A roofer, roofing contractor, or roofing mechanic is a tradesman who usually specializes in roof repair. Roofers install, repair, and replace the roofs of commercial buildings, with a wide range of materials, such as asphalt, bitumen, slate, gypsum, wood, metal, tiles, concrete slabs, and roofing shingles. There are roofers in Mesa, providing a large variety of roofing services to residential customers as well. These include installation and repair of slate, roofing shingles, shingle repair, roof cleaning and painting, roof replacement, attic ventilation, repairing and replacing roof sections, sheathing, caulking, and repairing roof sheathing, installing rooftop caps, etc.
Residential roofers provide a wide range of roofing materials to homeowners and commercial businesses. They can provide asphalt shingles and other types of roofing material such as slate, wood shakes, composite roofing material, gypsum boards, asphalt shingles, laminated roofing products, Hardiplank, and other synthetic or natural materials.
The roofers use a wide range of tools and equipment to provide superior roofing material to their customers, which includes high-pressure water jetting, electric arc welding, metal cutting, and sawing, brazing, pre-drilling, and fastening, rubber and glue roofing nails, sealant, and roof sheeting. Roofers can also install valleys and rakes, and adjust pitch, level, and squareness. Some roofers specialize in roof repair and replacement, while some are also capable of painting, roof tinting, and windstorm treatment.
In addition, there are a large number of roofers in the United States that specialize in residential roofing. These roofers install and repair roofing systems on residential buildings. The roofers can install ceramic tiles, roof shingles, single metal roofing, insulated metal roofing, clay tile roofing system, and slate roof. They can even provide maintenance work like cleaning and repairing chimneys, cleaning gutters, inspecting attic ventilation ductwork, checking roof valleys and ridges, and inspecting skylights and windows.