Davenport, Iowa · Built Like the Bridge
Roofing Contractor in Davenport, Iowa
Replacement, repair, emergency tarping and storm damage, both sides of the river. A roofer looks at your roof, shows you the photographs and tells you what it needs. That part is free and it stays free.
- Storm calls answered around the clock
- Photos of your roof, yours to keep
- Both sides of the river
Every Kind of Roofing Work, on Every Kind of Roof
Fifteen kinds of work, from a split pipe boot on a Tuesday afternoon to a full tear off after hail. Asphalt, metal, tile, slate, cedar and flat membrane roofs, on houses, shops and commercial buildings.
Roof Replacement
A roof replacement takes the old roof down to the wood, fixes what is wrong underneath and builds a new roof on top,
Read moreRoof Repair
A good roof repair fixes the thing that let water in, not the stain it left behind, and most Quad Cities leaks start
Read moreEmergency Roof Repair
Emergency roof repair is two jobs. Stop the water tonight, then fix the roof properly once it is safe and dry to work
Read moreRoof Tarping
Roof tarping buys you dry weeks, and it only works if the tarp is fastened over the ridge with battens rather than
Read moreStorm and Hail Damage
Hail damage on an asphalt roof looks like round bruises with the granules knocked off, and it often does not leak for
Read moreFree Roof Inspection
A real roof inspection ends with photographs and a number of years, not with a salesman in your
Read moreInsurance Claim Help
On a roof insurance claim the roofer documents the damage and meets the adjuster, and the homeowner files the claim,
Read moreIce Dam Removal
An ice dam is a heat problem wearing a winter costume, and the roof is where it shows rather than where it
Read moreGutters and Downspouts
Gutters exist to keep water away from the foundation, so where the downspout ends matters as much as the gutter
Read moreWhen the Weather Wins, Call First and Sign Later
Storm calls are answered around the clock. The first visit stops the water, which usually means a tarp fastened over the ridge with battens rather than weighted down with whatever was in the yard. The real repair happens on a dry day.
We photograph the damage before we cover it, because once a tarp is on, the evidence your adjuster needs is underneath it. Those pictures are yours the same night whether or not the work comes to us.
The Free Roof Check, With No Catch In It
Forty five minutes. We walk the field of the roof, every flashing, the pipe boots, the valleys and the gutters, then we go into the attic, which is the half most companies skip and where the truth usually is.
You get photographs, a plain note on what each one means, and a number of years. If the answer is fifteen years you will hear fifteen years and then you will not hear from us again unless you call. The photographs are yours to take to somebody else for a second price.
Most Roofs Around Here Are Older Than People Think
There is no public register of roof ages. There is a very good one of house ages, and for roofing purposes it tells you most of what matters. These are real figures from the Census Bureau, and you can check every one of them yourself.
| Place | Homes | Median built | Pre 1980 | Median value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davenport, IA | 47,170 | 1966 | 70% | $162,900 |
| Moline, IL | 19,604 | 1957 | 82% | $141,900 |
| Rock Island, IL | 17,262 | 1952 | 86% | $118,400 |
| Bettendorf, IA | 16,709 | 1979 | 51% | $295,600 |
| Clinton, IA | 12,360 | 1954 | 82% | $115,400 |
| Muscatine, IA | 10,490 | 1962 | 73% | $146,900 |
| East Moline, IL | 8,935 | 1967 | 72% | $135,300 |
| Silvis, IL | 4,538 | 1974 | 56% | $161,300 |
All Twenty Six Materials, Compared Honestly
Real lifespans for this climate, real weights, and installed prices per square in this market. Including the ones we would talk you out of and the reasons why.
Architectural shingle
22 to 30 years · $420 to $650 a square
Standing seam
40 to 70 years · $900 to $1600 a square
Synthetic slate
40 to 50 years · $800 to $1400 a square
Stone coated steel
40 to 50 years · $800 to $1300 a square
Cedar shake
25 to 40 years · $750 to $1300 a square
TPO
20 to 30 years · $450 to $900 a square
Natural slate
75 to 150 years · $1600 to $3000 a square
EPDM
20 to 30 years · $400 to $800 a square
See It on a House Before You Commit
Pick a material, pick a color and watch it go on. Nothing uploads and nothing is stored. It runs entirely in your browser and you do not have to give anybody an email address to use it.
Twenty Two Lessons, Free, With Nothing Being Sold
This is the course we wish every homeowner had taken before calling a roofer, including before calling us. How a roof keeps water out, how to read your own from the ground, how roofing is priced, how a claim works, and how to check whether a contractor is real.
There is no form on those pages, no download to unlock, and no call to action at the bottom of a lesson. Lesson 18 tells you how to check a contractor and the checks work on us exactly as they work on anybody else.
Both Sides of the River
Scott County in Iowa, Rock Island County in Illinois, and the towns around the edges of the metro. Every town has a page with its own real housing figures, because the age of the houses is the most useful thing to know about roofing in a place.
How We Price It, Before You Ask
Roofing is sold by the square, which is one hundred square feet. An average Davenport two story house is between eighteen and thirty. Four things move the number more than anything else, and none of them is a mystery.
| Steepness | Past about eight in twelve the crew works off staging and moves slower. That is real labor, not padding. |
|---|---|
| Layers | Two old roofs to tear off is twice the work and twice the disposal. |
| Deck repair | Priced per sheet, written on the estimate before we start, so a surprise under the old roof is arithmetic instead of an argument. |
| Detail | Valleys, dormers, chimneys and skylights are slow careful work. A plain gable is not. |
Five Things We Will Not Do
It is easier to judge a roofing company by what it refuses than by what it promises. So here is the refusing.
We will not cover your deductible.
It is insurance fraud in Iowa and in Illinois, and it puts you in it as well as us. Anybody offering is telling you how they handle everything else.
We will not roof over your old shingles.
It hides the decking so nobody finds the soft spots, and it traps heat that shortens the life of what goes on top. It saves money once and costs it twice.
We will not find damage that is not there.
Storms miss houses and hail falls in narrow bands. A company that finds a claim on every roof it looks at is not inspecting, it is selling.
We will not ask you to sign in your driveway.
Nothing about a roof needs deciding today. Take the estimate inside and read it, and compare it to somebody else's.
We will not put shingles on a flat roof.
Below about three in twelve water stops running and starts sitting, and no shingle is built to hold back a pond. It will leak and it will not be the shingles' fault.
Have Somebody Look at It
Forty five minutes, photographs you keep, and an honest number of years. It costs nothing and there is no sales call after it.