Shingle Roofing
Architectural asphalt shingle, torn off to the deck and rebuilt with ice protection, proper flashing and balanced ventilation. The roof most Toronto houses actually need.
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- 1,200+roofs completed across Toronto & the GTA by our roofing crews
- 4.9 ★average rating from verified homeowners
- $5Mliability insurance · WSIB clearance on every site
Instant estimate
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Our estimator measures your roof from above and prices it against what we are charging in Toronto this season. About a minute, no obligation.
Forest Hill, TorontoCentury home · re-roofed and flashed in copper
The shop
Built the way roofs were built when they lasted.
Most roofs in Toronto get torn off every fifteen to twenty years. Ours are built to outlast the mortgage, the renovation and, in metal and copper, the century.
We are a small crew who take pride in doing the job properly. The same person walks your property on day one and shakes your hand on the last day, and every flashing is drawn before anybody picks up a nail gun.
Services
Every roof we know how to build
Every system below is specified for Toronto's own weather: lake-effect snow, freeze-thaw cycling, summer UV and the wind that comes off the lake.
Metal, Copper & Zinc
Standing-seam steel, copper and zinc, roll-formed on the driveway to the exact length of your roof. Sheds snow, shrugs off ice, lasts generations.
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Mansard Roofs
Two roofs pretending to be one. We rebuild the transition where they meet, the detail every other contractor caulks and hopes about.
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Cedar Shake & Shingle
Hand-split #1 Blue Label Western Red Cedar on a ventilated batten system, treated for fire and preservation so it dries after every storm.
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Flat & Low-Slope
Two-ply modified bitumen, TPO and fully adhered EPDM for modern homes, terraces and additions, with tapered insulation that actually drains.
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Repair & Maintenance
Forensic leak diagnosis, flashing renewal and annual care plans that protect both the roof and its warranty.
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Storm damage or an active leak?
Emergency response
Our 24/7 emergency crew tarps, dries-in and stabilises within hours across Toronto and the GTA.
Built for Toronto
A roof here has to survive four climates a year
Toronto's weather is uniquely hard on roofs: humid continental summers, Lake Ontario storms, and winters that swing across zero dozens of times. We design every assembly around it.
70+ freeze-thaw cycles
Water expands 9% as it freezes. Every fastener, flashing and joint is detailed so there is nowhere for it to sit, freeze and pry.
Ice dams & ~120 cm of snow
Full ice-and-water membrane to 900 mm past the warm wall, balanced ventilation and, where warranted, engineered heat cable.
90+ km/h lake winds
Six-nail patterns, stainless and copper fasteners, hemmed metal edges and ring-shank slate hooks rated well above Ontario Building Code wind loads.
70 °C roof-deck summers
Ventilated rain-screen battens and high-temperature underlayments keep decks cool, so cedar breathes and membranes never blister.
Read more in Why Toronto homes get ice dams, and how to stop them.
The process
Quiet, orderly, and finished when we said it would be
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Consultation & drone survey
A project director walks the property with you, then documents every slope, valley and penetration with a high-resolution drone survey.
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Design & specification
Material samples on site, flashing details drawn, ventilation modelled. You receive a fixed-price proposal with no allowances or surprises.
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Installation
Property protected, swept every evening, and the roof dried in at the end of every single day.
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Walk-through & warranty
Final documentation, a signed warranty package and your first complimentary annual inspection booked before we leave.
Homeowners
In their words
Three roofers told us our 1912 slate roof had to come off. Ross the Roofer repaired it, replaced 200 slates by hand, and gave us another fifty years. The crew were quieter than our gardeners.
The copper roof was a six-week project and it finished in six weeks. Every evening the site was spotless. We have had two ice-storm winters since with not a single issue.
They found the leak two other companies had missed in twenty minutes: a hairline crack in a chimney cricket. Fixed it the same week, then showed us on the drone footage exactly what they did.
Our architect specified cedar and Ross the Roofer were the only contractor who could explain the batten ventilation properly. The roof looks like it grew there.
Why Ross
The difference is what you never have to think about
Unmatched expertise
Every roof system, on every era of Toronto house, from century Victorians to last year's infill. If it is on a roof in this city, we have done it many times before.
Quality work at a fair price
Premium materials and proper workmanship without the premium-brand markup. Fixed quotes, itemised, with nothing added later that we did not warn you about.
Warranty protection
A written workmanship warranty on every job, plus the manufacturer system warranty registered in your name. Both transfer if you sell the house.
Fully insured and WSIB-covered
$5M commercial general liability and WSIB clearance on every single site. Certificates come with your proposal, before you have agreed to anything.
Built for your roof, not a template
Pitch, exposure, ventilation, the shape of your valleys and how your attic actually breathes. The assembly gets designed for your house, then drawn before it is built.
Flexible payment options
Financing through a Canadian lender, staged payments tied to milestones, and terms that suit the size of the job. Nothing due at the end until you have walked the roof with us.
Insights
What we have learned, written down
Why Toronto homes get ice dams, and how to stop them for good
The physics of the freeze-thaw cycle, why heat cable is a bandage, and the three fixes that address the cause.
Slate, cedar, copper or metal: choosing a century roof in Ontario
An honest comparison of cost, lifespan, weight, maintenance and how each behaves in a Toronto January.
Re-roofing a heritage-designated home in Toronto: permits, materials and timelines
What Heritage Toronto will and won't approve, and how to plan for it without losing a season.
Service areas
Toronto neighbourhoods and the GTA
We are based in Toronto, we work all over the old city, and we travel across the Greater Toronto Area for the right job.
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Let's talk about your roof
A consultation with a project director is complimentary and without obligation. We'll walk the property, survey the roof by drone, and tell you honestly what it needs, even if the answer is "nothing yet".