Excelsior Torch Down Roofing

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Why Excelsior roofs fail where they do

Across San Francisco County, Excelsior has its own wear pattern, because sea air corrodes anything unprotected and keeps north slopes damp. 335 miles northwest means a free inspection costs you nothing but an hour.

We are in Bernal Heights, Visitacion Valley and Glen Park constantly, and the housing stock is much the same.

• Magnet sweeps run morning and evening, which matters on a street with kids and bare feet.
• Skylights are re-flashed as part of the job rather than quoted as an extra later.
• Tear-off debris leaves the same day; nobody is left with a pile over the weekend.
• Gutters are pulled and refitted where they block a proper drip edge.
• Solar gets detached and reset by a licensed crew, not improvised around.

Insurance work moves faster when the damage is documented before the next storm. Ask for the inspection, keep the report, and decide in your own time.

The parts people ask about

Keep the paperwork: it transfers if you sell the house.

• You get a text when the crew is coming and a walk-through when they are done.
• Ventilation gets looked at while the roof is open; most Excelsior attics run hotter than they should.
• Soft decking gets replaced, not covered - we quote a sheet count and show you the bad bays.
• Rake and eave metal is new on every job; reusing bent metal is false economy.

What this costs in Excelsior, honestly

We do not use subcontract crews we have never met. The people on your Excelsior roof are the people we train, and they carry our workers' compensation.

Price follows the roof, not a rate card: access, pitch, material, how many layers come off and what the deck looks like underneath. We measure in person, show you photos and put the number in writing before anything is booked.

What we check before quoting

A roof is a system. The membrane or shingle gets the attention, but the underlayment, the fasteners, the edge metal and the ventilation decide whether it reaches its warranty.

What the work looks like in Excelsior

Change orders are written and signed, never verbal.

• You get a start date and a finish date in writing, and we hold them.
• Ice-and-water goes in at the valleys and penetrations even though it rarely freezes here.
• Ridge venting goes in where the roof line allows it, with proper intake at the eaves.
• Rake and eave metal is new on every job; reusing bent metal is false economy.

Local conditions in Excelsior

Every town in San Francisco County treats a roof a little differently, and salt air and long damp mornings keep fasteners and flashings working hard. We are roughly 335 miles northwest of Excelsior, close enough for a same-day look at a leak.

Crews rotate through Bernal Heights, Visitacion Valley and Glen Park, so the drive is routine.

• Tear-off debris leaves the same day; nobody is left with a pile over the weekend.
• Gutters are pulled and refitted where they block a proper drip edge.
• Skylights are flashed new rather than reused, because that is where the next leak starts.
• Solar gets detached and reset by a licensed crew, not improvised around.
• We photograph every penetration before and after, so the file shows the work.

Scheduling before the rains means the whole job happens on dry decking. Nothing is booked until you have photos, a scope and a written price.

After the job in Excelsior

We do not use subcontract crews we have never met. The people on your Excelsior roof are the people we train, and they carry our workers' compensation.

Before we quote we check the deck, the ventilation, the flashings and the drainage. Three of those four are invisible from the ground, and all four decide how long the roof lasts.

What this costs in Excelsior, honestly

When the crew leaves, the debris leaves with them: magnet passes morning and evening, gutters cleared, driveway swept. You get photos of the finished work and the warranty paperwork registered in your name.