Tile roofing in Concord means laying clay or concrete tile across a pitched deck while the underlayment, flashing, and ridge vents underneath handle the waterproofing.
Tile sheds rain and UV before either reaches the deck. Your sheathing and rafters stay dry through hot, dry summers with occasional fire season winds, and the roofline keeps the look the neighborhood was built with.
For the 1960s and 1970s ranch-style single-family homes around town, and for mid-century modern tract homes with pitched roofs, clay tile and concrete tile are the best match.
What we install most often on Concord roofs:
- Clay tile, which handles the moderate temperature swings between seasons without cracking the way older concrete pours can.
- Concrete tile, heavier and less expensive than clay, and a good fit on west-facing slopes where fire season winds hit hardest.
- Slate tile for mid-century modern tract homes with pitched roofs that were framed around a heavier roof load.
- Metal panel and standing-seam panel, for owners who want the same service life with less weight on the truss and ridge beam.
- Self-adhered ice-and-water shield and synthetic underlayment, the layer that keeps water out when a tile cracks or a fastener backs out.
- Gutter and downspout sized for tile runoff, since tile dumps water faster than shingles and an undersized eave gutter soaks the fascia.
Winter rain with occasional heavy downpours is the real test here. Tile roofs leak at the flashing first — step flashing at a sidewall, counter-flashing at a chimney, a cracked pipe boot, or an apron flashing above a dormer.
We pull the tile in that zone, refit the flashing, seal the penetrations, and check the roof deck and plywood sheathing for rot. If a rafter, joist, or purlin has decayed, we sister in new lumber before new tile goes down.
Tile costs more up front than asphalt shingles, but a clay or concrete roof can last 50 years or longer. That spreads the cost across two or three asphalt replacements.
We install GAF, Owens Corning, and CertainTeed systems where they fit the assembly, and every job carries our 10-year workmanship + up to 50-year manufacturer warranty.
