Racine Roof Pros provides professional asphalt shingle roofs in Racine, WI for residential and commercial properties across the Racine and Kenosha lakeshore. For nearly every house in Racine, an asphalt shingle roof is the correct answer. It is also the covering most affected by how slowly things dry on this shore. Almost everything that goes wrong with one locally traces back to a sealant strip that never got warm enough to bond.
Shingles do not arrive sealed. A band of thermoplastic adhesive on the back of each course softens in sunlight and grips the course below, and that bond is what turns a stack of loose tabs into a wind-resistant system. Manufacturers assume it happens within days of installation. On this shoreline it can take the better part of a season, and an unsealed roof is not rated for anything.
Practically, that makes the install date a specification. From the middle of May through September a roof here seals on its own and we leave it alone. Outside that window we hand-seal. Spots of asphalt roof cement under the tabs across the first several courses, both rakes and the ridge, built into the price rather than charged as an extra. On product we are conservative.
A fiberglass-mat architectural laminate meeting ASTM D3462 and tested to ASTM D3161 Class F is plenty of roof for this climate. The premium designer profiles cost considerably more and buy appearance, not performance. If you want the upgrade because you like how it looks, that is a fine reason. We just will not sell it to you as protection. Underlayment is where we do spend money.
Self-adhered ice and water membrane from the eave up past the interior wall line, through every valley, and around each penetration, then a synthetic field underlayment over the rest. On a house that stays this damp, the membrane is the layer still doing real work in year twenty. Felt is cheaper and we do not use it, because it wrinkles when it gets wet and it gets wet here. Nailing is the unglamorous last piece.
Six fasteners per shingle placed in the nail zone, driven flush rather than overdriven, and ring-shank into any deck panel that reads soft. Overdriven nails in damp sheathing pull through within a few freeze cycles, and that is a failure nobody spots from the ground. We set the compressors low and finish by hand where the deck is uneven, which is most older Racine roofs. Starter strip, drip edge and a properly closed valley round out the assembly.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — hand-sealed shingle tabs set in spots of asphalt roof cement, pin-type moisture readings logged on the deck bay by bay, 1x6 plank sheathing laid with open gaps between boards, core cuts taken through a low-slope assembly to check the insulation, an above-sheathing airspace on a batten and counter-batten grid, two-piece counterflashing set into a ground-out mortar reglet — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Racine and nearby communities including Mount Pleasant, Caledonia, Kenosha, Pleasant Prairie.
What We Handle
Everything our asphalt shingle roofs in Racine covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of asphalt shingle roofs work in Racine, WI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Racine services.
Materials, equipment and how we do asphalt shingle roofs
The difference between asphalt shingle roofs that lasts and asphalt shingle roofs that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with hand-sealed shingle tabs set in spots of asphalt roof cement, pin-type moisture readings logged on the deck bay by bay, 1x6 plank sheathing laid with open gaps between boards, core cuts taken through a low-slope assembly to check the insulation, 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 Racine 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 Racine and Kenosha lakeshore 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 asphalt shingle roofs outside Racine
Racine Roof Pros covers Racine and the surrounding communities of the Racine and Kenosha lakeshore. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Mount Pleasant, WI — Racine County, population 27,732
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Caledonia, WI — Racine County, population 25,361
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Kenosha, WI — Kenosha County, population 99,986
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Pleasant Prairie, WI — Kenosha County, population 21,250
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Burlington, WI — Racine County, population 11,047
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Somers, WI — Kenosha County, population 8,402
Start on the Racine Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Racine Chooses Racine Roof Pros
- ✓We take a moisture reading on the north slope before we quote, because the March number is the one that tells you what the deck has actually been living with
- ✓Any tear-off we install before the middle of May gets its field tabs hand-sealed, because a lakefront spring does not deliver the surface temperature a factory sealant strip needs
- ✓Every coating and sealant proposal carries a written dew point limit and substrate moisture limit, and we reschedule rather than spray when the numbers are wrong
- ✓No recover over an existing low-slope roof without a core cut first, and we hand you the core rather than describing it
The standards behind asphalt shingle roofs
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The asphalt shingle roofs work we do in Racine 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 asphalt shingle roofs project in Racine 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 asphalt shingle roofs free estimate in Racine, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.