Santa Fe

Santa Fe roofs work harder than most in the state. At 7,000 feet you get intense UV, real snow, and a freeze-thaw cycle that pries open anything sealed with the wrong product — on top of the usual monsoon volume.

Almost everything here is flat or low slope, so it is membrane and built-up work: TPO, EPDM, modified bitumen, and coatings, over insulation sloped to actually drain. Standing water that freezes overnight is what kills a Santa Fe roof, so we chase the drainage before we chase the membrane.

On pitched roofs — the newer builds and outlying properties — metal with snow retention on northern exposures is usually the right call. Written estimate with real dates either way, and we travel up regularly enough that scheduling is straightforward.