WestLake COOL Series Tile Roof Installation in Gilbert AZ

Here's what a tile roof installation looks like mid-process - and it's a lot more involved than most homeowners realize. We're working on a Gilbert home, putting down a WestLake COOL series tile roof, and every step of it matters. The underlayment goes down first, the battens get set, and the tiles get staged across the roof before a single one is set in place permanently.

The underlayment you're seeing is Westlake Royal TileSeal HT - a high-temp underlayment built specifically for climates like ours. Arizona summers are brutal on roofing systems. Standard underlayment can break down faster than it should under that kind of heat. TileSeal HT is rated to handle it, which means the layer protecting your home between the tile and the deck is actually up to the job.

The COOL series tile itself is where things get interesting for homeowners who are tired of high energy bills. These tiles are designed to reflect solar energy rather than absorb it. That means less heat transferring into your attic, and less work your AC unit has to do to keep up. For a Gilbert home sitting under the Arizona sun all day, that's not a small thing.

What we take pride in is the crew doing this work. Every guy on this job is there because they know what they're doing and they care about getting it right. Staging the tiles properly, keeping the layout clean, making sure the battens are set true - none of it happens by accident. It's the kind of attention to detail that shows up in how a roof performs years down the road, not just how it looks on day one.

If your tile roof is aging out or you've been dealing with leaks and repairs that keep coming back, a full replacement with the right materials is worth a real conversation. We do this work every day across the Gilbert area, and we do it the right way.