Exterior work in La Vista, NE

La Vista is compact, and that shapes every job here. There is almost nothing in this city built before the 1960s, so the housing is consistent in a way that most of the metro is not: modest lots, simple rooflines, attached garages and yards that sit close enough together that your fence is your neighbor's fence too.

Consistent does not mean easy. Tight side yards mean a roofing crew has to think about where the dumpster and the tear-off actually go, and gutter runs on these houses often drain toward a neighbor's grade rather than away from anything. We plan the access before the truck shows up rather than working it out on the morning, because on a lot this size that is the difference between a one-day job and a mess.

Most of these roofs are also on their second or third covering by now, which is where the layered-roof conversation starts. Tearing off two layers costs more than one and takes longer, but going over the top again is how you end up with a roof nobody can flash properly and decking nobody has looked at in forty years.