Roofing in Eldridge, IA

Eldridge has the youngest housing of anywhere we serve. The median home here was built around the turn of this century, which means a large share of the town is reaching the age where a builder grade roof gives out.

A Town Reaching Its First Roof

Houses built between 1998 and 2008 were very often finished with a basic architectural or even a three tab shingle, because the roof is the part of a new house nobody negotiates over. Twenty odd years later that is exactly the roof that starts curling.

Eldridge is therefore full of first replacements, which is a good position to be in. The decking is sound, the flashing is modern, the ventilation was built to code, and the job is straightforward.

Worth Doing Once, Properly

On a first replacement the temptation is to match what was there. It is usually the wrong instinct. The original roof was chosen by a builder minimizing cost on a house they were about to sell.

This is the right moment to move up to an impact rated shingle or to look seriously at metal, because everything else on the roof is already in good order and you are only paying for the difference in material.

What We Get Called For in Eldridge

• First replacements on late nineteen nineties and early two thousands builds
• Hail claims across the newer north Scott subdivisions
• Ridge vent and ventilation corrections on builder grade roofs

The Numbers for Eldridge

Every figure below is a real Census estimate for this exact place. Nothing here is modeled, interpolated or borrowed from the county.