Questions St Louis homeowners ask us
The gutter company says my gutters are fine, but the ceiling still stains. What now?
That was our founder's whole first career. A sound gutter only proves the water's exit is open; it says nothing about where the water entered. The next step is a reading that starts at the eave and climbs: valley lines, edge metal, the courses above the stain. Most stubborn stains in this metro trace to a valley or an edge detail uphill, not to the field and not to the gutter.
A storm hit my street last night. Is my roof damaged?
Maybe, and maybe not, and anyone who tells you from the sidewalk is guessing. Storm damage is uneven by nature: one slope, one street, one side of a ridge. The honest sequence is a ground check by you (shingles in the yard, a new stain, granules banked at the downspout mouth), then a reading if the signs say so. Plenty of roofs on hit streets come back with a clean finding, and this company gives that answer as readily as any other.
Do you work in Illinois?
Yes. Four Metro East communities carry pages on this site, Belleville, Edwardsville, O'Fallon IL, and Collinsville, and the map crosses the river the way the storms do. The estimate is the same free, hassle-free, no-obligation visit on both sides of the Mississippi.
My house has a slate roof. Do you work on slate?
Partly, and the boundary is plain. Flashing, valley, and drainage work around a slate or clay tile roof is within this company's repair scope, and on the historic streets that work is often what an old roof needs most. Full slate or tile replacement is not our scope; that belongs to a specialist in the material, and we will say so at the visit rather than learn on your roof.
What does the downspout have to do with my roof?
More than it gets credit for. The downspout mouth is where your roof files its reports: granule piles after storms, shingle grit gathering month over month, overflow stains on the siding beneath a corner. A homeowner can read those signs from the ground with no ladder at all, and they are often the first honest notice that a field is wearing or a valley is overwhelmed.
How much does a roof cost in St Louis?
Ranges live on the repair and replacement pages, framed the way they should be: typical planning ranges for this metro, not a quote for your roof. Your roof's own figure will move with its size, its pitch, its material, and how the crew gets onto it; the figure that counts is the one the contractor confirms for your roof before work begins.
Do you charge for the estimate?
No. The estimate is free, hassle-free, and no-obligation. It includes a reading of the whole roof, exits to ridge, and a written estimate built from that reading. Whether the work proceeds, and when, is your decision.
Will you work with my insurance company after a storm?
We will give you a clear reading and honest notes about what the storm did and did not do, which is the homeowner's part of any claim conversation. What an insurer decides, and what it pays, is the insurer's decision; no page on this site promises an outcome in that process, and you should be suspicious of any roofer who does.