Roofing contractor serving Dayton, Maryland

Dayton is one of the quieter corners of Howard County, and the housing reflects it — older homes on larger parcels, many of them added to over the years, plus outbuildings, garages and barns that nobody thinks about until something leaks.

Older houses out here tend to have simple main roofs with complicated edges. The original structure is usually straightforward; it is the porch roof, the addition, the dormer and the spot where a shed roof ties into a wall that cause the trouble. Those junctions are where we spend our time.

We also get asked about outbuildings fairly often in Dayton, and it is worth saying plainly: a detached garage or barn roof is usually a much smaller job than people expect, and it is often worth doing at the same time as the house simply because the crew and the dumpster are already on site.

Open ground and exposure matter here too. Less shelter means more wind load, and lifted ridge caps after a summer storm are a common call.