Roof Replacement in Wood Dale, IL

If you need roof replacement in Wood Dale, Illinois, you’re in our home territory. We serve Wood Dale from our Schaumburg office, and our crews know the housing here. Start with this page, then see roofing services in Wood Dale.

When a roof has widespread curling, granule loss or repeated leaks on several slopes, repairs stop being good value. A full replacement resets the clock with a new, complete roof system.

Roof Replacement for Wood Dale Homes

Wood Dale is a compact DuPage County city of modest 1950s-to-1970s ranches, raised ranches and two-stories, set between Salt Creek and the industrial corridor west of O’Hare.

Homes from the 1960s and 1970s have usually been re-roofed at least once. The quality of that earlier work, from nailing and flashing to whether the old layers were removed, decides how today’s roof performs. Long, low ranch rooflines often still sit on their original 1950s or 1960s board decking. We regularly find two layers of shingles, undersized attic ventilation and low-slope additions that were never flashed properly into the main roof.

Signs You Need Roof Replacement in Wood Dale

These are the warning signs we get called about most often in Wood Dale:

• Heavy granule loss and bald spots
• Repeated leaks in different areas
• Sagging decking or soft spots underfoot
• The roof is near or past the end of its expected life
• Two layers of shingles already on the roof

How Our Roof Replacement Process Works

1. Inspection and written proposal We measure the roof, check the decking and attic ventilation, and give you a line-item proposal.
2. Permit and material order We pull the village permit where one is required and schedule delivery.
3. Tear-off and deck repair Old layers come off down to the decking, and soft or rotted sheathing is replaced.
4. Underlayment, ice and water shield, flashing Eaves, valleys and penetrations are protected before the first shingle goes on.
5. Shingles, ventilation, cleanup The new system is installed, ridge or box vents are set, magnetic sweeps pick up nails, and the final inspection is scheduled.

It’s the same process we use on every job. Read more about how our roof replacement service works.

What Quality Roof Replacement Involves

Ventilation

Shingles last longest when the attic breathes: intake at the soffits and exhaust at the ridge, in balance. Poor ventilation cooks shingles from below in summer and causes condensation and ice dams in winter. Every replacement proposal we write includes a ventilation check.

Flashing and details

New drip edge, new step flashing at walls, new pipe boots and properly integrated chimney flashing. These are the parts that fail first on a cheap roof, and the parts we don’t reuse.

What to Expect on Job Day in Wood Dale

We tell you what time the crew arrives, what to move away from the house and how long the work will take. When we’re done, the yard is swept for nails and you get before-and-after photos. If your Wood Dale home is in an HOA, we can help with any approval paperwork the association needs.

Permits for Roof Replacement in Wood Dale

A full roof replacement in Wood Dale is permitted work. Building permits in Wood Dale are issued by the City of Wood Dale (City Hall, 404 N. Wood Dale Road, Wood Dale, IL 60191). Requirements depend on the scope of the job, so we confirm them with the city before work starts and file the permit whenever one is needed.

Under the Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act, a municipality that requires a roofing permit may only issue it to a contractor who shows proof of a State of Illinois roofing license. We handle the paperwork, schedule the inspections, and leave the permit card posted where the city wants it.

Weather and Your Wood Dale Roof

The freeze-thaw cycle is tough on roofs here. Water gets into small gaps, freezes, expands and opens them wider. Add summer hail and gusty storms, and a roof that looked fine in October can be leaking by March.

What Affects the Cost of Roof Replacement in Wood Dale

Every Wood Dale home is different, so we price roof replacement after we’ve seen the roof. The biggest factors are:

• ventilation upgrades and new flashing at chimneys and walls
• roof size in squares and the number of layers being removed
• pitch, height and the number of valleys, dormers and penetrations
• how much decking needs replacing once the old roof is off

Your written estimate lists each item separately. For replacements, our roof replacement cost calculator gives you a starting point.

Areas We Serve in Wood Dale

We work on homes in every part of Wood Dale: near Salt Creek, around the O’Hare-area industrial corridor, and in the neighborhoods off Thorndale Avenue, Central Avenue, Irving Park Road, Wood Dale Road. That covers Wood Dale ZIP code 60191 in DuPage County.

Roof Replacement in Wood Dale: FAQ