Roof replacement, repairs and emergency response for Clay homeowners, built for the winters we get here. Based in Fayetteville, roughly 25 minutes out, with 38 years behind us.
Local Experience
Homeowner Rated
Serving Onondaga County
Searching for a roofing company in Clay? River Roofing and Construction has spent 38 years looking after roofs across Onondaga County. From our Fayetteville shop we’re about 25 minutes away, near enough to respond quickly when a storm hits or a ceiling stain appears. Every part of your roof, from a complete replacement to an emergency repair, handled for Clay homeowners and built for real Central New York winters.
Full tear-offs taken right down to the deck, then rebuilt with CertainTeed shingle systems made for our weather.
We track down what's actually leaking — shingles, flashing or storm damage — and fix the cause rather than cover it.
Straightforward inspections with everything written down — for sales, claims or routine maintenance.
When wind or hail opens up a roof, we tarp it and get the repair moving. We work seven days a week.
Snow-load reduction and ice dam relief through the worst of a Clay winter.
Gutters replaced during the same project — one crew, one schedule, water going where it should.
Homeowners in Clay deal with roughly 115 to 125 inches of snow in a typical winter. On top of that, wide open suburban lots with little to break the wind. It isn’t only the weather. Clay is characterized by large postwar and 1970s–90s subdivisions, with many original roofs now at or past replacement age. That’s the reason a roof here needs to go on as a complete assembly, not just a new surface layer.
An ice dam forms when attic heat melts snow that refreezes at the cold edge of the roof. Clearing it every winter isn't the answer; ventilation and ice-and-water shield are.
Months of accumulated snow sits on the structure and stresses the eaves. We frame and fasten for February, not for a sunny inspection in July.
Temperatures cross the freezing line over and over all season, working at small cracks and tired flashing until a minor issue becomes a real leak.
38
Years Of Experience Serving Central NY
Most shingles have a “Limited Lifetime Warranty”, but what exactly does that mean?
Typically after 10 years the “Limited Lifetime Warranty” becomes pro-rated and you are no longer fully covered. This could mean only receiving pennies on the dollar for a potential manufacturing defect.
Every roof we install carries a 50 year Non-Prorated Warranty.
Our crews work across Clay, including Bayberry, Three Rivers, Euclid, and the neighborhoods between them. the Great Northern corridor and Oneida Lake to the east is familiar ground for us, and we work throughout the 13041 area.
Not sure if we cover your neighborhood? Give us a call at 315-630-0839 — odds are we’re already working close by.
Roofing is the core of what we do, though far from all of it. One team can take on the whole house. For Clay homeowners we also handle:
Because every layer of the exterior is in-house, water is managed as one system — with no gaps between contractors.
Our service area covers Onondaga County and the wider Central New York region.
Yes — Clay is one of the areas we work in most, and we serve Onondaga County throughout.
There’s no single number. Size, pitch, the number of layers to remove, the state of the decking and the shingle you pick all move the price. We’ll give you a free estimate in writing instead of a guess.
One to two days covers most Clay roofs. Size, pitch and the forecast decide where you land, and you’ll get a realistic timeline up front.
Yes. With roughly 115 to 125 inches of snow in a typical winter, ice dams are a real problem here. We provide snow-load reduction and ice dam relief, and we build proper ventilation and ice-and-water shield into every replacement to prevent them.
Yes. We’re available seven days a week with wide hours, and at roughly 25 minutes away we can get a tarp on quickly after a storm.
CertainTeed architectural shingles, installed as a full system — underlayment, ice-and-water shield where our climate needs it, and ventilation set up correctly.
We do both. Plenty of roofs need a targeted repair, not a replacement, and we’ll give you a straight answer after we look.
Book a free estimate with a local team that’s been keeping Onondaga County roofs sound for 38 years.
