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Sheet A-05 · Project record

Roofs we've put on, and what each one took

Every job below started with the same free inspection. Photos of your own roof — before, during and after — get handed to you at the final walkthrough.

Astera Roofing poster: a roofer carrying concrete tiles up a ladder, captioned We carry our weight

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Steep slope & tile

Drag the handle on any of these. Some needed a full replacement and some needed one flashing — the inspection decides that, not the sales call.

The same home after a full shingle replacement, the hips clean and the field uniform

Architectural shingle roof under a monsoon sky with hip shingles creased, lifted and torn by hail and wind

Before After

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Shingle replacement after hail

Wind lifted and creased the hip shingles and hail bruised the field. Damage like this reads as cosmetic from the driveway, which is exactly why it gets missed until the ceiling stains.

Full tear-off, deck checked, new underlayment and hip caps. Documented for the claim before a single bundle came off the truck.

Damage: Creased hips, bruising
Scope: Full tear-off
Claim: Documented
On the roof: 1–2 days

Tile after the monsoon

A monsoon cell moved tile across three planes — broken pieces, slipped courses, and open patches showing bare underlayment. Left through one more storm season, that underlayment goes and the deck follows.

Broken tile replaced from matched stock, courses relaid and re-secured, underlayment repaired where it was exposed.

Damage: Broken and slipped tile
Exposed: Underlayment
Repair: Relaid, colour matched
Roof replaced: No

The same tile roof restored, with the field relaid straight and complete

Concrete tile roof after a monsoon, with tiles broken, slipped and missing exposing the underlayment

Before After

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The same home after recoating, the foam deck now a clean uniform white

Aerial view of a Sonoran desert home with a weathered spray foam roof, the coating stained and patchy

Before After

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Foam deck recoat

The topcoat had weathered off across the whole field, leaving stains, old patches and exposed foam. Caught at this stage it's a wash, patch and recoat. Left a few more summers and the foam saturates — then it really is a tear-off.

System: SPF + elastomeric
Scope: Clean, patch, recoat
Parapets & scuppers: Re-detailed
Reflectivity: Restored to white
Tear-off avoided: Yes

Tile valley, opened up

Broken tiles at the valley let water run straight onto the deck. You can see the dark staining in the plywood — that had been going on for a while before anything showed up inside.

Valley metal replaced, underlayment repaired, decking assessed, and the tile field relaid. The tiles themselves were fine; almost all of them went back on.

Found: Stained decking
Cause: Failed valley
Tile reused: Most of the field
Roof replaced: No

The same valley after repair, with new valley metal and the tile field relaid flush

Concrete tile roof opened at a valley, showing broken tiles and water-stained roof decking underneath

Before After

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The same penetration with a new colour-matched pipe flashing installed and the tile relaid around it

A cracked and deteriorated lead pipe boot on a barrel tile roof, with tiles pulled back and exposed decking

Before After

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Pipe boot replacement

The classic desert failure. Lead and rubber boots dry out, crack around the collar, and let water in at the one spot nobody looks. This one had gone brittle and split all the way around.

New colour-matched flashing, deck and underlayment checked underneath, barrel tile cut back in around it so it disappears into the field.

Failure: Cracked boot collar
Replaced with: New pipe flashing
Tile: Relaid, colour matched
Visit: Single trip

Leak at the scupper

Rust bleeding down the wall below the scupper, alligatored coating around it, and a dark ring where water had been sitting. Three symptoms, one cause: the drainage detail failed and the coating went with it.

Reported as: Interior ceiling stain
Actual source: Scupper detail
Also found: Ponding, cracked topcoat
Repair: Re-detail + recoat
Roof replaced: No

The same scupper after repair, the opening re-detailed and the deck and parapet coated uniformly white

A parapet scupper before repair: the coating around the opening worn through to dark substrate, debris collected in the channel and a crack running up the parapet above it

Before After

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Two Astera Roofing crew setting clay barrel tile over battens and underlayment

Setting tile over new underlayment

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Flat roofs, three systems

Low-slope work is where money either gets spent well or gets wasted. Two of these three were saved without a tear-off. The third had gone too far, and we said so.

The same TPO roof after repair, the membrane flat and clean with the drain area sound

Storm-damaged white TPO membrane with a buckled seam and two punctures near a roof drain

Before After

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TPO storm repair

Wind got under a seam and buckled it, and debris punched two holes through the field near the drain. Everything else on the roof was still serviceable.

Seam reopened and re-welded, punctures patched with matching membrane, drain area re-detailed. A repair, not a re-roof.

System: TPO membrane
Damage: Buckled seam, punctures
Repair: Hot-air welded patches
Roof replaced: No

Modified bitumen replacement

This one was past saving. Seams lifted across the field, blistering through the cap sheet, and water still standing well after the last rain. Patching it would have been throwing good money after bad.

Full tear-off and a new granulated cap sheet, with drainage corrected so water actually leaves the roof.

Found: Lifted seams, blisters
Also: Standing water
Scope: Full replacement
New system: Granulated cap sheet

The same commercial roof after full replacement with a new granulated cap sheet

Failed modified bitumen roof with lifted seams, blistering and standing water at dusk

Before After

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The same foam roof after a full elastomeric restoration, bright white and seamless

Flat foam roof with hail pitting, peeling coating and standing water at the parapet

Before After

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Foam restoration, start to finish

Hail pitting across the field, coating peeling back in sheets, and water standing at the parapet. The foam was still sound underneath, which is the only reason this was a restoration instead of a replacement.

Washed, primed, pitting filled, then a full elastomeric coat carried up the parapets and around every penetration.

Damage: Hail pitting, peeling
Also: Standing water
Finish: Full elastomeric coat
Tear-off avoided: Yes

Hail-damaged foam, restored

Every one of those pockmarks is a hail strike that broke the coating and exposed raw foam. Once foam is open to UV and water it degrades quickly, so this is a job with a deadline on it.

Damaged foam cut out and refilled, field cleaned and primed, then a full elastomeric restoration coat. Documented throughout for the claim.

Damage: Hail strikes through coating
Repair: Foam patched, refilled
Finish: Elastomeric restoration
Claim: Documented

The same foam roof after restoration, coated smooth and uniformly white

Spray foam roof pocked with hail strikes that broke through the coating to expose tan foam beneath

Before After

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Astera Roofing crew spraying elastomeric coating across a flat roof while another details a curb

Spraying the topcoat

FinishedCoatings

What a finished coating looks like

No seams, no fasteners, no flashing to lift. The coating runs up every parapet, around every vent and curb, and over the whole field as one continuous surface.