Tile Roofing in Phoenix, AZ

What drives tile roof prices in Phoenix

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.

Most of a tile job is labor on the part you can't see. What moves the number on a Phoenix house:

• Roof area, pitch and how cut up it is with hips and valleys
• Concrete or clay, and the tile profile
• Whether your profile is still made, or discontinued so every piece has to be saved
• How many broken tiles need replacing
• Underlayment in the field, plus membrane at valleys and eaves
• Sheathing repairs once the old felt is off
• Chimney crickets, vents in bad spots and patio tie-ins

The instant estimator shows a range first. Then book a free inspection so we can pull a few tiles and look.

Ahwatukee and Tatum Ranch: tile at underlayment age

Ahwatukee's model homes opened near 50th Street and Elliot Road in 1973, and the southern neighborhoods filled in with stucco and red tile. Tatum Ranch, whose association formed in 1989, has Santa Barbara and Tuscan style homes under tile. On both, the original felt has been through a lot of Phoenix summers. The concrete tile can usually go back on. The felt can't.

An underlayment replacement, which we also call a relay, goes in order. Every tile comes off and gets stacked. We check whether the profile is still made; if it's discontinued, each piece is handled like it can't be replaced, because it can't. New underlayment goes down over a sound deck, with self-adhering membrane in valleys and along the eaves. Cracked tiles get swapped, the originals go back on the slopes people see from the street, and new tile goes where it blends. What happens during a tile roof underlayment replacement shows the steps.

Clay tile in the historic districts, color in the HOAs

Some older homes in districts like Coronado carry clay tile. If your house is on the Historic Property Register, permit work that affects the exterior needs approval from the Historic Preservation Office, so matching the original profile and color is part of the job. In HOA neighborhoods, the association's color list rules instead. Tile also reads differently at 8 a.m. than at 5 p.m., so we compare samples up on your roof. Why roof colors look different throughout the day explains why.

Ready for monsoon wind

Between June and September, storm wind goes after ridges and hips first. We glue ridge caps with mastic, set a weather blocker closure under hip and ridge tile so wind-driven rain can't get in at the peak, and build a cricket behind any chimney that has tile running straight into it. And when we have a roof open, it doesn't stay open overnight.

If your Phoenix tile roof still has its original felt and nobody has looked under it, now's a good time. Book a free inspection at (602) 799-6837 and we'll show you what the underlayment looks like.

Flat patio sections on the same house can go to foam roofing for Phoenix homes. We also handle shingle roofs around Phoenix and roofs on Phoenix commercial buildings.