Roof Replacement and Roof Repair in Minneapolis
Most Minneapolis houses were built between 1900 and 1940, and their roofs show it — steep pitches, multiple layers from decades of re-roofing, original cedar decking under the shingles, and chimneys that have been flashed and re-flashed a half-dozen times. Working on these roofs is different from working on a suburban two-story, and we've been doing it across the city since 2000.
Minneapolis also takes direct storm hits. The August 2023 hailstorm — one of the year's billion-dollar disasters nationally — dropped golf-ball-and-larger hail straight across the city, from the North Side through Uptown to Nokomis. If your roof hasn't been inspected since, that's worth fixing this week. The inspection is free and we document everything with photos you keep.
Roof Replacement for Minneapolis Homes
A century-old Minneapolis roof usually hides surprises: plank decking with gaps that modern shingles can't span without re-decking, two or three old layers that city code requires us to tear off, and knob-and-tube era ventilation that traps attic heat and breeds ice dams. Our replacement process is built for it — we inspect the deck during tear-off, price re-decking honestly up front in your locked estimate, and install ice and water barrier to Minnesota code at the eaves and valleys, plus balanced intake and ridge ventilation that most of these houses have never had. Owens Corning shingles, warranties to 50 years, and on most city lots we're torn off and re-roofed in a day — with magnets run across the boulevard and alley before we leave.
Roof Repair in Minneapolis
The repairs we run most in the city: chimney flashing failures (the #1 leak source on pre-war homes), valley wear on the complex rooflines of Tangletown and Linden Hills, pipe boots cracked by freeze-thaw, and wind-lifted shingles on the exposed blocks near the lakes and along the river. Not every old roof needs replacing — if a $700 flashing job buys your roof five more years, that's what we'll tell you. If hail from a storm like August 2023 bruised the whole field, we'll show you the photos and handle the insurance claim ourselves, adjuster meeting included.
Neighborhoods we work in
Longfellow, Nokomis, Standish-Ericsson, Powderhorn, Kingfield, Tangletown, Lynnhurst, Linden Hills, Fulton, Armatage, Kenny, Uptown, Whittier, North Loop, Northeast (Audubon Park, Waite Park, Windom Park, Arts District), Como, Prospect Park, Victory, Folwell, and the rest of the city.
ZIPs covered: 55403, 55404, 55405, 55406, 55407, 55408, 55409, 55410, 55411, 55412, 55413, 55414, 55416 (spans the SLP border), 55417, 55418, 55419, 55450
FAQs
Do Minneapolis roofs need a permit for replacement?
Yes — the city requires a permit for re-roofing, and tear-off down to the deck when there are already two layers. We pull the permit and schedule the city inspection as part of every job.
My house is from 1915. Will a new roof look right on it?
Yes. Architectural shingle lines come in profiles and colors that suit bungalows and foursquares, and we keep details like open metal valleys where the house calls for them. We'll bring samples to the driveway.
Free inspection anywhere in Minneapolis — photos you keep, price locked in writing. (612) 282-8092.
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