Folks in Mount Washington call us when shingles blow off or leaks show up after a hard freeze. We run out of 2270 Roswell Dr and usually reach 15211 inside 20 minutes. Mon-Sat we work 7am to 7pm and keep 24/7 emergency crews ready.
Homes here sit on steep hills and date back to the early 1900s mostly. Those old steep pitches and narrow lots make ladder work slow. Cold winters push ice up under the edges while warm summers bake the tar paper, so we see a lot of flashing fixes and full strip-offs on the older stock.
Wind hits hard along Grandview Avenue and near the inclines. We add extra fasteners and check every seam twice because one loose piece can sail down the slope into the street below.
Around Mount Washington
We regularly work near:
- 📍Duquesne Incline
- 📍Grandview Avenue
- 📍Emerald View Park
- 📍Mount Washington Park
- 📍Monongahela Incline
Roof Repair in Mount Washington — Local Notes
- •Early 1900s homes with steep roof pitches need extra toe boards and harness points on every job.
- •Narrow lots and one-way streets off Grandview force us to stage materials at the bottom and carry up by hand.
- •South-facing slopes get the full sun load in summer so we push for ice-and-water shield all the way up the valleys.
- •Heavy snow load from Allegheny winters packs against chimneys and we always re-seal those boots on repair calls.