Areas · New Westminster, BC
Metal roofing and siding in New Westminster
New Westminster has the oldest housing stock in the region, and in Queen's Park a Heritage Conservation Area to go with it. Metal has a place here that is easy to miss: slate and shake profile metal shingles that read correctly from the street on a 1900s house, copper on bay windows and porch roofs, and standing seam on the infill and laneway houses going up in Sapperton and the West End.
- Permit re-roofing listed as a non-structural minor modification needing no permit (2011 guide, confirm at 604-521-3711)
- Heritage Queen's Park Heritage Conservation Area has its own review
- Most requested metal shingles, copper details, standing seam infill
Local conditions
Heritage streets and steep old roofs
Queen's Park and the older blocks of the West End have steep roofs, turrets, dormers and a lot of chimneys. Interlocking metal shingles handle those shapes and come in slate and shake profiles that read correctly from the street, though every heritage file is its own conversation. Copper flat-lock on bay window hoods and porch roofs matches what was there originally.
Sapperton and the streets above Columbia are a mix of 1940s to 60s houses on simple gables, where standing seam is the obvious answer, and new infill with metal roofs and cladding specified from the start. The Brunette and Braid industrial areas have the usual 1980s screw-down roofs, which we repair, retrofit or replace.
Most requested in New Westminster
Costs
What will your New Westminster roof cost?
Every roof is priced after we measure it. For a figure now, outline yours on the satellite map and get a preliminary estimate by email.
Questions
New Westminster metal roofing questions
Do I need a permit for a metal roof in New Westminster?
New Westminster's residential building permit guide lists roofing repairs and re-roofing as non-structural minor modifications that do not need a building permit, with a third-party inspection recommended. The guide is dated 2011, so confirm with the City (604-521-3711). Rules change, so confirm with the municipality; where a permit is needed we prepare the application.
Do you come out to New Westminster for small repairs?
Yes. Repairs, gutters and small outbuildings are quoted the same way as a full roof: a visit, photos and a written price.
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Metal roofing in New Westminster
Free in-person measure and a written quote.