Old Ortega · Tile · 2025
A 1928 barrel tile roof, relaid
Ninety-seven years of clay came off by hand, went back on over a new two-ply system, and the street never saw a mismatched tile.
- Roof area
- 38 squares
- Tile relaid
- 4,100 pieces, 240 replaced
Roofing · Jacksonville, Florida
Every layer, in order.Deck to ridge cap.
We re-roof houses on the First Coast and we build them the way the assembly is meant to go together, one layer at a time, with the fasteners and flashing you never see doing most of the work.
Book a roof inspectionArchitectural shingleStanding-seam metalConcrete tileClay barrel tileLow-slope membraneStorm repairSkylightsGutter & fascia
Who we are
A roof is one system, and it fails at the joins.
Almost every leak we get called out to started somewhere other than the shingles. A pipe boot that went brittle. A chimney counter-flashing that was caulked to the brick instead of let into the mortar joint. A valley where two roof planes meet and somebody ran the metal short. The covering gets replaced every twenty years and the details underneath it get reused, which is why a new roof over old flashing leaks in the same place the old one did.
We work the other way around. Everything above the deck comes off, every penetration gets a new flashing, and the covering goes on last. It costs more in labour on day one and it is the reason we can put ten years on the workmanship.
What a re-roof actually is
Layer one
The part you will never see holds the rest of it down.
We pull the old covering to bare deck and walk every sheet. Soft plywood comes off. Sound sheathing gets re-nailed to the current schedule, 8d ring-shank at 6 inches on centre through the field, because the fastening is what carries uplift into the trusses. Nothing goes back on until the deck passes.
Layer two
Water finds the seams, so we build the seams first.
Self-adhered underlayment across the whole deck, not a felt run with taped laps. Valleys get an open metal W, ice-and-water on both sides. Every wall gets step flashing woven into the courses, and every pipe gets a new boot. Old flashing is where almost every leak we chase actually started.
Layer three
Then the roof you can see goes on, course by course.
Starter at the eave, six nails per shingle in the high-wind pattern, courses racked straight off a chalk line. Hip and ridge caps last, over a vented ridge that lets the attic breathe. It is the only layer anyone looks at and the last one we touch.
What we install
Five systems. One way of putting them on.
- 01Architectural shingleThe Florida default, done to the high-wind schedule rather than the minimum.
- 02Standing-seam metalConcealed-fastener panel for houses close enough to the water to care.
- 03Concrete & clay tileBarrel and flat tile, relaid over a new waterproofing layer.
- 04Flat & low-slopeSingle-ply and modified bitumen for the parts of a roof that do not drain fast.
- 05Storm repair & claimsTarp today, documentation tonight, and the adjuster meeting on our ladder.
How a job runs
Selected work
Five roofs, and what was actually wrong with them.
Neptune Beach · Metal · 2025
Aluminium standing seam, three blocks from the Atlantic
The second steel roof on this house lasted eleven years. The aluminium one that replaced it should see out the mortgage.
- Roof area
- 26 squares
- Panel
- 0.032" aluminium, 16" pan
San Marco · Shingle · 2024
Fifty-one squares, eight days after the storm
Tarped the afternoon we could get on it, documented that night, and had the deck dried in before the next system came through.
- Roof area
- 51 squares
- Tarp on site
- Same day
Riverside · Low-slope · 2024
A Florida room that had leaked since 1994
Three previous repairs treated the symptom. The cause was a shingle run down a 1:12 pitch and a membrane lapped the wrong way at the wall.
- Roof area
- 9 squares
- Membrane
- 60 mil TPO
Ponte Vedra · Metal · 2026
A new roof designed around the solar that came later
The array was eighteen months away. We set the seam spacing for it anyway, so the installer never had to touch the water plane.
- Roof area
- 44 squares
- Pan width
- 16 inches, set to rail spacing
The difference
Compare us to whoever else is in the driveway.
Vane & Ridge
Local, licensed, one crew
Storm-chase crews
Alternative
How it gets quoted
What happens before you see a number
We walk it, open the attic and photograph it. You keep the report either way.
Ladder to the eave, or a drone. Quote written in the driveway.
Who is on the roof
The crew, and who they answer to
One crew, one lead, the same phone number from tear-off to final inspection.
Subcontracted crew, often a different one than the salesperson described.
Rotten decking
The line most estimates leave off
Stated per-sheet before we start, so bad decking is never a change order.
Discovered on day two, priced on day two.
Permit & approvals
Whose name is on the application
Pulled in our name, with product approvals attached, before material is ordered.
Sometimes pulled under a borrowed local licence.
The warranty
Who is standing behind the work
Ten years on our workmanship, plus the manufacturer warranty registered for you.
A warranty from an entity that may not file in this state next year.
In three years
When you find a stain on the ceiling
We answer. We are three miles from the job and we are here next season.
The number goes to a call centre once the season moves on.
- Years on the First Coast
- 17Years on the First Coast
- Roofs replaced since 2009
- 2,400+Roofs replaced since 2009
- Counties we actually cover
- 4Counties we actually cover
- Workmanship warranty, in writing
- 10yrWorkmanship warranty, in writing
Three roofers told me the ceiling stain was a pipe boot. Vane & Ridge opened the attic, found the chimney counter-flashing had never been let into the mortar joint, and showed me the photograph before they quoted anything.
Questions we get
The things people ask on the driveway.
Before the work
How long does a roof estimate take?
About an hour on site, and you have the written estimate within two business days. We do not quote from satellite imagery, so someone has to get on the roof and into the attic first.
Do you charge for the inspection?
No, and you keep the report and the photographs whether you hire us or not. If you are getting other quotes, the report is useful for comparing them line to line.
Can you tell me what it costs over the phone?
We can give you a range for a roof of that size and covering. We will not give you a price, because the number that matters depends on what the deck looks like and how many penetrations the roof has, and neither is visible from the ground.
During the work
Do we need to move out?
No. It is loud, and it will rain debris in the attic, so cover anything stored up there. Park on the street rather than the drive so the dumpster and the material truck can work.
What happens if it rains mid-job?
We never open more deck than we can dry in the same day. If a system comes through, the exposed area is already under self-adhered underlayment, which is a watertight roof on its own for weeks.
What about the nails in the yard?
Magnet sweep of the drive, the walks and the beds every evening, and again on the last day. Some still turn up. Call us and we come back out with the magnet.
After the work
What does the warranty actually cover?
Two separate things. The manufacturer covers the material and we register it in your name. We cover the workmanship for ten years, which is the part that fails when a roof is installed badly.
Does the warranty transfer if we sell?
The manufacturer warranty transfers once, within the first years of the term, and there is a form. Ours transfers with the house. Tell your closing agent to ask us for the letter.
Will my insurance premium change?
Often, yes. Ask your carrier about a wind mitigation inspection after the roof is finished. A new covering with the current fastening schedule and a documented roof-to-wall connection is the credit most carriers price on.
Next step
Get on the roof before you get a number.
We walk the slopes, open the attic and photograph what we find. The report is yours whether or not you hire us, and it is the only way to compare two estimates line to line.
Duval, Clay, St. Johns and Nassau counties · Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm