Roofer in Mascouche

Roofs in Mascouche

Mascouche-Heights has older homes, often on big lots, whose roofs have been redone several times over the years. Much of the rest of the city was built from the 1980s on with single-family homes and asphalt shingles, and many of those roofs are now at their first or second replacement. On the outskirts there are also rural properties with garages and outbuildings under metal roofs.

Roofs in Mascouche: what comes up most often

• On big wooded lots, branches that rub the roof in the wind and wear the granules down until the shingle mat shows.
• In Mascouche-Heights, roofs redone several times with flashing reused from one job to the next, now thin and full of old nail holes.
• In neighbourhoods built from the 1980s on, attics vented by just a few square roof vents, not nearly enough for the roof area.
• On metal-roofed garages and workshops on rural properties, ridge caps and rake trim bent by sliding snow.
• Needles and debris piled up behind chimneys and in valleys, holding water and rotting the shingles from underneath.

Shingles or metal for a house on a big Mascouche lot?

On Mascouche's more rural properties, the same question comes up at re-roofing time: stick with asphalt shingles or switch to metal? Shingles cost less up front, are easy to repair piece by piece and suit suburban houses perfectly well. Metal is a bigger investment, but it lasts much longer, sheds snow and stands up better to falling debris from trees. On a big lot with nothing under the eaves, that sliding snow works in your favour.

It still deserves some thought before you choose. A metal roof can drop a lot of snow at once over a doorway, deck or driveway, so we plan snow guards where needed. It can also be louder in a heavy rain if the attic is lightly insulated. We look at the house's orientation, where the doors and trees are, and what you plan to do with the property. You get a written quote for each option, with no pressure either way.

Winter in Mascouche

Mascouche's many wooded areas mean lots of shade and leaves, which keeps some roofs damp and fills gutters. On more open lots, wind drifts snow into heavy, uneven loads on the roof.

Neighbourhoods we cover

• Mascouche-Heights
• Secteur du Domaine seigneurial
• Secteur de la gare
• Secteur du chemin Sainte-Marie
• Secteur du Grand-Coteau