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Roofing Contractor in Dix Hills, NY

Smart Choice Contracting is a roofing company working throughout Dix Hills, handling asphalt replacements and repairs. Smart Choice Contracting is one of ten Owens Corning Platinum Preferred contractors on Long Island, and we replace and repair asphalt roofs across Dix Hills. Michael Falco owns the company and quotes every job himself. Most roofs go on in one day.

Ask about 0% financing for 5 years or a 15% discount. Veteran and first responder discount.
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Where we work

Serving All of Dix Hills, 11746

Every corner of 11746 is on our map. That includes the older neighborhoods off Deer Park Avenue and Half Hollow Road, the larger custom builds along Vanderbilt Parkway and Caledonia Road, and the streets running north of the Expressway up toward Jericho Turnpike. Give us your address and Michael will come out, get on the roof, and tell you plainly what he finds.

Recent Work in  Dix Hills

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Why Dix Hills roofs fail

What Dix Hills Roofs Actually Need

Dix Hills sits inland under heavy tree cover, and that combination is rough on a roof. Houses here occupy big lots shaded by mature oaks, and the homes themselves tend to be large, with steep pitches, several dormers, and long runs of valley. More surface area means more seams, and seams are where water goes looking. These are the problems we run into most often on Dix Hills roofs.

Debris-packed valleys

Acorns and oak leaves pile up in the valleys and behind chimneys, trapping moisture against the shingles. The decking underneath rots long before a stain ever appears on your ceiling. Every inspection we do includes clearing the valleys and probing the deck.

Failed flashing

On a house this size, water almost always enters at a dormer, skylight, or chimney. Masonry chimneys get copper flashing from us, and we take the time on the transitions that other crews rush through.

Ice dams

Heavy snow melts, refreezes at the eaves, and pushes water backward underneath the shingle course. Three feet of ice and water shield is what most roofers install along the gutter line. We run six to nine.

Poor attic ventilation

Without intake air, a big Dix Hills attic bakes the shingles from underneath and takes years off the roof. The tree shade makes it worse by masking the damage until the shingles have already gone brittle. We size the ventilation so air actually moves.

End-of-life shingles

Much of the housing stock here dates to the 1960s through the 1980s, so plenty of these roofs are carrying their second or third covering and have nothing left. If a repair will hold, we'll say so. If it won't, we'll say that instead.

Our Roofing Services in Dix Hills

Roofs are the whole business, not a sideline. Three ways we help homeowners in Dix Hills.

PRIMARY

Roof Replacement

Asphalt roof replacements across Dix Hills, usually start to finish in one day. Pick one of two complete Owens Corning systems, and our own crew, never a sub, puts it on. Warranty coverage reaches 50 years.

Asphalt Shingle Installation

Roof Repair

Wind-driven leaks, failed flashing, storm damage. When patching is genuinely the right answer, that's what we'll quote. Michael goes up himself and gives you an honest read on repair versus replace.

Emergency Roof Repair

Roof Inspection

An honest assessment of where your roof actually stands, with a written estimate and nobody pressuring you. Smart to schedule before a home purchase, before listing, or when your homeowners policy comes up for renewal.

Leak Detection

What a New Roof Costs in Dix Hills, NY

$13,000 to $16,000
Typical roof · average 2,400 sq ft home

We quote the job as a whole rather than by the square, because square footage alone doesn't tell you what a roof actually needs. Everything gets itemized, so nothing on the invoice is a surprise.Where you fall in that range depends on:

  1. Which Owens Corning system you pick — the materials and the warranty are what separate them
  2. How cut up your roof is — a roof with four dormers and a chimney is a different animal from a plain gable covering the same footprint
  3. What we find under the old shingles — rotted decking has to be replaced before anything new goes down
  4. How many layers are coming off — a tear-off down to two or three existing layers means more labor and more disposal
  5. How much metal the job needs — copper, drip edge, and flashing vary more than square footage suggests
  6. Which underlayment goes down — synthetic costs more than felt, and ice-and-water shield along the eaves adds to it

Standard

Limited Lifetime warranty

Duration shingles from Owens Corning, Rhino ice and water shield, ProArmor underlayment. The Limited Lifetime material warranty pays 100% on manufacturer defects through year ten, then steps down gradually until year fifty.

Best value

Ultimate

Owens Corning Platinum warranty

The Standard system with the underlayment and leak barrier stepped up to Deck Defense and WeatherLock Mat. That upgrade unlocks the Owens Corning Platinum Warranty, a full fifty years of 100% material coverage, plus fifty years on workmanship, warrantied by Owens Corning rather than by us.

You choose between two complete Owens Corning systems. We install both with the same crew and the same care. The difference is the materials and the warranty.

0% financing for 5 years. We offer it through Service Finance, a third-party lender, with zero down.

Prefer not to finance? Take 15% off the price instead.

$200 deposit. You pay the balance only after the job is done.

Veteran and first responder discount. On every job.

Why Dix Hills Homeowners Choose Us

Platinum certified

Only ten contractors on the whole of Long Island carry Owens Corning Platinum Preferred status. We're one of them.

50-year warranty

Half a century of coverage on the materials and the labor both, standing behind it.

Insured for roofing

Our policy is written for roofing specifically. Plenty of general contractor coverage excludes roof work in the fine print.

Dix Hills Roofing Questions

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Get a Free Estimate in Dix Hills

Book a time and Michael Falco comes out to your Dix Hills home, shows you what he found up there, and leaves you with an itemized quote. Nobody follows up with a sales pitch.

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