Roofing in Merriam, KS.

When patching stops making sense, we replace the whole system: tear-off to the deck, new underlayment and ice-and-water shield, fresh flashing, proper ventilation, and shingles from manufacturers that stand behind them. We say that carefully, because a new roof is a big check. On a 1950s house in Blue Hills or Ivanhoe it can be a large share of what the house is worth, so we look for a repair first and tell you if one will hold. When it will not — two shingle layers already on, decking gone soft, hail bruising across every slope — we lay out the real paths to a replacement: a storm claim when the damage supports one, financing when it does not, and a written line-item scope either way so you know what you are paying for before the first shingle comes off. In Johnson County, Lee's Summit, and the Northland, where roofs from the late-1980s and 1990s building boom are wearing out together, the conversation is more often about Class 4 impact-resistant shingles, manufacturer warranties, HOA color approval, and what a new roof does for resale. Same crew, same scope, either way.

Not every roof problem needs a new roof, and on a lot of Kansas City houses a repair is the right call. We fix leaks, replace wind-lifted and missing shingles, reseal and reflash chimneys and walls, swap cracked pipe boots, patch soft decking, and clean up the ice-dam damage winter leaves behind. Most of it lands between $350 and $800 and buys a roof a few more years, which matters when a replacement costs more than you have on hand. Every repair starts with a free inspection so you know what is actually wrong, and ends with photos of the finished work and an invoice you can keep for insurance, a tenant file, or a future buyer. If the roof is past repairing — two layers, decking you can push a thumb through, shingles that crumble when lifted — we say so, show you why, and walk you through the realistic paths to a replacement.

A roof inspection should tell you what is true, not sell you something. We get on the roof, check every slope, the flashing, the vents, the gutters, and the attic where we can, and photograph what we find. You get a written report with pictures, whether the answer is storm damage, a $400 repair, or a roof that is fine. Inspections are free, and there is no obligation to do anything with the results. People use them for different reasons: a homeowner near Swope Park who got a non-renewal letter and needs to know whether the roof really has life left, a buyer in Lenexa in an inspection period, a landlord whose tenant reported a stain, an adult child sorting out a parent's house in Ivanhoe. We write the report in plain English so you can explain it to someone else.

When a storm hits, the first job is stopping the water; the second is documenting the damage before it gets worse or gets missed. We tarp emergency openings, photograph and measure every slope, and walk your adjuster through what we found. Then we restore the roof — and the gutters and siding if the storm got those too — with materials that will hold up to the next one. For a lot of Kansas City homeowners a storm is the one time a full replacement is realistic, because on an approved claim your cost is usually your deductible. That is also why storm season brings out the trucks offering to waive that deductible, which is illegal in Missouri and Kansas and paid for by cutting corners on your roof. We are a Kansas City company on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, we live here, and we will still be here when the recoverable depreciation paperwork needs to be filed.

Most roof claims are not denied because there is no damage. They are denied because nobody documented it properly, the adjuster called hail bruising normal wear, or the filing window closed. We fix the documentation problem: photos, measurements, and a written scope before you file, an on-roof meeting with your adjuster, and supplement requests when the approved scope leaves out decking, code items, or slopes the adjuster missed. We also explain the parts of a policy that hurt people — actual cash value versus replacement cost, the depreciation the carrier holds back until the work is done, the letter that says replace the roof or lose coverage — in language you can repeat to your spouse or your mother. On an approved claim, your cost is usually your deductible; we cannot promise more than that, and anyone who does is selling something. We are a roofing contractor, not a public adjuster or attorney, and we will tell you if your situation needs one.

Flat and low-slope roofs fail differently than shingle roofs — seams open, drains clog, ponding water finds the weak spot. We install and repair TPO, EPDM, and modified bitumen membranes, standing-seam metal, and silicone coatings that can extend a tired roof's life for a fraction of replacement cost. We work around your tenants and your hours, document everything for owners and boards, and handle the storm claims that come with hail season in Kansas City. Multifamily, retail, office, warehouse, churches, corner storefronts along Independence Avenue, and HOA common buildings are all in scope, and a repair-only or coating scope is on the table when the budget calls for it.

Gutters are a small line item that protects the expensive ones. Undersized, clogged, or hail-dented gutters send water down the fascia, behind the siding, and into the basement — and in winter they feed ice dams. We install seamless aluminum gutters sized for Kansas City downpours, downspouts that discharge away from the foundation, and guards where trees make cleaning a chore. On the 1940s and 1950s houses across the East Side, Northeast, and Waldo, the job often starts a step earlier: replacing fascia boards that rotted behind a failed gutter, or dealing with original boxed gutters that have rusted through. Most gutter jobs pair with a roof replacement, but we replace and repair them on their own too, and a gutter fix is one of the cheapest ways to stop water from getting into a house.

Siding does the same job as the roof for the walls: keep water out, keep the weather off the structure. We install vinyl, fiber cement, and engineered wood siding with proper house wrap, flashing, and trim, and we replace the hail-cracked and wind-torn panels Kansas City storms leave on the west and south sides of a house. A full re-side is a big project, and not every house needs one — on older homes the right job is often replacing rotten trim, fascia, and a few soft boards, or re-siding the one elevation that took the hail. When the roof, gutters, and siding all got hit in the same storm, we handle the whole exterior as one project and one claim.

Solar panels are designed to sit on your roof for 25 years or more. If the roof underneath has 8 years left, you will pay to have the panels removed and reinstalled when it fails — often thousands of dollars on top of the roof itself. We evaluate whether your roof is ready, replace or repair it first if it is not, and coordinate with your solar company on layout, penetrations, flashing, and timing. We are a roofing contractor, not a solar installer; we make sure the roof under the array is the last thing you have to think about. That includes the money: if the roof needs replacing first, that is a separate cost a solar quote does not show, and it belongs in your math before you sign anything.