St. Joseph project gallery
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What we did
- Replaced the shingle roof on every section of the house, so the whole roof starts over on the same day
- Cut and fit the shingles tight where the lower roofs run into the gable walls, the joint that leaks first on a house like this
- Capped every hip and ridge and set new roof vents high on the slope, where warm attic air collects
At a glance
- Roof
- Farmhouse with two wings and a porch roof
- Colors
- Owens Corning Duration, Onyx Black
- Walls
- Hips capped, roof vents set
- Setting
- Finished August 2025
What you are looking at
A roof with this many sections has more seams than its size suggests. Each wing has its own eave, its own ridge and its own joint against a taller wall. We treat each of those joints as its own job, because a roof is only as tight as the place where it stops and the wall starts.
Hips get capped with ridge shingles folded over the peak and nailed down the slope toward the eave. The vents sit near the top, where warm air from the attic rises. An attic that can breathe keeps the deck drier through a Minnesota winter, and a dry deck holds nails for decades.
The long porch roof across the front matters more than people expect. It sits below the upper roof, so it takes the runoff in summer and the snow that slides off in March. It needs the same care at the eave as the main roof does.
The job file for this property also lists siding and a barn roof. This page covers the house roof, which we finished in August 2025.
The shingle is Owens Corning Duration in Onyx Black. Its SureNail strip puts a woven fabric band right where the nails go, and Owens Corning rates the shingle for 130 mph winds and UL 2218 Class 3 impact. If your roof has wings, a porch and a few walls to tie into, call (320) 828-7244 for a free roof inspection.
