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Roofing Contractor in West Hills, NY

Smart Choice Contracting replaces and repairs asphalt roofs throughout West Hills. Michael Falco, the owner, walks the roof and prices the job himself before you get a number. We're one of ten Owens Corning Platinum Preferred contractors on Long Island.

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Where we work

Serving All of West Hills

We cover the whole hamlet — the wooded lots around West Hills County Park and Jayne's Hill, the properties off Sweet Hollow Road and Chichester, the horse country up along Round Swamp and West Hills Road, and the streets running down toward Melville and Huntington. Worth knowing: West Hills shares the 11743 ZIP with Huntington, Halesite and Lloyd Harbor, so the ZIP alone doesn't say much about your address. Send it over and Michael will come out and tell you plainly what he finds.

Recent Work in  Dix Hills

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Why West Hills roofs fail

What West Hills Roofs Actually Need

West Hills is the high ground. Jayne's Hill, up in West Hills County Park, is the highest natural point on Long Island at about 400 feet, and the whole hamlet sits on the ridge and slopes around it. Big homes on big wooded lots, no waterfront anywhere in it. That combination gives West Hills roofs a specific set of problems, different from the harbor hamlets and different from the flat inland ones.

Wind exposure without the salt

You don't have the coastal corrosion that eats flashing in Northport or Cold Spring Harbor. What you do have is elevation. Roofs up on this ridge catch wind that's already cleared everything around it, and gusts funnel unpredictably between the hills and the tree lines. Fastening matters more here than the metal spec does.

The heaviest tree canopy in the town

Mature oak over most of these lots means leaves and acorns packing every valley and collecting behind every chimney. Debris holds moisture against the roof and rots the decking underneath long before anything appears on a ceiling. We clear and probe the valleys on every inspection.

Large, cut-up rooflines

The homes here run big, with multiple planes, dormers, and long valleys. On a roof like that the shingle field is rarely what fails. The flashing at the joints is. Step flashing goes in course by course, and counter-flashing gets cut into the masonry.

Shade hiding the wear

Heavy canopy keeps these roofs cooler, which sounds good and isn't entirely. It slows the visible aging while the shingles still get brittle from below if the attic isn't breathing. By the time it looks bad from the driveway it's usually well past due. We check the attic, not just the surface.

Ice dams

Snow melts, refreezes at the eaves, forces water backward under the shingles. Most roofers lay three feet of ice and water shield along the gutter line. We run six to nine.

Our Roofing Services in West Hills

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

PRIMARY

Roof Replacement

Asphalt roof replacements across West Hills. Pick one of two complete Owens Corning systems, and our own crew — never a sub — installs it. Warranty coverage reaches 50 years.

Asphalt Shingle Installation

Roof Repair

Wind damage, chimney leaks, failed flashing. When a repair is genuinely the right call, that's what we'll quote. Michael goes up himself and gives you a straight read on repair versus replace.

Emergency Roof Repair

Roof Inspection

An honest assessment of the roof and the attic both, with a written estimate and nobody pressuring you. Worth doing before a purchase, before listing, or when your homeowners policy renews.

Leak Detection

What a New Roof Costs in West Hills

$11,000 to $13,000
Typical roof · average 2,000 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.

Why West Hills Homeowners Choose Us

Platinum certified

Only ten contractors on all of Long Island carry Owens Corning Platinum Preferred status. We're one of them, and you can verify it on Owens Corning's contractor locator.

50-year warranty

Half a century of coverage on materials and labor both.

Insured for roofing

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

West Hills Roofing Questions

Do you pull the permit?

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I'm inland. Does wind really matter here?

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All the trees keep my roof cool. Isn't that good?

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How much does a new roof cost in West Hills?

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How long does a West Hills roof take?

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Are you licensed and insured?

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Get a Free Estimate in West Hills

Book a time and Michael Falco comes to your West Hills home, walks the roof, checks the attic, and leaves you with an itemized quote. Nobody calls you afterward with a pitch.

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