Service area · Buncombe County, NC
Roofers in Asheville and Buncombe County
True North Roofing's roofers repair and replace roofs across Asheville and the rest of Buncombe County, from Montford's Queen Anne houses and West Asheville bungalows to newer homes in Arden and Candler. We work on steep city lots and inside Asheville's historic districts, and every job starts with a free, photo-documented inspection and a written Roof Health Report you keep.
Roofing conditions in Asheville
Historic districts add a review step
Asheville has four local historic districts: Montford, Albemarle Park, St. Dunstan's and Biltmore Village. Exterior work in them, including a roof replacement, can need a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Resources Commission before work starts. Chestnut Hill is listed on the National Register but is not a local district, and National Register listing alone does not trigger that review. We check which rules apply to your address before we price materials.
Old houses carry old layers
Montford alone has more than 600 buildings, most built between 1890 and 1920, and architect Richard Sharp Smith left gambrel roofs and hipped gables on several. Houses that age often have more than one roof on them. We regularly find two layers of asphalt over the original board sheathing, and brick chimneys whose flashing was face-sealed with tar instead of cut into the mortar. We strip every layer to the deck, replace soft boards, and rebuild step and counter-flashing so the new roof does not depend on caulk.
Steep streets and tight lots
Much of the city was built on hillsides. Town Mountain's switchbacks, Montford's narrow streets and West Asheville's small lots leave little room for a dumpster or a materials drop, and some roofs can only be reached across a steep back yard. Pitches of 8/12 and steeper are common on older houses and need harness anchors and roof jacks before anyone walks them. We plan all of this at the inspection, not on install day.
South and west Buncombe County
Arden, Skyland and Royal Pines to the south, and Candler, Enka and Leicester to the west, are mostly unincorporated Buncombe County. Ranch homes and subdivisions on bigger lots mean simpler roofs and easier access than in the city, which usually keeps the price lower. Permits for these addresses come from Buncombe County, not the City of Asheville.
The homes we work on
Montford mixes Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Arts and Crafts houses with steep, multi-gabled roofs, and some still carry slate or copper details worth keeping. Biltmore Village's cottages, built around 1900 to Richard Sharp Smith's designs, are pebbledash and half-timbered with steep roofs and several gables each, and Biltmore Forest adds large Colonial Revival, Craftsman and Tudor houses on thickly wooded lots. West Asheville, a separate town until 1917, is lined with craftsman bungalows from the 1920s to the 1940s, where a low-slope porch roof ties into a steeper main roof and leaks if that joint is not flashed properly. Biltmore Park and the Arden and Candler subdivisions have simpler gable and hip roofs that mostly need a clean tear-off and an honest look at attic ventilation.
Roofing services in Asheville
Roof Replacement in Asheville
Tear-offs on older Asheville houses usually turn up a second layer and some soft board decking, so decking repair is a separate line on your quote and we photograph what we find before it is covered.
Roof Repair in Asheville
On older city houses, leaks usually start at a brick chimney, a bungalow porch tie-in or a valley under a big tree rather than in the open field of shingles. If water is coming in now, call the 24-hour leak line at (828) 507-0778.
Metal Roofing in Asheville
Standing seam suits Asheville bungalows and mountain-side homes, and it handles low-slope porch roofs well; inside Montford, Albemarle Park, St. Dunstan's or Biltmore Village, a change to metal can need Historic Resources Commission review first.
Gutters in Asheville
Tree-heavy lots in North Asheville and Beaverdam fill gutters every fall, so we size seamless runs and guards to keep leaf litter from spilling onto fascia and porch ceilings.
Every service we offer in Asheville: roof replacement · roof repair · metal roofing · gutters · roof inspections · commercial roofing.
What a roof costs in Asheville
Asheville prices follow our 2026 per-square-foot ranges: $5.50–$9 for architectural shingles, $5–$8.50 for exposed-fastener metal and $9–$14 for standing seam. Older city houses land toward the top of those ranges because of steep pitches, extra layers, board decking repairs and rebuilt chimney flashing, and a tight lot where debris comes down by hand adds labor. A historic-district job may also call for matching materials. Each factor is its own line in the three options we write.
