Roofing Contractor in Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh roofing from Cam and Drew Kinnee — GAF certified, family-owned, the names on the truck are the same ones answering your call. Free estimates. 412-844-5999.

The city of Pittsburgh has some of the most challenging residential roofing in Western PA — and we love working on it. From the brick row houses of Lawrenceville and the South Side to the century-old Tudors of Squirrel Hill and the steep slope houses of Mt. Washington, every Pittsburgh neighborhood has its own roofing personality.

Kinnee Brothers Roofing is family-owned and based in Canonsburg, just south of the city. We work across all of Pittsburgh's residential neighborhoods — Bloomfield, Lawrenceville, Squirrel Hill, Shadyside, the North Side, the South Side, Brookline, Beechview, Banksville, and out to the East End. If your roof is in the city, we work on it.

Pittsburgh's residential housing was largely built between 1890 and 1940. Brick row houses in Lawrenceville, the South Side, the Strip District, and parts of the North Side have steep gable roofs, small footprints, and original sheathing usually plank rather than plywood. The biggest issue on these houses is flashing at the party walls between rowhomes — water gets in at the joint between two roofs and runs down between the walls. We do a lot of step flashing rework on Pittsburgh rowhomes.

Tudor and Colonial homes in Squirrel Hill, Shadyside, Highland Park, Point Breeze, and Mt. Lebanon-adjacent neighborhoods often have complex rooflines with multiple gables, dormers, and original slate or tile that's now near end-of-life. We replace a lot of original slate roofs with high-end architectural asphalt designer shingles (GAF Camelot II is the popular slate-look option) that give the same visual character at a fraction of the maintenance cost.

Slope houses on Mt. Washington, the North Side bluffs, and the Hill District are often three-story homes built into hillsides with steep, complex roof structures. Access alone is a challenge — we sometimes need scaffolding to safely work these roofs, which adds to project cost. Working a roof where the next building is two feet away means tarping and debris control matters more. We do not damage neighboring properties.

City Pittsburgh roofs deal with the same Western PA weather menu as the suburbs — ice damming, freeze-thaw, summer storms, hail — plus city-specific challenges: tighter access and material staging, adjacent property considerations, and snow load on flat or low-slope back ell roofs that hold snow longer than steeper sections.