Affton is dense postwar south county: brick bungalows and ranches, built close together, most of them on a second or third roof by now. Affton is unincorporated, so permitting runs through St. Louis County rather than a city hall.
Because Affton is unincorporated, your permit goes through St. Louis County rather than a city hall, and we handle that. The bigger practical issue is the housing density: these homes sit close together with narrow side yards, which affects where a dumpster goes and how we protect your neighbour’s property during a tear-off. We walk that before we start rather than improvising on the day.
Arrowhead Roofing & Exteriors works throughout Affton and the rest of St. Louis County out of our office in Weldon Spring. Free inspections, honest assessments, and a ten-year workmanship warranty on our installations. Call 636-730-0405.
Roofing services we provide in Affton
- roof repair, from a single failed pipe boot to a slope that needs rebuilding
- Full roof replacement, including tear-off, decking repair and new flashing
- hail damage repair and wind damage repair, documented properly for a claim
- emergency roof repair when something is open to the weather right now
- Free roof inspection with photographs of anything we find
- architectural shingle roofing and metal roofing
- attic ventilation, gutters and downspouts and chimney flashing repair
When a Affton roof is actually done
An asphalt roof rarely fails all at once. It goes brittle, loses granules into the gutters, curls at the edges, and starts shedding tabs in wind that would not have bothered it when it was new. If you are finding grit in the downspouts and shingle pieces in the yard after storms, the roof is telling you where it is.
Two things matter as much as the shingle when we quote a roof replacement here. The first is the decking. Once the old layers come off we can see rot, delamination and old leak paths that nobody could see from the ground. The second is attic ventilation. A lot of houses in this area were built with intake and exhaust that never balanced, which cooks the shingles from underneath and shortens the life of whatever you put up there. We tell you about both before we start, not as a change order halfway through.
Commercial roofing in Affton
Commercial roofing is a large part of what we do, not a sideline. If you own or manage a building in Affton we handle:
- flat roofing systems and low-slope roofs, including TPO roofing and modified bitumen
- commercial roof replacement with a phased plan if the budget needs one
- Leak tracing and seam, flashing, drain and scupper repair
- Documented condition reports for capital planning and insurance
- commercial gutters and downspouts
- Scheduled maintenance so small failures do not become a tear-off
The difference between commercial and residential work is not just the membrane. It is that a commercial roof has to be fixed without shutting your tenants or your operation down, and it has to be documented well enough that you can put it in a budget. We give you a condition report with photographs and a straight answer on whether the roof has years left or needs replacing this cycle. Getting three more winters out of a roof with planned repairs is often the right call, and we will say so.
After a storm
Severe weather in this region does not always announce itself on the roof. Check your gutters for granule buildup, look for shingle pieces in the yard, and watch for new staining on upstairs ceilings. If anything looks off, we will do a free roof inspection and tell you whether it is a roof repair, an insurance claim, or nothing at all. We can also help with the insurance claim help if it comes to that.
Where we work from
Affton is inside our regular service area and we work there every week. Our office is at 6020 Weldon Spring Pkwy, Weldon Spring, MO 63304. We do not keep a separate storefront in every town we serve, and we would rather say that plainly than list addresses that are really just mailboxes.
Common questions
How long does a replacement take?
Most houses in this area are a one-day tear-off and install, two if the roof is large or the weather turns. We do not leave a roof open overnight if we can avoid it, and if we have to, it gets dried in properly first.
Will you replace the gutters at the same time?
If they need it, doing both together is cheaper than doing them separately, because the drip edge and the gutter apron come off anyway. If they do not need it, we will say so.
How long should a roof last in Affton?
An architectural asphalt roof installed correctly and vented properly should give you 20 to 30 years here. Builder-grade three-tab on a poorly vented attic can be finished in 15. The install and the ventilation matter more than the number printed on the shingle wrapper.
Affton is part of our St. Louis County service area
See everywhere we work in the county on our St. Louis County roofing page, or the full Arrowhead service area across the Greater St. Louis region. We also have pages for Chesterfield, Wildwood, Ballwin, Eureka, Ladue, Frontenac, Brentwood, Maplewood, Creve Coeur, Sunset Hills, Hazelwood, Oakville.
Get a free roof inspection in Affton
We will come out, get on the roof, and tell you what we actually find, including when the answer is that your roof has years left. Call 636-730-0405 or send us a message and we will get you on the schedule. There is no charge for the inspection and no obligation afterward.