Memphis Premium Roofing provides professional tile roofing in Memphis, TN for residential and commercial properties across the Mid-South. We turn down more tile work in Memphis than we take, and the reason is arithmetic rather than taste. A stick-framed house here was designed around a two-pound covering. Clay and concrete tile weigh several times that, in a county the code assigns to Seismic Design Category D.
Weight is not a cosmetic issue in a seismic design category. Base shear is proportional to the weight a structure carries, so putting a heavy covering on framing sized for a light one raises the lateral demand on every rafter, connection and wall below it without a single one of them being upgraded. ASCE 7's dead-load table then adds a further ten pounds per square foot if the tile is set in mortar.
So our position is simple and it costs us work. We will not put tile on an existing Memphis roof on the strength of a conversation. We will quote it after a Tennessee-licensed structural engineer has looked at the framing and written down what it can carry, and we will help you find that engineer. If the letter says the structure is fine, we install it properly.
Tile is right in two situations here and we do both. New construction where the framing was designed for the load from the start, and an existing tile roof on a house that was built for it, where the tile itself has decades left and the underlayment beneath it has failed. That second job is a relay, not a replacement, and it costs a fraction of tearing off.
For everyone else who wants the profile, there are lighter answers that we will happily quote. A profiled metal tile panel gets the shadow line at a fraction of the mass. A heavyweight laminated shingle in a dimensional profile reads convincingly from the street. Neither one asks a ninety-year-old rafter to carry three times what it was drawn for. A relay, where it applies, reuses tile you already own, the cheapest answer for that house.
We are aware this reads like a company arguing itself out of a job. It is. Tile is a beautiful roof and there are places in this country where it is the obvious right answer. On most existing houses in Shelby County it is a structural decision dressed up as a finish selection, and it should be made by someone qualified to make it.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — two 3/16-inch by 1-inch chimney anchor straps at the roof line, twelve-inch strap embedment into a masonry chimney, roof-deck subdiaphragm crossties in the perimeter bays, parapet height-to-thickness bracing ratio, wall anchors at six-foot maximum spacing, out-of-plane wall anchorage at 42 pounds per square foot — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Memphis and nearby communities including Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Millington.
What We Handle
Everything our tile roofing in Memphis covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of tile roofing work in Memphis, TN. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Memphis services.
Materials, equipment and how we do tile roofing
The difference between tile roofing that lasts and tile roofing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with two 3/16-inch by 1-inch chimney anchor straps at the roof line, twelve-inch strap embedment into a masonry chimney, roof-deck subdiaphragm crossties in the perimeter bays, parapet height-to-thickness bracing ratio, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Memphis job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in the Mid-South means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do tile roofing outside Memphis
Memphis Premium Roofing covers Memphis and the surrounding communities of the Mid-South. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Tile Roofing in Bartlett, TN — Shelby County, population 57,786
- Tile Roofing in Collierville, TN — Shelby County, population 51,324
- Tile Roofing in Germantown, TN — Shelby County, population 41,333
- Tile Roofing in Millington, TN — Shelby County, population 10,582
- Tile Roofing in Arlington, TN — Shelby County, population 14,549
- Tile Roofing in Lakeland, TN — Shelby County, population 13,904
Start on the Memphis Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Memphis Chooses Memphis Premium Roofing
- ✓Every proposal states the new covering's dead load in pounds per square foot next to the load of whatever comes off, because Shelby County is a Seismic Design Category D jurisdiction and weight is not a decorative question here.
- ✓Our inspection report includes the chimney's anchorage at the roof line, the parapet's unbraced height and the deck fastening where it meets masonry, three findings that are almost never on a Memphis roof report.
- ✓We tear off rather than overlay, because a tear-off is the only hour in which the chimney straps, the deck fastening and the top of the wall are all visible at the same time.
- ✓We turn down tile on existing stick-framed houses unless a Tennessee-licensed structural engineer has written down what the framing can carry, and we will help you find that engineer.
The standards behind tile roofing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The tile roofing work we do in Memphis follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every tile roofing project in Memphis gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free tile roofing free estimate in Memphis, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.