 24/7 emergency response including tarping.
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Insurance Claim Support
We work alongside you and your adjuster, document the damage, supplement the scope where it falls short, and recover the depreciation at closeout, so nothing you are owed gets left on the table.
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Impact-Resistant (Class 4) Roofing
UL 2218 Class 4 shingles and metal systems rated for the hail this region actually gets, plus the documentation packet your insurer needs before they will apply the premium credit.
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Gutters, Windows & Solar Detach and Reset
Hail rarely hits just the roof, and a roof replacement often means the panels have to come off. We restore the exterior on one claim: one-piece gutter runs formed on site, windows, paint, garage doors, and solar detach and reset, with one crew and one schedule.
Read moreA free inspection in Cascade.
Photo-documented, no cost and no obligation, whether or not there is a claim in it. If water is coming in right now, call us instead, we run 24/7 emergency response including tarping.
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Cascade roofing questions.
Yes. Both are Ute Pass communities in unincorporated El Paso County, and we work them along with the rest of the canyon. A free, photo-documented inspection is one phone call away, and emergency tarping runs 24/7.
The whole canyon sits in the wildland-urban interface, and the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire made that real for these towns. A Class A roof assembly, ember-resistant venting and a metal or Class 4 covering all help. We will tell you honestly where your roof stands.
Because heavy tree cover drops needles that trap water in the valleys, and the valley is already where the most water runs. We rebuild valleys with ice-and-water membrane under new metal or a woven detail, and we replace the decking underneath if the moisture has softened it.
The Pikes Peak Regional Building Department, because Cascade is unincorporated El Paso County. We pull the permit, post it on site and meet the final inspection.
Roof trouble in Cascade? Let's take a look.
Free, photo-documented and honest. If you do not need a new roof, we will tell you that too.