Roofing

The Summer Storm Season is Officially Here! We’ve now reached the summer solstice (June 21), so that means summer storm season has officially arrived in the Southeast! If you live anywhere in NC or VA, then you’re well aware that a popup thunderstorm can blow up with a very little warning....

Going Green Isn’t Just Good for the Earth – It’s Good for Your Wallet! Unless you travel solely by foot, bicycle, or animal-drawn carriage, then you’ve surely felt the sticker shock at the pump lately. Fuel prices have reached astronomical levels, which means that energy prices are on the...

Roofing costs continue to rise We mentioned in our last blog that roofing costs are rising in 2022, and in fact have been rising for quite a while. The current rate of roofing price increases has a lot to do with roofing material costs that rose significantly thanks to COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021....

Why Are Roof Installation Prices So High? That is a very fair question, and it’s certainly a question that’s on the minds of many American homeowners in 2022! If you’ve had a roofing project estimate done recently – or have simply gone online to get a ballpark idea of what roof replacement...

Time to Replace Your Roof? Tile Roofing Could Be a Good Solution! If it’s become clear that your current roofing material is standing on its last legs, then it’s wise to go ahead and make plans for a roof replacement before any more problematic issues begin to emerge. But which roofing...

Hot Air Rises You probably learned at a young age that hot air rises. Harnessing the rising force of lighter, heated air is how hot air balloons are able to lift hundreds of pounds of weight off the ground, and then soar into the sky! That being the case, it shouldn’t surprise you to learn that...

It’s Hard to Beat a Metal Roof, and It’s Really Hard to Beat Copper Metal roofing continues to grow in popularity across the country, and for a good reason. By many metrics, metal roofing is now the fastest-growing sector in residential roofing. There’s a lot to like about metal as a roofing...

Reflective Roofs Are Known to Help Keep Your Home Cooler in the Summer Usually when most people talk about roofs and energy efficiency, they’re thinking about how an energy-efficient roof can help keep your home cooler during those hot summer months. For example, a metal roof can save you on...

What Skywalker is About We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again – Skywalker Roofing isn’t a company that’s particularly interested in fishing for any special awards or recognition from outside organizations. But we really do value what our customers and client partners have to say...

Winter Has Finally Arrived in North Carolina and Virginia After a long, pleasant summer which seemed to bleed over into fall this year, shorter days and cooler temperatures have finally arrived in North Carolina and Virginia. The winter solstice occurs on December 21, and that means winter weather...