Roofing in East Kildonan, Winnipeg

East Kildonan is one of Winnipeg’s older residential areas, running back from the Red River, and it is where Winnipeg Roof Pros does a lot of its work. The housing stock is mostly from the first half of the last century, with post-war building filling in around it.

Storey-and-a-Half Houses

The storey-and-a-half is common through Elmwood and the older parts of East Kildonan, and it is the style that generates the most roofing calls in this part of the city.

The pitch is steep, which is good for shedding water. The problem is what is behind the knee walls. Those tight attic pockets are difficult to insulate and harder to ventilate, so warm air collects against the roof deck, snow melts from underneath, and the meltwater refreezes at the cold eaves. That is the ice damming cycle, and on this house style it repeats every winter.

Replacing the shingles alone does not change it. Where we can improve the intake ventilation at the soffits and get airflow up behind the knee walls, we do, because that is what actually addresses the cause.

Layers and Decking

Roofs in this area have frequently been done more than once, and not always with a tear-off. It is common to find two or three layers, and underneath them, decking that has been quietly deteriorating.

That is the main reason we tear off to the deck on every job here. A roof over old layers cannot be inspected, holds more weight than the structure was built for, and runs hotter, which shortens the life of the new shingles.

River Proximity

Properties closer to the river sit on ground that moves more with the seasons, and long-term structural settlement shows up in a roofline as a visible dip or a wave. It rarely stops a roof from being replaced, but it changes how the deck has to be prepared, and it is worth knowing about before the crew arrives.

The two calls we take most often here are ice dam prevention and attic ventilation, followed by roof replacement on roofs carrying several layers.

Neighbourhoods We Serve in East Kildonan

Elmwood
Munroe East
Valley Gardens
Rossmere
Kildonan Park area

Our Services in East Kildonan

East Kildonan Roofing Questions

Do you cover all of East Kildonan?

Yes, from Elmwood through Munroe, Rossmere, and Valley Gardens. Much of the housing dates to the same few decades, so we see a lot of roofs at similar stages of life.

My house is a storey and a half. Does that change the roof?

It does. Storey-and-a-half houses have steeper pitches and often knee-wall attic spaces that are difficult to ventilate properly, which is why these houses tend to have persistent ice damming. The roof is only half the conversation on that style.

How many layers can be on a roof before they have to come off?

Regardless of what is technically allowed, our answer is that they all come off. We tear off to the deck on every job, because a second or third layer hides the condition of the sheathing and adds weight the structure was not designed for.

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