Roofing & Waterproofing in Markham

Every neighbourhood, from Milliken and German Mills along the Toronto boundary up through Unionville and Markham Village to Victoria Square and Cathedraltown. Western and central Markham are the quickest for us to reach, while Cornell and the eastern edge add drive time, so the arrival window you get is worked out for your street and not averaged across the whole city.

Structural roof changes and foundation alterations need a permit from Markham's building department at the Civic Centre on Highway 7, and we handle that application for you, while replacing a roof with the same system on the same structure usually needs none. Heritage is the second check here, because exterior alterations on designated property in Unionville and Old Markham Village go through their own review. We confirm whether your address is affected before quoting, so the schedule allows for it.

Yes, and on those buildings the hard part is usually sourcing the material rather than doing the repair. Slate from different quarries rarely agrees in colour or thickness, cedar weathers to a different grey depending on its age, and old sheet metal carries a patina that new stock will not have for decades, so a patch made from whatever the supplier had on the shelf stands out from Main Street Unionville for good. Our estimate names the exact material we plan to use, not just a category.

Because Markham went up in separate waves, each with its own materials and habits: nineteenth century in Unionville and Markham Village, postwar in Milliken and German Mills, and subdivision from the 1980s onward in Berczy, Cornell, and Cathedraltown. Each group reaches its weak points on its own timetable, so two houses that look alike from the curb can have nothing in common on the roof or below grade. We have been in business since 1999, with York Region part of our work for most of that time, and the era of a street tells us where to start looking before the ladder goes up.

Yes, standing seam and steel, and the question comes up most in Berczy and the other 1990s and 2000s subdivisions, where owners at first replacement are choosing between a second asphalt roof and metal. We check the deck and the attic ventilation before quoting, because metal laid over a damp, poorly vented attic carries the same condensation problem into its next life. On designated property in Unionville or Old Markham Village a change of roofing material counts as an exterior alteration and goes through that review first, and our metal roofing service page covers the systems in detail.

Yes, on condo buildings along the Highway 7 corridor and in the older mid rise stock, and on houses where a balcony or terrace sits over a finished room. The concrete is rarely what goes first: the membrane or the sealant at the railing posts and slab edge fails, water works into the slab, and the cracking and spalling follow. For a condo we write the report so a board can approve the work against its reserve fund, and our balcony repair and waterproofing service explains the process.