Roofing in Sheridan, CO

Two cities, one river, different roofs

Sheridan requires manufacturer specifications showing a lifetime wind warranty of 100 mph submitted with the permit application, and works to the 2021 IRC and IBC. Littleton, minutes away, adopts a 136 mph ultimate design wind speed and the 2024 codes. Roofing permits here are handled over the counter.

This is the clearest illustration on the whole site of why “we know Colorado roofing code” is a meaningless claim.

Sheridan and Littleton are adjacent, both in Arapahoe County, both on the South Platte, both under identical hail and wind exposure. And the minimum product specification differs by 36 mph, with a different code cycle underneath it.

Which is the better roof?

Littleton's, on paper. A 136 mph design wind speed with a Class H listing and a six-nail pattern is a genuinely more demanding specification than a 100 mph warranty installed to manufacturer standard.

That is worth knowing rather than glossing. If you live in Sheridan, the code minimum is the floor, not the ceiling, and nothing stops you specifying a Class H product with enhanced nailing. On a street that takes the same hail as Littleton does, that is a reasonable thing to want.

We will quote either. What we will not do is quietly install the cheaper specification because the city permits it, without telling you that is what you are buying.

The paperwork is the permit

The manufacturer wind warranty documentation is not a formality here — it accompanies the application. Roofs are handled as over-the-counter permits, alongside windows, mechanical, sewer line repairs, dumpsters and siding.

Practically that means the product decision has to be made before anyone applies. You cannot permit the job and choose the shingle later.

Licensing, including your subcontractors

A City of Sheridan contractor license is required for any person or corporation receiving compensation for construction or remodelling work in the city.

The detail worth flagging: if you hire individual contractors to assist with a project, those contractors must be licensed with the City of Sheridan too. This is the same structure Columbine Valley uses, and it matters because so much roofing in this metro is subcontracted.

If the company selling you the roof is not the company installing it, the installing crew needs its own Sheridan license.

The housing stock

Sheridan is one of the older communities in the south metro, and it is denser and more modest than the neighborhoods east and south of it. That shapes what we find on the roof:

• Board sheathing is common. Older homes were frequently decked with spaced boards rather than continuous panels, and once gaps open past half an inch, the deck needs overlaying or replacing. Nobody can see this before tear-off, which is why we quote a rate for it up front. More on the half-inch rule →
• Multiple existing layers. Older roofs sometimes carry more than one covering. Tear-off labor and disposal weight both scale with what is actually up there.
• Tired flashings. Chimney and wall flashings on homes of this age have often been resealed repeatedly. A reroof is the moment to rebuild them rather than recoat them again.
• Ventilation that no longer meets ratio after decades of additions and re-insulation.

Who to call

The permit technician is on 303-438-3302, and the city's main line is 303-762-2200 for the building official, planners or public works.

Nearby authorities

• Englewood — immediately east, Class D-2 license.
• Littleton — south, 2024 codes, 136 mph, six nails.
• Unincorporated Arapahoe County — ICC Class A licensing.
• Lakewood — west across the county line.