Scranton Roof Pros provides professional roof replacement in Scranton, PA for residential and commercial properties across the Lackawanna Valley. A Scranton tear-off has a step in front of it that roofers in most places never have to think about. Whether the Commonwealth insures this building against the ground under it, and whether it already does, changes what we recommend and the order we recommend it in.
Pennsylvania does not attach mine subsidence to your homeowner policy. The standard property form excludes the peril outright, and the Department of Environmental Protection has sold a separate policy of its own since 1961. A building over the anthracite workings is therefore either carrying that second policy or carrying nothing at all against the workings. Nothing on your declarations page changes that, and nothing a roofer does changes it either.
The order of operations follows from a rule in the state code. The board will not issue a policy on a structure whose integrity is already in doubt until the damage has been repaired as it directs, and where the damage is lesser it wants either the repairs finished or a written estimate of them from a credible expert. New shingles satisfy neither test. Photographs of fresh shingles prove nothing at all about what is underneath them.
So we ask two questions before quoting a tear-off. Does the address come back as a known underground mining area on the department's viewer, and is a policy in force on it. When the answer is yes and no, buying a roof ahead of buying the policy is simply the wrong order, and we will say so out loud on the first visit.
That is not a stalling tactic and it costs you almost nothing to act on. The premium runs about twenty-seven cents for every thousand dollars of coverage, so a hundred and fifty thousand of it is roughly forty-one dollars a year. Set that beside an eighteen thousand dollar roof and the arithmetic answers itself without any help from us.
Once the sequence is settled the replacement is ordinary work and we treat it that way. Full tear-off to the boards, sheathing probed bay by bay and re-nailed at every rafter, plywood overlay where century-old planks have shrunk past gripping a fastener, self-adhered membrane at the eaves and up any party wall, synthetic underlayment above it, hemmed drip edge, and every concealed layer photographed before the covering swallows it.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — a DEP mine viewer result recorded with the map sheet number, square-edge board sheathing gauged for nail withdrawal before tear-off, SBS-modified laminated shingles chosen for cold-weather flexibility, self-adhered membrane lapped up the party wall of a double block, W-profile valley metal formed with a raised center rib, eave intake cut into a boxed cornice that never had a soffit — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Scranton and nearby communities including Dunmore, Carbondale, Old Forge, Pittston.
What We Handle
Everything our roof replacement in Scranton covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of roof replacement work in Scranton, PA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- roof replacement
- full tear-off
- reroofing
- new roof cost
- laminated shingle replacement
- board sheathing repair
- plywood overlay before shingles
- ice barrier at the eaves
- double block roof replacement
- residential reroof
- roof replacement sequence
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Scranton services.
Materials, equipment and how we do roof replacement
The difference between roof replacement that lasts and roof replacement that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with a DEP mine viewer result recorded with the map sheet number, square-edge board sheathing gauged for nail withdrawal before tear-off, SBS-modified laminated shingles chosen for cold-weather flexibility, self-adhered membrane lapped up the party wall of a double block, 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 Scranton 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 the Lackawanna Valley 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 roof replacement outside Scranton
Scranton Roof Pros covers Scranton and the surrounding communities of the Lackawanna Valley. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Roof Replacement in Dunmore, PA — Lackawanna County, population 14,042
- Roof Replacement in Carbondale, PA — Lackawanna County, population 8,828
- Roof Replacement in Old Forge, PA — Lackawanna County, population 8,497
- Roof Replacement in Pittston, PA — Luzerne County, population 7,591
- Roof Replacement in Archbald, PA — Lackawanna County, population 7,297
- Roof Replacement in Blakely, PA — Lackawanna County, population 6,657
Start on the Scranton Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Scranton Chooses Scranton Roof Pros
- ✓We look your address up on the department's mine viewer before we quote, because in this valley the answer changes whether a roof is the right thing to buy this month at all.
- ✓Pennsylvania sells subsidence cover separately instead of writing it into your policy the way the statute does in Illinois, so here the first question is whether any coverage exists, not which of two perils to file under.
- ✓On a house with a mapped void and no policy we will hand you the department's phone number and leave without a signed contract, because forty-one dollars a year outranks anything on our price list.
- ✓We refuse to coat over a split detail. Beyond hiding evidence, unrepaired damage can block the Commonwealth from issuing a policy at all until the repairs are made as its board directs.
The standards behind roof replacement
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The roof replacement work we do in Scranton 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 roof replacement project in Scranton 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 roof replacement free estimate in Scranton, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.