As a roofing contractor in the Aspen area we sometimes get wrapped up in the latest and greatest, or at least most expensive, roofing products known to man. Well I'm here to give the asphalt shingle a little love. Not only does it cover 99% of the roofs in the United States, with the new

I couldn't wait any longer to post a pic of this shiny new copper roof we recently installed near Aspen. Nothing was spared, from the Bylin heated eave and valley system to the Zappone copper shingles with Alpine Snowguard copper snow stops. Umbrella Roofing is proud to be the roofing contractor for this wonderful project!

The world famous architect John Baker, based right here in little ol' Carbondale, CO, just sent me this link with some fantastic pictures of the work we did on the Church at Carbondale. Basically anything metal you see, we installed. Enjoy! http://trevorcannon.wpengine.com/Architect%20Colorado%20Spring%202009.pdf

It never ceases to amaze us what we'll find when we get called out for a leak. This is one of our favorites. Let's play a little game called "What's wrong with this picture?" 1) Roof deck left short of eave, leaving a hole you can stick your fist in. 2) No valley flashing 3)

I don't really have much more to say on this, just really wanted to include this picture of the ice dam/icicle (more like a stalactite) on the house across the street from mine. Umbrella Roofing was the roofing contractor for this 100 yr old house. It really is a beautiful roof under all of that