Roofing in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Colorado Springs is home. Roofs here sit at 6,035 feet, in a county that has recorded more than 1,500 hailstorms since 1950. Our regional manager and crews work the city every working day, pull permits through the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department, and are still here in February after the storm-season crews leave.
Alta Roofing works across Colorado Springs and the whole of El Paso County, from the Old North End and Old Colorado City through Briargate, the Powers corridor and Banning Lewis. We replace and repair roofs, restore hail and wind damage, manage the insurance claim, and design balanced attic ventilation into every roof we touch. Permits go through the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department, which requires a permit for any reroof affecting more than one square.
The hail here is the climate, not an event.
Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming make up the stretch meteorologists call hail alley, and El Paso County is among the counties in it with more than 1,500 recorded hailstorms since 1950. On the Rocky Mountain Insurance Association's list of Colorado's costliest hailstorms, a July 2016 Colorado Springs storm accounts for roughly $352.8 million in insured losses on its own.
Hail is not the only thing working on a roof here. At 6,035 feet the ultraviolet load is materially higher than at sea level, which dries out asphalt and cracks the rubber collars on plumbing vents years before the shingles themselves are worn out. And the daily swing between a warm afternoon and a freezing night drives a freeze-thaw cycle through every unsealed gap on the roof, most of the year.
Wind comes off the mountain, not across the plain.
The west side of the city sits directly against the Rampart Range, and the downslope winds that come off the high ground behave differently from the straight-line wind out east. In Rockrimmon, Skyway, the Broadmoor, Old Colorado City and Cheyenne Cañon we see far more wind-creased shingles and lifted ridge caps than hail-only damage, and that is a separate insurance loss with a separate evidence requirement. A shingle that was lifted and laid back down looks perfect from the driveway and has a crease through the mat. We check the tabs rather than counting the gaps.
Get my roof checkedThree very different kinds of roof in one city
Pre-war, the Old North End and Old Colorado City
Steep pitches, dormers, complex valleys and a lot of original detail. Labour-heavy rather than area-heavy, and frequently on their third or fourth roof, which means layers, old flashing cut into brick, and decking that needs real attention once it is open.
1950s to 1970s ranches, Patty Jewett to Stratton Meadows
Lower pitches, simple gables, small footprints. A lot of these are still carrying three-tab shingle or a second layer. Low pitch changes the assembly: below 4/12 an asphalt roof needs a low-slope detail with doubled underlayment, and plenty of them never got one.
1990s onward, Briargate, Powers, Wolf Ranch, Banning Lewis
Large, cut-up roof planes with many valleys and penetrations, on builder-grade shingle that was specified to a price. This is the stock where a single bad hail afternoon usually finishes the roof, and where we find the most starved attic ventilation.
Your roof permit goes through the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department.
A permit is required for any reroof affecting more than one square, which is 100 square feet, so any real repair and every replacement needs one. Materials cannot be stocked on site before the permit is issued: doing it earns a stop-work order and a triple permit fee. We pull it, post it and meet the inspector.
Areas of Colorado Springs we work.
- Old North End
- Old Colorado City
- Briargate
- Rockrimmon
- Broadmoor
- Skyway
- Patty Jewett
- Powers
- Wolf Ranch
- Banning Lewis Ranch
- Stetson Hills
- Cheyenne Cañon
- Knob Hill
- Cordera
- Gold Hill Mesa
- Village Seven
- Cheyenne Mountain
- Garden of the Gods
- Flying Horse
- Broadmoor Bluffs
- Kissing Camels
- Cedar Heights
- Northgate
- Pine Creek
- Mountain Shadows
- Peregrine
- Springs Ranch
- Lorson Ranch
- Cimarron Hills
- Gleneagle
- Vista Grande
- Garden Ranch
- Old Farm
What we do here.
Storm & 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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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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Colorado Springs roofing questions.
Yes. Our regional manager is based here and our crews work El Paso County every day. That matters after storm season, when the out-of-state crews have moved on and there is nobody local to call about a workmanship issue.
Same day for emergencies, including at night, and tarping is part of our 24/7 response. Non-urgent repairs are usually within a few days because we are not driving in from another metro to get here.
We do, through the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department. One permit covers the reroof, we post it on site, and we meet the final inspection.
Often, yes, because the newer east-side subdivisions sit in the most hail-exposed part of the city and the builder shingle on them is usually the cheapest option that met code. We will quote standard and Class 4 side by side and show you the real difference.
Roof trouble in Colorado Springs? Let's take a look.
Free, photo-documented and honest. If you do not need a new roof, we will tell you that too.