Pittsburgh Premium Roofing provides professional asphalt shingle roofs in Pittsburgh, PA for residential and commercial properties across Allegheny County. Asphalt sits on most of this city's roofs and it serves well, on one condition: the plane underneath has to be genuinely flat and genuinely square. In older housing here neither is safe to assume, and assuming is how a new roof ends up looking wrong from the sidewalk.
Almost half of the city's housing units were finished before 1940 according to the Census Bureau's year-built table, and that stock came with rough-sawn framing and one-by plank sheathing laid with gaps. Add decades of settlement and, on some lots, slow downslope creep, and the rectangle you are covering is often not a rectangle. Courses laid straight off the eave will telegraph that within three rows and every one after it will look worse.
So we snap a control line. The layout is set off a chalked line struck true to the ridge and the rake, and any accumulated error is buried where the eye does not read it, rather than being spread through the visible field. It is twenty extra minutes on a plane and it decides whether a roof looks installed or looks apologized for.
Deck goes first. Boards that no longer hold a fastener come out, plywood gets keyed in so its edges land on rafters and not in space, and gaps wide enough to swallow a nail get sheathed over rather than shimmed. Ring-shank fasteners get set flush by hand where a gun cannot be trusted on soft old lumber. Rusted or missing fasteners at old penetrations get pulled rather than covered over.
For product, we lean toward SBS-modified laminated shingles in this climate. They stay flexible through the freeze-thaw cycling that runs through a Pittsburgh winter, they seal better on cool-weather installs, and they hold up to foot traffic during service calls. Impact-rated versions exist and we will quote them, though we will not pretend hail is the reason to buy them here.
Assembly matters as much as brand. Self-adhered membrane under every valley, along the eaves, around each penetration. Open metal valleys with a raised center rib. A kick-out at the base of every wall junction. Balanced intake and exhaust. Warranty paperwork registered in your name, not ours, and handed over with the drawing showing where each leader lands. Nothing gets buried that anyone would want to look at again.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — weak red claystone weathering under hillside colluvium, a leader carry line dimensioned in feet on the estimate, boxed cornice eaves with no soffit cavity to vent, plywood keyed into sound one-by plank decking, counterflashing set into a sawn mortar reglet with lead wedges, a framed cricket behind any stack wider than thirty inches — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Pittsburgh and nearby communities including Mount Lebanon, Bethel Park, Penn Hills, Ross Township.
What We Handle
Everything our asphalt shingle roofs in Pittsburgh covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of asphalt shingle roofs work in Pittsburgh, PA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- asphalt shingle roof
- architectural shingles Pittsburgh
- laminated shingle installation
- dimensional shingle roof
- three tab shingle replacement
- shingle roof over plank deck
- asphalt shingle repair
- impact resistant shingles
- shingle roof colors
- shingle roof lifespan
- SBS modified shingles
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Pittsburgh 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 weak red claystone weathering under hillside colluvium, a leader carry line dimensioned in feet on the estimate, boxed cornice eaves with no soffit cavity to vent, plywood keyed into sound one-by plank decking, 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 Pittsburgh 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 Allegheny County 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 Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Premium Roofing covers Pittsburgh and the surrounding communities of Allegheny County. 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 Lebanon, PA — Allegheny County, population 34,075
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Bethel Park, PA — Allegheny County, population 33,577
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Penn Hills, PA — Allegheny County, population 41,059
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Ross Township, PA — Allegheny County, population 33,567
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Shaler Township, PA — Allegheny County, population 28,132
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Baldwin, PA — Allegheny County, population 21,510
Start on the Pittsburgh Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Pittsburgh Chooses Pittsburgh Premium Roofing
- ✓We inspect the ground as well as the roof, using the warning signs the U.S. Geological Survey published for homeowners in this county.
- ✓Every estimate carries a drawing showing each leader, its size, its route, and the distance in feet from the wall to its discharge.
- ✓We say no in writing. Tile on unverified footings, standing seam on a moving frame, and coatings over cracking decks are all jobs we decline.
- ✓We name what we cannot do. The stormwater dye test and the evidence of compliance are a registered plumber's work, not a roofer's.
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 Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.