Roofing contractor in Windsor Heights, Iowa
Windsor Heights is small and mostly mid-century, which makes its roofs fairly predictable. We know what a 70-year-old house tends to hide.
- County
- Polk County
- ZIP code
- 50324
- From our Waukee base
- About 17 minutes
Your roofer in Windsor Heights
Windsor Heights fits a lot of houses into about 1.4 square miles on the west side of the metro. Most houses here have been reroofed more than once, and plenty of owners bought for the location and the trees and are now updating the house to match.
Because houses sit close together on small lots, we plan the job around tight driveways, neighbors' landscaping and overhead lines before tear-off starts. Tarps go down on both sides of the house, and the magnetic sweep covers your yard and the strip along the property line.
Windsor Heights homes and their roofs
The city incorporated in 1941 and annexed Crestwood in 1958, so most homes date from the 1940s through the '60s: brick and frame ranches, story-and-a-half houses and a few older cottages. Many lots are shaded by trees planted when the houses were new.
Story-and-a-half houses often have finished upstairs rooms with knee walls and little or no attic ventilation, which means hot bedrooms in summer and ice dams along the eaves in winter. Brick chimneys, shallow porch roofs and original fascia boards are the other common repair points.
Neighborhoods we cover in Windsor Heights
- Crestwood
- Colby Acres
- Windsor Woods
- Walnut Valley
What we see most on Windsor Heights roofs
- Ice dams on story-and-a-half homesHeat from finished upstairs rooms escapes through thin insulation in the sloped ceilings and melts snow partway up the roof. We look at vent paths and ice-and-water membrane at the eaves; our ice dam guide explains why both matter.
- Mid-century chimneysBrick chimneys from the 1940s and '50s often have cracked crowns and flashing buried under several rounds of roof tar. We reflash them properly, and if the masonry itself needs work, we tell you so a mason can handle it.
- Rotted fascia behind old guttersWhen fascia boards rot, the gutter has nothing solid to hang on. We replace bad boards and can wrap them in aluminum when new gutters or siding go on.
Services in Windsor Heights
Where Windsor Heights sits in our service area
Roofing questions from Windsor Heights
Is a full roof replacement on a small Windsor Heights ranch a one-day job?
Almost always. Most full residential replacements finish in one day, weather permitting, and a typical ranch here sits comfortably in that window, including tear-off, deck repairs, cleanup and the magnetic sweep.
Can you add ventilation to an older house that has almost none?
In most cases, yes. We can cut in ridge vent, open up or add soffit intake, and install baffles so air moves above the insulation. Story-and-a-half houses take more planning, and sometimes the honest answer is to vent what we can and add insulation.
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Book a free inspection in Windsor Heights
Whether it's one missing shingle or a full exterior, we'll take a look for free and give you a clear written estimate. Call, text or send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day.
- (515) 555-0147Call or text, Mon–Fri 7am–7pm, Sat 8am–4pm
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