Roofing & Exterior
Tile Roofing, Built to Outlast Everyone Who Argues About It
Concrete and clay tile roofing for Washington and Oregon homes — 50-plus-year lifespans, engineered for the weight, flashed for the rain.
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Signs to watch
Is this you?
You want a roof you install once
Concrete and clay tile routinely last 50+ years — often the last roof a house ever needs.
Your home's style calls for it
Mediterranean, Spanish, and many custom homes are designed around tile's profile and shadow lines.
Cracked or slipped tiles
Individual tiles crack from foot traffic or impact; the failure is usually the underlayment beneath, not the tile.
The underlayment is the real clock
Tile lasts generations; the waterproofing membrane under it doesn't. Most 'tile roof' work is actually re-felting.
Your options
Concrete, clay, and the structure under both
Concrete tile is the value workhorse — heavy, durable, and available in profiles from flat-modern to barrel. Clay costs more and holds its color for generations, ideal for Mediterranean and Spanish styles. Both weigh far more than asphalt, so the real question is structure: we confirm the framing can carry the load (or engineer it to), then build the part that actually keeps water out — a high-temp underlayment, meticulous flashing at every valley and penetration, and battens set for airflow so PNW moisture does not rot the deck.
The method
How we do it
- 01
Structural check + design
We verify the roof structure carries tile weight, select the profile and color, and pull permits — an engineer's sign-off where the load calls for it.
- 02
Underlayment is the waterproofing
Tear-off to the deck, repair, then a premium high-temp underlayment — the layer that actually keeps you dry, built to last decades under the tile.
- 03
Set, flash, and finish
Tiles set on battens for airflow, flashing done by hand at every valley, hip, and penetration, then a full walkthrough. Timelines run longer than asphalt — tile is patient work.
Straight numbers
Tile pricing
Most tile roofs run $25,000–$55,000 installed — concrete at the lower end, clay and complex profiles higher — with the structure and underlayment, not the tile, driving the number. Against a 50-plus-year lifespan it is often the cheapest roof per year you can buy. Re-felting an existing tile roof (reusing sound tiles over new underlayment) costs less and buys decades.
Where we do this work
Tile Roofing: straight answers
Is my house strong enough for tile?
Maybe — tile weighs three to four times what asphalt does, so we check the framing before anything else. Many homes carry it fine; some need reinforcement, which we price honestly rather than skip.
If tile lasts 50 years, why would I ever need work done?
Because the underlayment beneath it doesn't last 50 years. The tiles protect it, but eventually the waterproofing membrane ages out — we can lift sound tiles, replace the underlayment, and reset them for a fraction of a full replacement.
Does tile handle PNW moss and rain?
Yes, when it's detailed right — battens for airflow, correct flashing, and the occasional moss treatment on shaded slopes. Poorly ventilated tile traps moisture against the deck, which is the failure we're called to fix.
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