These are typical installed-cost ranges in our area for 2026, for planning only. They aren't a quote. Your price depends on your roof's size, pitch, condition and material, and you get it in writing after a free inspection.
Paying over time is an option: see roof financing.
Roofing permits in Buncombe County
Inside city limits, roofing permits come from the City of Asheville's Development Services Department, which takes re-roof applications through its online Development Portal. Arden, Candler, Leicester and the Town of Biltmore Forest are permitted and inspected by Buncombe County Permits & Inspections, and Biltmore Forest also has its own zoning and Design Review Board. Whether a reroof needs a permit depends on scope: under G.S. 160D-1110, work costing $40,000 or less on a single-family home is generally exempt unless it is structural, such as replacing rafters, but the city requires a permit at any cost when you change to a new type of roof. In a historic district we get the Certificate of Appropriateness first, then pull the permit and schedule inspections.
Official source: City of Asheville Residential Permits
Neighborhoods and towns we serve
- Montford
- Downtown Asheville
- West Asheville
- Biltmore Village
- Biltmore Forest
- Biltmore Park
- Kenilworth
- Albemarle Park
- Grove Park
- North Asheville
- Beaverdam
- Haw Creek
- Oakley
- Town Mountain
- Arden
- Skyland
- Royal Pines
- Candler
- Enka
- Leicester
Reviews
What homeowners say
★★★★★“If your looking for fast, thorough and really good work at a great value then look no further. Wes and his team were great to work with and beat all expectations.”
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Roofing questions from Asheville
If your house is in one of Asheville's four local historic districts (Montford, Albemarle Park, St. Dunstan's or Biltmore Village) or is a designated local landmark, exterior roof work can need a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Resources Commission before it starts. Chestnut Hill is on the National Register only, so it does not go through that review. We check your district's design standards before recommending a material and prepare the application with you.
For about 2,000 sq ft, architectural shingles run $11,000–$18,000 in 2026, and a simple ranch house in Arden usually sits near the low end. A steep, multi-gabled Montford house moves toward the top because of the pitch, the extra layers to strip, board decking repairs and rebuilt chimney flashing. Your three options line-item each of those so the difference is visible.
These are typical installed-cost ranges in our area for 2026, for planning only. They aren't a quote. Your price depends on your roof's size, pitch, condition and material, and you get it in writing after a free inspection.
Often. Individual cracked or slipped slates can be replaced with slate hooks or copper nails, and worn valley and chimney flashing can be renewed without stripping the whole roof. Once more than a scattering of slates are failing, repair stops being the cheaper path, and inside a local historic district matching the original material matters for approval. We photograph the slate at the free inspection and tell you honestly which path makes sense.
We plan it at the inspection: where the trailer parks, whether debris comes down a chute or by hand, and how beds, walkways and the neighbor's car get covered. Harness anchors go in before tear-off on any pitch of 8/12 or steeper, and before the foreman signs off the yard gets a magnet sweep twice and the 30-point checklist is passed.
We work across all of Buncombe County, and the inspection is free in Arden, Skyland, Candler, Enka and Leicester just as it is downtown. Those unincorporated addresses are permitted through Buncombe County Permits & Inspections, and we handle that application when the scope calls for one.
Yes. Our office is at 5 Broadview Drive, Asheville, NC 28803, and we are a permanent, licensed and insured North Carolina business, not a storm crew passing through. We are BBB Accredited with an A rating, our Lifetime Craftsmanship Warranty covers the workmanship, and we never waive insurance deductibles.
Next step
Find out where your Asheville roof stands.
Every plane photographed, the attic checked and the ventilation assessed. You get three line-itemed options, never a single lump sum.
- Free, with no obligation and no fee
- Photo-documented report you keep either way
- Lifetime Craftsmanship Warranty on our workmanship
- We never waive insurance deductibles