Roof Replacement in El Paso: Getting the House Ready for Tear-Off Day

Show notes

Before a roof replacement in El Paso, the attic, walls, cars, pets and yard all need a plan. Two hosts walk through the manufacturers' advice, what to ask the crew lead about a rooftop swamp cooler, and one Northeast El Paso tear-off day, with a look at Lifetime Roofing of El Paso.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wABxJNMKW7g

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Lifetime Roofing of El Paso

Based at 8900 Gateway Blvd E, El Paso, TX 79907

Phone: (915) 353-3934

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Website: elpasoroofingcompany.com

Full transcript

Dakota: Welcome to the Hometown Trades Journal. I'm Dakota, and Roger's with me.

Roger: Back at the mic, Dakota. I'm Roger. This week it's getting a house ready for a roof replacement in El Paso, starting on the Northeast side, where a swamp cooler can sit on the roof. One local rule: inside the City, a residential roof permit expires one month after it's issued.

Dakota: Who's the local company this week?

Roger: Lifetime Roofing of El Paso, in El Paso since twenty nineteen. They send their own crews, not subcontractors. Today's list draws on advice from G-A-F, I-K-O and Owens Corning.

Dakota: So where does a homeowner begin?

Roger: Inside, with the attic, because tear-off, the day the old shingles come off, happens right above it. G-A-F says to move valuables or cover them, and lay a drop cloth. I-K-O says to carry fragile things downstairs. Then the walls: G-A-F and I-K-O both say the hammering shakes the house, so mirrors, art, T-Vs and shelving come down.

Dakota: And outside? Where do the cars go?

Roger: On the street. G-A-F says to move them the day before or early that morning. I-K-O says to keep them out of the garage too, since shingle granules and nails can fall through its roof, and the dumpster takes the driveway.

Dakota: I'll take pets and children. G-A-F says keep pets indoors or somewhere arranged ahead. I-K-O says to arrange care for children and leave your phone number with the roofers. G-A-F and Owens Corning both call it loud, and Owens Corning suggests telling the neighbors a few days ahead.

Roger: What about the yard? Nails have to land somewhere.

Dakota: That's why G-A-F says to mow first: short grass makes debris easier to see. For nails, the usual answer is a magnet sweep, and Owens Corning says you can ask for a second one.

Roger: What about anything attached to the roof?

Dakota: That takes a conversation before the shingles come off. The company's swamp cooler guide says a rooftop cooler sits on a curb whose flashing is a common leak point. Ask the crew lead what's needed. Solar panels and dishes take lead time: G-A-F says to book their removal and reinstallation ahead.

Roger: And how many days is the whole job?

Dakota: Here are the makers' general figures, not this crew's schedule. G-A-F says a typical residential replacement takes one to two days. I-K-O calls two days typical, with some jobs one and some three. For a specific roof, ask the crew lead.

Roger: Put a real house to it. Who went through this?

Dakota: Ruben, in El Paso's Northeast: a stucco house with a swamp cooler on the roof. The night before his tear-off, the crew lead from Lifetime Roofing of El Paso called with a short list. Take the boxes and the old bike off the attic shelves. Shut off the water to the cooler. Park both cars on the street, away from the house.

Roger: Ruben had planned on doing none of that.

Dakota: He did all of it. Next morning the old shingles came off in sections, each tarped before the crew left, and a magnet sweep of the driveway and yard picked up nails. By dark the driveway was clear, the open section had its tarp for the night, and the attic shelves were empty because he'd moved them the day before.

Roger: Clear the attic and the walls, empty the driveway, and plan for pets and noise. Then ask the crew lead about anything on the roof, and leave a phone number.

Dakota: That's Lifetime Roofing of El Paso, at El Paso Roofing Company dot com, or on the phone at nine one five, three five three, three nine three four. The desk answers around the clock, in English or Spanish.

Roger: Roof replacement across El Paso, Socorro and Horizon City starts the week before tear-off. That's the Hometown Trades Journal. New episodes every week. Thanks for listening.