APEXIUM IN
SUSSEX, WI.

The builder-grade shingles that went on a lot of these subdivisions in the late 1990s and early 2000s were specified to a price, not to a Wisconsin lifespan. Twenty to twenty-five years in, we are seeing widespread granule loss, curling at the edges, and sealant strips that have given up. If your neighbors are starting to re-roof, your house is very likely on the same clock, because the whole street went up in the same eighteen months with the same materials.

The upside is that these roofs are straightforward. Simple gable and hip forms, plywood decking in good condition, and adequate framing. A first replacement on a Sussex subdivision home is usually a clean job with no surprises, and it is the right moment to upgrade the shingle class and fix the ventilation the builder undersized.