Roofing Service Areas in Anchorage & the Mat-Su Valley
We’re based in Palmer and work from Girdwood to Big Lake, with planned jobs in Fairbanks. Pick your town for its snow, wind, and permit details.
Every town we work in puts a roof through something different: Chugach wind on the Anchorage Hillside, the Matanuska wind around Palmer and Wasilla, Girdwood’s 200-plus inches of snow, and Fairbanks winters calm enough that most roofs keep their snow until spring. The rules change too. Some towns require a permit for a new roof and some have no residential building code at all. Here’s where we work, and what to know about each place.
Our service areas
- Anchorage. The Bowl and the Hillside, where Chugach windstorms have topped 110 mph on the upper Hillside. A new roof worth more than $10,000, tear-off or re-roof, needs a permit inside the Building Safety Service Area. Roofing in Anchorage →
- Eagle River. About 29 miles down the Glenn from Palmer, with Anchorage’s code but optional permits. Roofing in Eagle River →
- Wasilla. 12 miles from Palmer. No city building permits, and the Matanuska wind in winter. Roofing in Wasilla →
- Palmer. Home base. City permits for tear-offs and new sheathing, a 50 psf roof snow load, and Matanuska wind gusts that have hit 112 mph. Roofing in Palmer →
- Big Lake. Lake homes and cabins in wildfire country, with no residential building code. Roofing in Big Lake →
- Girdwood. About 214 inches of snow a year, and a ground snow load in the Municipality’s design data nearly three times Anchorage’s. Roofing in Girdwood →
- Fairbanks. Planned roof replacements, metal roofs, and inspections, scheduled as trips. Roofing in Fairbanks →
The same process everywhere we work
- An inspection first. The roofing, the flashing, and the attic, because a lot of what’s wrong with a roof shows from underneath first.
- Photos and a written price within 24 hours. Line by line, so you can see what you’re paying for.
- Tear-off or re-roof, decking included. One sound layer over good decking can take a re-roof. Two layers or bad decking means a tear-off.
- Metal or asphalt. Stone-coated steel, standing seam, and architectural asphalt shingles, with snow guards where slides would land.
What changes from town to town
- Permits. Needed for bigger roof jobs inside Anchorage’s Building Safety Service Area, and inside Palmer city limits when the old roofing comes off or new sheathing goes on. Optional in Eagle River and Girdwood. No building permit in Wasilla, Big Lake, or the rest of the borough outside the cities. North Pole requires one when the work changes the roof’s frame or structure, and in the City of Fairbanks we confirm with the building department.
- Snow. From about 50 inches a year on the Palmer valley floor to about 214 in Girdwood, by NOAA’s 1991 to 2020 normals.
- Wind. Chugach downslope storms on the Anchorage Hillside, and the Matanuska wind around Palmer and Wasilla. Fairbanks winters are calm, so little snow blows off the roof.
- Code. Anchorage’s own roof amendments, Palmer’s 50 psf roof snow load, no residential code in the rest of the borough outside the cities, and local amendments in Fairbanks and North Pole.
Not sure if we reach you?
Text the address and a photo, and we’ll tell you.
Outside these towns?
Call anyway: (907) 701-2233. We answer Monday to Saturday, 7am to 7pm. If you’re between the towns we list or near them, ask, and if it’s too far for us, we’ll say so.
Start with an inspection.
We check the roof and the attic, then send photos and a written price within 24 hours.
Where we work
Based in Palmer, we cover the corridor from Girdwood through Anchorage and Eagle River out to Wasilla and Big Lake, and schedule planned jobs in Fairbanks. If you’re outside these areas, call anyway.
Text us your addressService area questions
The questions we get most about where we work. Don’t see yours? Text us and a roofer answers.
Text my rooferPalmer. Wasilla is 12 miles away, Big Lake about 25, Eagle River about 29, downtown Anchorage about 42, and Girdwood about 82. Fairbanks is about 330 miles up the Parks Highway.
Call and ask: (907) 701-2233. If it’s too far for us, we’ll tell you.
It depends on where you live. In Anchorage’s Building Safety Service Area, yes, on a roof job worth more than $10,000, tear-off or re-roof. Inside Palmer city limits, yes, when all the old roofing comes off or new sheathing goes on. In Eagle River and Girdwood it’s optional, and in Wasilla, Big Lake, and the rest of the borough outside the cities there’s no building permit. North Pole requires one when roof work changes the frame or structure, but not to reshingle, and in the City of Fairbanks we confirm with the building department.
In every Southcentral town we serve: Anchorage, Eagle River, Wasilla, Palmer, Big Lake, and Girdwood. Not in Fairbanks.
Planned work only: roof replacements, metal roofs, and inspections, scheduled as trips, with installs in the warm months. No emergency repairs or snow removal.
Girdwood, by a lot: about 214 inches a year at NOAA’s Alyeska station. The upper Anchorage Hillside gets about 160, Lazy Mountain above Palmer about 83, the Anchorage airport about 78, Eagle River about 70, Fairbanks about 65, Anderson Lake near Wasilla about 62, and the Palmer valley floor about 50. The Hillside, Eagle River, Anderson Lake, and Palmer valley floor numbers are provisional NOAA normals, based on fewer years of records.
Tell us where the roof is
Text a photo and the address, or book online. You get photos and a written price within 24 hours of the inspection.