Calgary, Alberta
Roofing in Calgary Built for Hailstorm Alley
Axion Roofing is a Calgary roofing contractor installing hail-rated roof systems, repairing storm and leak damage, and restoring siding, eavestrough, soffit and fascia after Alberta hailstorms.
- Written scope before any deposit
- Impact-rated systems to UL 2218
- Owner on every inspection
Hailstorm Alley
Insurance Bureau of Canada · The City of Calgary
- Insured losses, 5 August 2024
- $3.25BInsured losses, 5 August 2024Second-costliest insured disaster in Canadian history.
- Claims from that one storm
- 130,000+Claims from that one stormCalgary sits in the middle of Hailstorm Alley.
- Calgary and Airdrie, 13 June 2020
- $1.5BCalgary and Airdrie, 13 June 2020Two billion-dollar hail events inside five years.
- Less damage with Class 4 shingles
- 15×Less damage with Class 4 shinglesCity of Calgary, Climate Ready measures: Roofs.
Axion Roofing installs, repairs and restores roof systems across Calgary, Alberta. Flori, the owner of Axion Roofing, runs every estimate and every job walkthrough personally, so the person who quotes your roof is the person accountable for how it is installed.
Calgary sits in the middle of Hailstorm Alley, the hail corridor that runs from High River north through Calgary and Red Deer to Lacombe and west to Rocky Mountain House. The August 5, 2024 hailstorm produced $3.25 billion in insured losses and more than 130,000 claims, which the Insurance Bureau of Canada ranks as the second-costliest insured disaster in Canadian history. The June 13, 2020 Calgary and Airdrie storm produced $1.5 billion. A Calgary roof is not a 25-year asset by default. It is an impact surface.
Axion Roofing specifies roof assemblies against that reality: impact-rated shingles, correctly vented attics, and flashing details that survive wind-driven rain instead of relying on sealant.
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What Axion Roofing is
Axion Roofing is a Calgary residential and commercial roofing contractor that replaces roofs, repairs storm and leak damage, and restores the full exterior envelope after hail. The company works on asphalt shingle, rubber shingle, metal and low-slope membrane systems on homes, condo boards and commercial buildings inside Calgary and the surrounding communities.
The sequence
Tear off, correct, then cover
01Every layer comes off. Shingling over an existing roof hides sheathing rot and voids most manufacturer warranties.
02Self-adhered membrane at the eaves, valleys, sidewalls and curbs. Freeze-thaw drives meltwater backward under shingles.
03Impact-rated shingles over corrected ventilation, with the flashing rebuilt rather than resealed.
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Roofing and exterior services in Calgary
Homeowners, property managers and condo boards use the following services. Each page explains the scope, the failure modes it addresses, and what Axion Roofing inspects before quoting.
- Roof replacement in Calgarycovers full tear-off, deck inspection, ice and water membrane, ventilation correction and shingle install.
- Emergency roof repair in Calgaryhandles active storm damage, blown-off shingles, punctures and same-season repairs.
- Roof leak repair in Calgarytraces water entry back to the flashing, valley or vent stack that actually caused the stain.
- Flat roofing in Calgarycovers SBS torch-on, EPDM, TPO and tar-and-gravel replacement on low-slope decks.
- Commercial roofing in Calgaryserves industrial bays, retail strips, condo corporations and multi-unit buildings.
- Rubber roofing in Calgaryinstalls recycled-rubber shingle systems for owners who want the highest impact tolerance available.
- Hail roof restoration in Calgarydocuments storm damage and rebuilds the roof to an impact-rated specification.
- Roof insurance claims in Calgaryexplains adjuster scopes, ACV versus replacement cost, and supplements.
- Roof inspection in Calgarydelivers a photo-documented condition report before you buy, sell or file.
- Attic insulation in Calgaryraises R-value and air-seals the ceiling plane while the roof is open.
- Attic rain repair in Calgaryfixes the winter frost-and-melt cycle that Calgary homeowners mistake for a roof leak.
- Skylight repair in Calgaryreflashes, reseals and replaces curb-mount and deck-mount units.
- Exterior restoration in Calgaryrebuilds siding, eavestrough, soffit, fascia and downspouts after hail.
- Book a free roof estimate in Calgaryto get a written scope, not a verbal number.
Two further pages cover the company itself: about Axion Roofing and how Flori runs jobs and what the roofing warranty covers.
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Why Calgary roofs fail early
Three failure patterns account for most of the roofs Axion Roofing replaces in Calgary.
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Hail bruising
Hail fractures the asphalt mat under the granule surface. The shingle looks intact from the ground for two or three seasons, then the exposed mat degrades and the roof leaks at random points rather than at one flashing. - 02
Under-ventilated attics
The National Building Code, Alberta Edition requires an unobstructed vent area of at least 1/300 of the insulated ceiling area on standard slopes, and at least 1/150 on roofs with a slope under 1 in 6. It also requires at least 25% of that opening at the top of the space and at least 25% at the bottom. Calgary attics that fail this ratio cook shingles in July and grow frost in January. - 03
Flashing installed as a sealant joint
Caulking a chimney saddle, a sidewall or a skylight curb buys three winters. Step flashing and counter-flashing buy the life of the roof.
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How Axion Roofing runs a Calgary roofing job
- 01Flori inspects the roof, the attic and the ground-level exterior, and photographs every defect found.
- 02Axion Roofing issues a written scope listing the underlayment, ice and water membrane coverage, ventilation count, flashing details and shingle rating.
- 03The crew tears off to the deck, replaces rotted sheathing, and corrects ventilation before any new material goes down.
- 04Axion Roofing walks the finished roof with the owner and hands over the manufacturer documentation and the workmanship warranty.
From the jobsite
Work across the whole envelope
Asphalt, rubber shingle, low-slope membrane, skylights, flashing details and attic work, photographed on Calgary jobs.
Click any photo to enlarge
Aerial rubber shake roof hip and valley street 
Granulated membrane installed over plywood low slope deck 
Finished glass skylight flashed into shingle roof 
New metal flashing set into brown shingle valley
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Who Axion Roofing works for
Calgary homeowners filing a first hail claim, landlords replacing roofs across a rental portfolio, condo boards budgeting a reserve-fund roof, and commercial property managers running low-slope membrane repairs all use Axion Roofing. Request a free roof estimate in Calgary and Flori will inspect the roof before quoting it.
Sources
- Insurance Bureau of Canada, insured loss figures for the August 5, 2024 Calgary hailstorm and the 2024 Canadian severe weather total.
- The City of Calgary, Climate Ready measures: Roofs.
- National Building Code, Alberta Edition, Division B, Section 9.19 Roof Spaces.
Free estimate
Get the roof inspected before the next hail season
Flori inspects the roof, the flashing and the attic, then issues a written scope. No deposit before the scope is agreed.