Littleton roofers: a homeowner guide to hail damage, repair and replacement

What roofs go through in Littleton

Littleton sits at 5,400 feet on the southwest edge of the Denver metro, where the plains meet the foothills. Roofs here get three things most of the country doesn't: hail every summer, more ultraviolet than most of the country because of the altitude, and wind that comes down off the hogback at 60 to 90 mph a few times each winter.

Hail is the big one. The cells build over the foothills on June and July afternoons and drift east across Ken Caryl, Columbine, Littleton proper and Highlands Ranch before they weaken over the plains. Most years bring at least one storm with golf-ball hail somewhere in the South Metro. The May 2017 storm on the west side of the metro is often described as one of the costliest insured hail events in Colorado (the Colorado Division of Insurance and insurer groups publish the loss figures), and storms like it don't need to hit your street to change your insurance premium.

Sun does the slower damage. Three hundred days of it, at altitude, cooks the asphalt out of a shingle. A 30-year architectural shingle that lasts 30 years in Ohio lasts 18 to 22 here. The south and west slopes go first.

Wind rounds it out. The Chinook events between December and March come over the hogback at 70–90 mph, hit Ken Caryl and Roxborough first, and peel back any shingle whose seal strip has already been cooked loose by the sun. A roof that survives July often loses a slope in January.

Then there's the housing. Most of Littleton and its neighbors — Southpark, Southbridge, Ridgewood, Columbine Knolls, Ken Caryl Ranch, the older half of Highlands Ranch, Willow Creek in Centennial — went up between 1970 and 1999. Those homes have been re-roofed once or twice already, usually after a hail claim, and the roof up there now is often a builder-grade shingle put on fast by a crew that left town in October. Whether yours needs a $350 pipe boot or a $20,000 replacement, the standard to expect from any Littleton roofer is the same: a walked inspection, photos, and a written price before any work starts.

Littleton roofing: the main jobs

Roof repair — leaks at pipe boots, chimney and wall flashing, valleys and skylights, wind-lifted shingles, soft decking. Most roof repair in Littleton runs $300–$1,500 and takes one visit. See roof repair.

Roof replacement — full tear-off, decking check, synthetic underlayment, ice-and-water membrane at the eaves and valleys as the code here requires, and Class 4 impact-resistant shingles nailed with six nails. Typical Littleton homes run $9,500–$22,000. The Littleton roof replacement guide covers it in detail.

Hail damage and insurance claims — inspection and photo documentation, a line-item scope your adjuster can follow, and the repair, all inside Colorado's roofing consumer law. See hail damage repair.

Roof inspections — a walked inspection with photos and a written report for a purchase, a sale, a claim, or a roof you're just not sure about. See roof inspection.

Impact-resistant and metal roofing — Class 4 shingles that can earn an insurance discount, and standing-seam metal for homeowners who are done filing hail claims. See impact-resistant and metal roofing.

How to find a Littleton roofer you can trust

Colorado has no state roofing license. What it has instead is city and county contractor licensing — the City of Littleton, Arapahoe, Jefferson and Douglas counties, Centennial and Englewood each license contractors and require a permit and inspection for a re-roof — and a state consumer law, the Residential Roofing Bill of Rights, that requires a written contract and bars a roofer from paying or waiving your insurance deductible. So before you hire any roofing company in Littleton, ask which jurisdictions it is licensed in, ask for its certificate of general liability insurance, and check that the quote names the permit office. Any contractor worth hiring will show you all three before a price.

The Littleton roofer neighbors recommend after a storm is usually one with a 303 or 720 number, an address you can drive to, several hail seasons behind it, and the patience to tell you when a pipe boot is all you need. Our guide to choosing among roofing companies in Littleton goes through the checks, and questions to ask Littleton roofing contractors gives you the list to read from.

How this site works

This is a free local guide, not a roofing contractor. Calls and estimate requests go to an independent local contractor partner who inspects, quotes in writing and performs the work. There is no obligation to hire, and the prices on these pages are typical ranges for the area, not a quote.

Areas this guide covers

Littleton and the South Metro: Ken Caryl, Columbine, Columbine Valley, Bow Mar, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Englewood, Lone Tree, Roxborough, Lakewood, Parker and Castle Rock. Whether you're comparing Littleton roofing quotes after a storm or just planning ahead, the pricing page has real numbers to hold every quote against.