Gastonia Roof Pros provides professional tile roofing in Gastonia, NC for residential and commercial properties across Gaston County and the western Charlotte metro. We will not put tile on a mill house, and we would rather say that here than after you have paid for a quote. The framing cannot take it and no amount of enthusiasm changes the arithmetic.
Numbers first. A standard architectural shingle roof lands around 230 to 250 pounds per square. Concrete tile runs roughly 900 to 1,100, and clay is in the same neighborhood. That is four times the dead load, applied to true-dimension 2x4 rafters at 24 inches on center with no ridge beam and no collar ties, in a house designed around a wood-shingle roof weighing less than half of today's asphalt.
Making it work is not impossible, it is just expensive and it is not roofing. It means an engineer, a stamped drawing, sistered or replaced rafters, a new ridge member, purlins and posts down to a bearing wall, and a full plywood deck. That package routinely costs more than the tile roof itself and it is a permit-and-inspection job start to finish. If you want it anyway, we will send you to an engineer first.
If you want the look on an older house, stone-coated steel in a barrel or shake profile weighs about a seventh of concrete tile, goes on over a normal deck, and photographs almost identically from the sidewalk. It is the recommendation we actually make when someone shows us a picture of a tile roof they like. It is not tile and we will not pretend it is, but the weight problem disappears.
Where we do work on real tile is the newer stock and light commercial: a few subdivisions north of the city, some church and civic buildings, and the occasional custom house on the lake. On those, the framing was designed for the load and the work is what tile work normally is. We would rather lose a call than take a deposit for a job that should not happen.
Existing tile mostly fails at the underlayment, not the tile. The clay and concrete outlive the felt beneath them by decades, so the job is usually a careful lift-and-relay: number the field tile, strip the old felt, install a self-adhered high-temperature membrane, rebuild the flashings and set it all back with the broken pieces replaced. Done properly, a relay buys another few decades out of tile you already own.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — rough-sawn 1x6 and 1x8 board decking, true-dimension 2x4 rafters at 24 inches on center, three-eighths plywood overlay across board sheathing, wood shingle lath buried under two layers of asphalt, abandoned central brick stove flues, slotted eave intake vents cut through the deck — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Gastonia and nearby communities including Belmont, Mount Holly, Bessemer City, Dallas.
What We Handle
Everything our tile roofing in Gastonia covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of tile roofing work in Gastonia, NC. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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- tile roof repair
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- tile underlayment replacement
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- stone coated steel shake
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Gastonia services.
Materials, equipment and how we do tile roofing
The difference between tile roofing that lasts and tile roofing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with rough-sawn 1x6 and 1x8 board decking, true-dimension 2x4 rafters at 24 inches on center, three-eighths plywood overlay across board sheathing, wood shingle lath buried under two layers of asphalt, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Gastonia job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in Gaston County and the western Charlotte metro means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do tile roofing outside Gastonia
Gastonia Roof Pros covers Gastonia and the surrounding communities of Gaston County and the western Charlotte metro. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Tile Roofing in Belmont, NC — Gaston County, population 15,010
- Tile Roofing in Mount Holly, NC — Gaston County, population 17,703
- Tile Roofing in Bessemer City, NC — Gaston County, population 5,428
- Tile Roofing in Dallas, NC — Gaston County, population 5,927
- Tile Roofing in Lowell, NC — Gaston County, population 3,654
- Tile Roofing in Cramerton, NC — Gaston County, population 5,296
Start on the Gastonia Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Gastonia Chooses Gastonia Roof Pros
- ✓We date your roof by its building campaign, not by a guess. Layer count, board width, rafter dimension and flue condition, because on cohort-built housing those four readings predict the job.
- ✓A plane comes open before the price is final. On a board deck the fastener gaps and the soft board ends are the entire risk, and photographing them beats absorbing them later as a change order.
- ✓Decking is a separate line item with a per-board and a per-sheet rate written down, so a re-deck is a number you agreed to rather than a surprise delivered from the ladder.
- ✓We refuse work that the framing cannot carry. Tile on true-dimension rafters, coatings over shingles, and impact-rated upgrades on a roof already carrying two layers all get a no and a reason.
The standards behind tile roofing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The tile roofing work we do in Gastonia follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every tile roofing project in Gastonia gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free tile roofing free estimate in Gastonia, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.