Burnaby, British Columbia
Roofing Contractors in Burnaby, BC
Burnaby is really two roofing markets. Post-war bungalows on the hillsides at Capitol Hill and Burnaby Heights, most of them now on a third covering, and a dense belt of townhouse and low-rise strata along the SkyTrain. They need different things, and we work across both. Free site visit, honest answer, free itemised estimate.
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The north-slope problem
Half of Burnaby's roofs barely see the sun for six months
Capitol Hill and Burnaby Heights sit on north-facing slopes that get very little direct sun between October and April. Roofs up there stay damp for days after rain rather than hours, and moss establishes faster than almost anywhere else in the Lower Mainland. It is the single thing we get called about most in this city.
Worth being blunt about it, because it is also the most common reason a Burnaby homeowner gets sold a roof they did not need: moss on its own does not mean replacement. Caught early it is a cleaning and a zinc strip. Left a decade on a slope that never dries, it may have lifted the shingle edges and let water underneath, which is a different conversation entirely. We go through how to tell those apart in our guide to moss.
What a roofer should be checking on a shaded Burnaby slope is not the moss itself but what is under it: whether the courses still lie flat, whether the granules are holding, and whether the attic below has enough ventilation to dry the deck out.
- Shingle edges lifted or still lying flat
- Granule loss on the shaded slope
- Attic ventilation and deck condition
- Whether a clean and prevention is enough
What we do in Burnaby
Replacement, repair and flat roofing across the city
One roofing company, the same roofers and the same itemised estimates, whether it is a single leak in Deer Lake, a flat roof section in South Burnaby or a townhouse re-roof off Willingdon.
Where we work
Burnaby neighbourhoods we know well
Burnaby is two cities in one: towers and strata along the SkyTrain, post-war bungalows on the hills. They need different things.
Metrotown
Dense low-rise and townhouse strata around the SkyTrain corridor.
Brentwood
Rapid redevelopment sitting alongside untouched 1960s blocks.
Burnaby Heights
Post-war bungalows, many now 60 to 70 years old and on a third covering.
Capitol Hill
North-facing slopes that barely see sun from October to April.
South Burnaby
Mixed detached stock, from 1960s ranchers to newer infill builds.
Deer Lake
Larger lots, mature tree cover and the debris problems that come with it.
Burnaby specifics
Post-war stock, and the strata belt along the SkyTrain
The housing age is the other half of the picture. A great deal of Burnaby Heights and Capitol Hill went up in the 1940s and 1950s, which means those homes are on their second or third covering. Layered work, dated ventilation and soft decking around the valleys are all normal findings on that stock, and all three change what a roof replacement actually involves.
Along Willingdon and through Metrotown and Brentwood the picture flips again: townhouse and low-rise strata, where the roof is a council decision rather than a homeowner one.
Priority response for Burnaby leaks
An active leak is not a quoting exercise. Call us and we will prioritise it for the earliest available visit to stop the water, then trace it back to the source properly once the property is dry. We will tell you the earliest day we can genuinely be there rather than promise one and miss it.
Free site visit and free itemised estimate, no obligation. If your roof does not need work, that is what we will tell you.
Burnaby questions
What Burnaby homeowners ask us
Yes. East Burnaby, Edmonds and the Burnaby–New Westminster boundary are all inside our regular service area, along with Metrotown, Brentwood, Burnaby Heights, Capitol Hill, South Burnaby and Deer Lake. There is no part of Burnaby we treat as out of area.
Usually 25 to 35 minutes depending on the bridge and the hour. Burnaby is the closest city to our Richmond yard, which is the practical reason urgent calls here get seen quickly rather than slotted in around jobs at the far end of the region.
Regularly. The SkyTrain corridor through Metrotown and Brentwood has a high concentration of townhouse and low-rise strata. Councils get an itemised estimate they can circulate to owners, staged work to limit disruption for residents, and full WCB coverage for multi-unit access. Formal written condition reports for a depreciation report or an AGM are available as a separate paid service.
North-facing slopes on Capitol Hill and Burnaby Heights get very little direct sun between October and April, so they never properly dry out. That is ideal for moss. Worth saying clearly: moss on its own does not mean you need a new roof. Caught early it is a cleaning and prevention job, and we will tell you which situation you are in.
Not automatically. A house that age has almost certainly been re-roofed twice already, so what matters is the age and condition of the current covering, not the house. What we do look for on that stock is layered work, ventilation that was adequate in 1958 and is not now, and deck condition around the valleys. The site visit is free and the answer comes either way.
Ask for the estimate in writing and itemised, ask whether the roofer quoting the job is on the crew that will do it, and ask what happens if the deck turns out to be soft once the old covering is off. Any roofing company worth hiring will answer all three without hesitating. If you are given a single number with no breakdown, you have no way to compare it against anyone else.
Fully. Dignity Roofing & Exteriors is a licensed BC roofing contractor, fully insured and WCB covered on every job, residential or strata. Every roofer on our crews carries 20 or more years of experience.
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