Reston Premium Roofing provides professional asphalt shingle roofs in Reston, VA for residential and commercial properties across western Fairfax County. The Virginia Residential Code names one material standard for an asphalt shingle. R905.2.4 says they shall comply with ASTM D3462, and that is the whole of it. Everything else printed on the wrapper is a manufacturer's claim, not a requirement anybody here can enforce against a bad installation.
Which is useful to know when three quotes all say architectural laminate and land at three different numbers. The shingle is rarely where the difference sits, and the salesman knows it. It sits in the underlayment count, the fastener count, the valley treatment, the starter courses and whether the deck was made sound first, and not one of those five things appears anywhere in a brand name.
Our spec starts at the mat and does not apologize for being dull. Fiberglass-mat laminate meeting D3462, tested to ASTM D7158 with the class chosen for the exposure of the elevation rather than the minimum the table allows, and algae-resistant granules on the north slopes, which earn their keep under the heavy hardwood cover over most of these lots.
Underneath, synthetic underlayment across the full field, cap-fastened rather than staple-gunned, and a self-adhering ice barrier at every eave. That membrane is the one roofing item Fairfax County genuinely requires, because the code hands the decision to the locality in Table R301.2 and the county's published criteria answer yes where the City of Alexandria's answer no. Same climate, opposite entries.
Fastening is where cheap work hides. Six nails per shingle rather than the four R905.2.6 sets as a floor, placed in the manufacturer's nail zone, driven flush, with starter adhesive at the eave edge and a starter run at the rakes as well. Not one of those is visible in a finished shot taken from ground level, which is precisely how they come to be skipped, and precisely why we record them.
Hips and ridges take proper cap shingles, not three-tab chopped down into lengths, a habit that survives on this side of the county and still fails early. And on a townhouse run where your plane continues into next door, we tell you before we start exactly where our work stops, because a change of product halfway along a shared plane is visible from the ground for the next thirty years.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — a self-adhering ice barrier carried inside the exterior wall line, double underlayment on connector slopes under four in twelve, six fasteners per shingle against a code floor of four, twenty-four-inch open valley metal in twenty-six gauge, a cricket framed on the ridge side of a wide stack, kick-out flashing where an eave runs into a vertical sidewall — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Reston and nearby communities including Herndon, Vienna, Oakton, McLean.
What We Handle
Everything our asphalt shingle roofs in Reston covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of asphalt shingle roofs work in Reston, VA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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- architectural shingles
- dimensional shingles
- laminate shingle roof
- astm d3462 shingles
- algae resistant shingles
- synthetic underlayment roof
- shingle nail zone
- starter course rake
- ridge cap shingles
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Reston services.
Materials, equipment and how we do asphalt shingle roofs
The difference between asphalt shingle roofs that lasts and asphalt shingle roofs that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with a self-adhering ice barrier carried inside the exterior wall line, double underlayment on connector slopes under four in twelve, six fasteners per shingle against a code floor of four, twenty-four-inch open valley metal in twenty-six gauge, 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 Reston 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 western Fairfax County 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 asphalt shingle roofs outside Reston
Reston Premium Roofing covers Reston and the surrounding communities of western Fairfax County. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Herndon, VA — Fairfax County, population 24,655
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Vienna, VA — Fairfax County, population 16,473
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Oakton, VA — Fairfax County, population 36,732
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in McLean, VA — Fairfax County, population 50,773
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Great Falls, VA — Fairfax County, population 15,953
- Asphalt Shingle Roofs in Brambleton, VA — Loudoun County, population 23,486
Start on the Reston Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Reston Chooses Reston Premium Roofing
- ✓Every quote runs in two columns. The left is what the 2021 Virginia Residential Code obliges anyone to do on your roof. The right is what we install instead, priced separately, so you can strike a line and pay less.
- ✓Fairfax County is not allowed to ask for more. Section 36-98 of the Code of Virginia makes the statewide code supersede county building regulations and expressly overrides local ordinances requiring particular materials or finishes on a single-family house.
- ✓The one exception is Table R301.2, which the code hands to the locality to fill in. Fairfax designated an ice barrier as required and the City of Alexandria did not, so we install to the county your house is actually in.
- ✓Four fasteners per strip shingle is the floor under R905.2.6. We set six, in the manufacturer's nail zone, and photograph the pattern on each slope before the next course hides it.
The standards behind asphalt shingle roofs
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The asphalt shingle roofs work we do in Reston 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 asphalt shingle roofs project in Reston 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 asphalt shingle roofs free estimate in Reston, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.