Chesterfield houses tend to be larger and more complicated than the regional average. Multiple roof planes, steep pitches, dormers, long valleys and a lot of architectural shingle. That complexity is where cheap roofing shows up fastest, usually at the flashing and the valleys.
Chesterfield homes are often big enough that the roof is a genuinely complicated structure rather than two planes and a ridge. Long valleys collecting water off large slopes, multiple chimneys, skylights, and pitch changes where the flashing has to be built rather than bought. The failure point on these roofs is almost never the shingle field. It is the detail work, and detail work is what gets cut when a bid comes in low.
Arrowhead Roofing & Exteriors works throughout Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield
- 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
Complicated roofs need more than a shingle price
A simple gable is hard to get wrong. A roof with six planes, three dormers, a chimney, long valleys and a couple of changes in pitch is where the difference between crews shows up. Water does not get in through the middle of a shingle field. It gets in at transitions: valleys, step flashing along walls, chimney counterflashing, skylight curbs and pipe boots.
On Chesterfield houses we price the flashing work as part of the job rather than reusing what is there to keep the number down. If a bid on a complicated roof comes in well under everyone else, the flashing is usually where the money came out. Ask any contractor you are considering what they intend to do at the valleys and the chimney, and see whether you get a specific answer. We also handle chimney flashing repair on its own when that is the only real problem.
Commercial roofing in Chesterfield
Commercial roofing is a large part of what we do, not a sideline. If you own or manage a building in Chesterfield 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
Most flat roofs in Chesterfield do not fail across the field. They fail at seams, terminations, penetrations, drains and scuppers. That means a leak is usually a repair rather than a replacement, and any contractor who opens with a tear-off number before walking the roof is guessing. We find the actual source, price the repair, and tell you honestly how much life is left in the system.
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
Chesterfield 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
Can you repair just one section?
Often, yes. If the shingle field is sound and the problem is at a valley or a wall transition, a targeted roof repair is the honest answer and we will say so.
What does the warranty actually cover?
Our installations carry a ten-year workmanship warranty. That covers our labor. The shingle itself carries whatever the manufacturer offers, and we will tell you which is which in writing rather than blurring the two together.
Do you handle skylights?
We flash and reset them as part of a replacement, and we will tell you honestly if a twenty-year-old skylight should be replaced while the roof is open rather than reused.
Chesterfield 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 Wildwood, Ballwin, Eureka, Ladue, Frontenac, Brentwood, Affton, Maplewood, Creve Coeur, Sunset Hills, Hazelwood, Oakville.
Get a free roof inspection in Chesterfield
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.