Appleton Roof Pros provides professional asphalt shingle roofs in Appleton, WI for residential and commercial properties across the Fox Cities. Asphalt is the right answer on the steep part of nearly every house in this city, and the wrong answer on a good share of the shallow parts. Where the line falls is not an opinion. It is a slope measurement, and it is published by every manufacturer.
Below two inches of rise per foot no asphalt shingle is approved, full stop. Between 2:12 and 4:12 the installation requires doubled underlayment lapped nineteen inches, not the single layer used on a normal slope. Above 4:12 it is ordinary work. We measure before we quote, and on the older wards we regularly find porches at 1:12 wearing shingles somebody sold anyway.
When we do install asphalt we install it the way the wrapper says. Six fasteners per shingle in the nailing zone, starter course at the eaves and at both rakes rather than field shingles turned sideways, ice barrier at the eaves, new metal at every edge, and a genuine tear-off rather than a second layer laid over the first. Valleys are open with metal or woven, decided on site and stated in the scope.
Product choice is less exciting than the brochures suggest. A mid-weight laminated shingle meeting ASTM D3462 does the job on an ordinary Fox Cities house. A Class 4 impact-rated version is a fair upgrade if you are buying anyway. Premium designer shingles are mostly an appearance decision, and on a complicated Queen Anne roofline they can be a very good one.
The color question on a two-roof house is worth a real conversation. Matching a shallow porch to the field is exactly the impulse that gets shingles put where they do not belong. A soldered metal pan or a granulated cap sheet in a deliberately chosen tone sits under the shingle field and reads as intentional rather than as a mismatch. It also stops the shallow section from being the first thing a buyer's inspector writes up.
We turn down shingle work with some regularity. Third layers, shingles below the approved slope, overlays on a deck we have not seen, and rejuvenation sprays sold as a way to postpone a replacement all get declined in writing with the reason attached. You are free to find someone who will. We would rather you knew what you were buying. The reason goes in writing every time.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — a pitch reading taken at every plane with a two-foot level, flat-lock metal pans soldered across a porch field, a granulated modified-bitumen cap sheet lapped onto a porch deck, apron flashing carried up behind the wall course above the roof, kick-out diverters at the low end of every roof-to-wall run, tapered sleepers built up to give a dead-flat ell some fall — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Appleton and nearby communities including Grand Chute, Greenville, Harrison, Shawano.
What We Handle
Everything our asphalt shingle roofs in Appleton covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of asphalt shingle roofs work in Appleton, WI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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- architectural shingles appleton wi
- laminated shingle installation wisconsin
- shingle minimum slope 2:12
- double underlayment low slope shingle
- shingle roof replacement outagamie county
- class 4 impact shingle appleton
- six nail shingle fastening
- starter strip rake installation
- asphalt roof cost appleton
- shingle color match porch
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Appleton services.
Materials, equipment and how we do asphalt shingle roofs
The difference between asphalt shingle roofs that lasts and asphalt shingle roofs that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with a pitch reading taken at every plane with a two-foot level, flat-lock metal pans soldered across a porch field, a granulated modified-bitumen cap sheet lapped onto a porch deck, apron flashing carried up behind the wall course above the roof, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Appleton job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in the Fox Cities means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do asphalt shingle roofs outside Appleton
Appleton Roof Pros covers Appleton and the surrounding communities of the Fox Cities. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Grand Chute, WI — Outagamie County, population 23,831
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Greenville, WI — Outagamie County, population 12,687
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Harrison, WI — Calumet County, population 12,418
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Shawano, WI — Shawano County, population 9,243
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in New London, WI — Waupaca County, population 7,348
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Buchanan, WI — Outagamie County, population 6,857
Start on the Appleton Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Appleton Chooses Appleton Roof Pros
- ✓We put a level on every roof section and write the pitch on the estimate, because the number below 2:12 is what decides whether a shingle is even permitted up there.
- ✓The front porch, the kitchen ell and the back stoop get their own line, their own material and their own price. One figure for the whole address hides the part that is actually failing.
- ✓Where a shallow roof meets a wall we lift a course of siding and put the flashing behind it. Metal slipped under the existing course and caulked along the top edge is the most common defect we find on the pre-1940 blocks.
- ✓We tell owners the main field has years left in it. Quite often the appendage needs doing now and the field does not, and writing that down costs us the bigger sale on purpose.
The standards behind asphalt shingle roofs
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The asphalt shingle roofs work we do in Appleton follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every asphalt shingle roofs project in Appleton gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free asphalt shingle roofs free estimate in Appleton, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.