Roof replacement in Brocklehurst

Replace a Brocklehurst roof when the asphalt has gone bald in the valley sun, not because a south-hill snow story was pasted onto an orchard-flat house.

A house with a shingle roof. Illustration only, not a photo of a Kamloops roofing job.

These are often simple gables. A tear-off can be a clean, short project if the deck is sound and there is only one layer. That is the hopeful case. The unhopeful case is a second layer over soft boards, which the sandy look from the lawn will not reveal. Open a test patch. July's run of days above 30°C, about 13.7 in the Kamloops normals, is why the surface died. It is not a code citation. The code citation you do have is the lower 1.8 kPa ground snow pressure for north of the highway, plus the permit bulletin if weight or pitch changes.

Do not import a hillside specification

Snow guards, ice-dam membranes on every eave, and a metal roof chosen only to shed a Dufferin load are a mismatch unless your particular roof has a cold pocket or a door in the slide path. Spend the attention on underlayment, drip edge, and a covering that can take sun. Metal is optional, not mandatory, and it lives on the city metal page rather than a Brocklehurst duplicate. Westsyde is the treed cousin of this flat. If your lot is actually up the river under a canopy, use that page so the debris problem is not ignored.

One test opening tells you more than the colour

On these simple gables, ask for one opened spot at the eave and one at a place that felt soft underfoot. If both show solid wood and one layer, the replacement is a covering job. If the eave is punky from a gutter that overflowed for years, the scope grows before any shingle is chosen. That is the Brocklehurst pattern: sun kills the surface, and a neglected corner kills the wood. Westsyde's tree valleys are a different failure. Do not mix the two prescriptions.

Small repairs of a few tabs stay on Brocklehurst repair. The orchard history is on the hub. Call (236) 836-0303 and say whether the whole slope looks bare or only the ridge has cracked.

What wears roofs out in Kamloops

Heat

Hot summers and UV age asphalt, especially on a south-facing slope.

Snow load

Bylaw 11-84 sets the ground snow load. It is a design pressure, not a forecast for one house. Read the bylaw.

Wildfire

FireSmart BC treats wood shakes and an open roof edge as fuel. See the checklist.

What to ask a roofer before you say yes

  • Is the quote in writing?
  • Who handles the building permit if one is needed?
  • Do you carry WorkSafeBC coverage and liability insurance?
  • What does the warranty cover, and who backs it?
  • How will you protect the property and clean up?

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