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St. Louis, MO Roofing Company Directory

St. Louis is a roofing market shaped by an unusually old and architecturally varied housing stock and one of the most active severe weather environments in the Midwest. The city's neighborhoods — Soulard, Lafayette Square, The Hill, Tower Grove, and the inner suburbs of Clayton, Webster Groves, Kirkwood, and Maplewood — contain some of the most intact nineteenth and early twentieth-century residential architecture in the country. Brick construction is the dominant building tradition in St. Louis, and the roofing challenges of brick homes with original chimneys, parapet walls, and flat or mansard roof sections are distinct from standard shingle work. The Gateway City sits in a severe weather corridor where spring tornado outbreaks are a regular event — the 2011 St. Louis airport tornado and multiple other significant events in recent memory make this a market where storm damage is not hypothetical. Missouri has no statewide roofing contractor license, so homeowners carry the vetting burden directly. Review these 21 questions to ask a roofing company before hiring in the St. Louis market.

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Address:   11711 Gravois Rd, Sunset Hills, MO 63127
Phone #:   618-223-5775
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Address:   , Warrenton, MO 63383
Phone #:   636-235-0052
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Address:   1605 E Terra Ln., O'Fallon, MO 63366
Phone #:   636-764-6725
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Address:   8000 Manchester Rd, St Louis, MO 63144
Phone #:   (314) 645-2000
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Roofing Permits and Requirements in St. Louis, MO

St. Louis City and St. Louis County are separate jurisdictions, and the applicable permit authority depends on whether your property is in the city proper or in one of the county's many municipalities.

City of St. Louis Building Division

Roofing permits within the City of St. Louis are issued through the City of St. Louis Building Division at stlouis-mo.gov. St. Louis County is a separate jurisdiction with its own building department at stlouisco.com. Within St. Louis County, municipalities including Clayton, Kirkwood, Webster Groves, Chesterfield, Florissant, and O'Fallon each administer their own permit programs. Confirm the applicable authority for your specific address before work begins. Missouri has no statewide roofing contractor license — verify liability and workers' compensation insurance directly with any contractor you consider.

Brick Construction and Masonry Roofing Challenges

St. Louis's dominance of brick construction creates roofing considerations that are uncommon in markets built primarily with wood-frame construction. Parapet walls on flat-roofed brick buildings require specialized flashing and waterproofing details at the wall-roof interface. Original brick chimneys on older St. Louis homes frequently need tuckpointing and reflashing as part of a roof replacement. The intersection of the roof and the masonry structure is where most moisture problems originate on older St. Louis properties, and contractors who regularly work on St. Louis brick homes understand these details better than those whose portfolio is primarily suburban wood-frame work.

Tornado Season in the Gateway City

St. Louis sits in a tornado-active region, and the metro has experienced direct hits from significant tornadoes including the 2011 Lambert-St. Louis International Airport strike. After tornado events the metro sees the same post-storm contractor activity as any major hail market. Missouri's lack of statewide contractor licensing makes verifying insurance and local business history even more important here. Ask specifically for St. Louis area references from the last 12 months before committing to any contractor following a storm event.

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