Oshkosh Premium Roofing provides professional tile roofing in Oshkosh, WI for residential and commercial properties across the Lake Winnebago basin. We service tile and slate in this city and we very rarely recommend installing new. Roofers do not usually write that on a page meant to sell the work, so here is the reasoning behind it rather than just the conclusion.
Oshkosh has genuine tile and slate, mostly on the older masonry stock and on a handful of institutional buildings around town, and those roofs are absolutely worth keeping. Slate and good tile outlast several generations of asphalt shingle. Where the material itself is sound, replacing broken units, resetting slipped ones and renewing the flashings is straightforward work, and it costs far less than what a salesman will quote you for a tear-off.
The problem is what sits underneath it. A tile roof is a rain screen. Water gets past the tile as a matter of routine, and the underlayment beneath is the layer actually keeping the building dry. On a lakeward plane, where water is driven up under the units rather than running down over them, that underlayment carries far more than its designer assumed. It also ages fastest and nobody can see it.
So the honest scope on an existing tile roof here is usually a lift and relay: units carefully removed and stacked on site, the deck inspected and repaired, a new underlayment run properly to the lakeward eave, and the original tile put back with replacements only where units are cracked or spalled. That preserves the building, keeps material out of the landfill, and costs a fraction of what a new tile roof would.
For new construction, or for a conversion from something else, we generally argue against it, and we lose work every year by saying so. Freeze-thaw spalls porous units in this climate. The structural load usually needs an engineer's letter that most houses here will not earn cheaply. And the money buys an appearance rather than any performance the lakeward planes will actually notice.
We will not quote a tile conversion without that engineer's letter in hand, and we will not take the job on a promise to obtain one later. If you want the look and the building will not carry the weight, say so plainly and we will price a heavy laminated profile that reads much the same from the street for a fraction of the structural argument.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — reduced shingle exposure on the lakeward planes, gutter apron tucked behind the trough and over the fascia, self-adhered ice barrier carried the full run of a lakeward slope, step flashing formed with a taller vertical leg than the shingle exposure, two-piece counterflashing bedded in a raked masonry joint, hemmed rake metal with a closed end at the eave return — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Oshkosh and nearby communities including Fond du Lac, North Fond du Lac, Taycheedah, Black Wolf.
What We Handle
Everything our tile roofing in Oshkosh covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of tile roofing work in Oshkosh, WI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- tile roofing Oshkosh
- clay tile roof repair
- concrete tile roof Wisconsin
- slate roof repair Oshkosh
- tile roof underlayment replacement
- broken tile replacement
- historic tile roof restoration
- tile roof structural load
- freeze thaw tile spalling
- tile roof maintenance Winnebago County
- tile to shingle conversion
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Oshkosh services.
Materials, equipment and how we do tile roofing
The difference between tile roofing that lasts and tile roofing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with reduced shingle exposure on the lakeward planes, gutter apron tucked behind the trough and over the fascia, self-adhered ice barrier carried the full run of a lakeward slope, step flashing formed with a taller vertical leg than the shingle exposure, 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 Oshkosh 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 the Lake Winnebago basin 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 tile roofing outside Oshkosh
Oshkosh Premium Roofing covers Oshkosh and the surrounding communities of the Lake Winnebago basin. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Tile Roofing in Fond du Lac, WI — Fond du Lac County, population 44,678
- Tile Roofing in North Fond du Lac, WI — Fond du Lac County, population 5,378
- Tile Roofing in Taycheedah, WI — Fond du Lac County, population 4,554
- Tile Roofing in Black Wolf, WI — Winnebago County, population 2,429
- Tile Roofing in Nekimi, WI — Winnebago County, population 1,337
- Tile Roofing in Vinland, WI — Winnebago County, population 1,769
Start on the Oshkosh Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Oshkosh Chooses Oshkosh Premium Roofing
- ✓We ask what direction the wind was blowing when you saw the stain, because on this shore that answer separates a driven-water path from an actual hole faster than an hour on the roof does
- ✓Hose testing is done up the slope and up the wall, never just straight down, since water that entered sideways will not reproduce under a test that respects gravity
- ✓We will quote two planes rather than four when the lakeward side is spent and the street side is not, and we will tell you plainly what a two-plane roof costs you in color match
- ✓Underlayment run and headlap are line items you can compare between bidders, not assumptions folded into a price per square
The standards behind tile roofing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The tile roofing work we do in Oshkosh 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 tile roofing project in Oshkosh 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 tile roofing free estimate in Oshkosh, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.