Tile Roofing in Carefree, AZ

What goes into tile roof costs in Carefree

Typical totals from our price sheet for a 3,000 sq ft roof: about $33,000–$48,000 for an underlayment replacement that puts your tile back on ($11–$16 per square foot), or $57,000–$78,000 for a complete tear-off with new tile ($19–$26 per square foot). See every range on our pricing page.

• Roof area and pitch, and how many hips, valleys and separate roof forms the house has
• Concrete or clay tile, and whether your profile is still made
• How much tile is already cracked
• New underlayment and self-adhering membrane where water concentrates
• Rotten decking and chimney crickets
• Tile color that meets the town's standards and your HOA, if you have one
• Moving tile on and off boulder lots or mountainside sites

Get a starting range from the instant estimator, then let us lift some tile at a free inspection.

Old tile, old felt: Carefree's early custom homes

Listings show 1970s Carefree ranches in the Black Mountain and Carefree Too subdivisions with tile roofs, sometimes next to flat areas finished in rolled roofing or hot mop. Underlayment from that era wasn't made for that long a run under tile. It dries out, gets brittle and cracks, usually in the valleys first. Slipped tiles near a valley are another clue, since shrinking felt can pull the lower courses out of position. Why this 30-year-old roof needed new underlayment shows what that looks like when the tile comes off.

On a profile this old, the first question is whether it's still made. If not, every piece we lift gets handled like it can't be replaced. We stack it carefully, lay new underlayment over a sound deck, and put the originals on the faces people see. Any replacement tile goes on less visible slopes so the roof doesn't look patched.

Hip roofs, chimneys and the town's design standards

Carefree's design standards prefer hip roofs over gable ends and call for multiple roof forms on homes over 1,000 square feet, which means more hips and valleys per house. Each hip line gets ridge caps set in mastic and a weather blocker closure underneath. Where a fireplace chimney has tile running straight into its back side, we build a cricket to split the water around it. Why we added a cricket behind this chimney explains the problem a cricket solves. Color matters too, since the town's limit for home exteriors is a 40 percent light reflective value.

Boulders, hillsides and staging

The Boulders straddles the Carefree and Scottsdale line, and its homes lean Southwestern and Territorial, from small casitas to custom homes on the golf course. Around town, granite outcrops and mountainside lots make tile staging part of the plan. Where the tile sits while the underlayment goes down, and how it gets back up, is decided before the first piece comes off. The roof doesn't sit open overnight either. Casitas often carry the same tile as the main house, so if one is due, check the other; matching tile across both is simpler when they're done together.

Slipped tiles, a valley stain, or a roof that's never been checked? Phone (602) 799-6837 and we'll come look underneath a few tiles at no cost to you.

Flat sections nearby belong on Carefree spray foam roofing. We also handle Carefree shingle replacement and roofs on Carefree businesses.