Roof Replacement in St. Clair, MO
When the roof on your St. Clair home reaches the end, you want the family that lives in this county on the ladder, not a metro crew that only drives down Interstate 44 after the hail hits. Emmendorfer Exteriors is based about fifteen minutes northeast in Union, the Franklin County seat, and we have replaced roofs across this county since 1990, roughly 2,400 Missouri homes in all with 306 jobs in 2025 alone. Whether your house sits in the older neighborhoods off Highway 47 near the town center, in a 1990s subdivision, or on rural acreage spreading toward the Bourbeuse bottoms, a real Emmendorfer gets on the roof, walks every slope, and hands you a written number before a single shingle is ordered.
A St. Clair roof rarely fails from one storm. It fails from the eastern Missouri stack. Spring and summer hail and straight-line wind bruise the shingles and strip the granules, and St. Clair sits squarely in the I-44 severe-weather corridor that lights up every April through June. The federally declared March 2025 disaster drove tornadoes, straight-line winds over 75 mph, and large hail across Franklin County, with neighboring Sullivan just southwest taking some of the heaviest of it. Then a Missouri winter of freeze-thaw works that bruised material until the seams, flashing, and nail heads open, and the next summer's hail finds the gaps. By the time a St. Clair roof needs replacing, the decking underneath is usually part of the problem, which is exactly why a full tear-off is the only honest way to quote it.
What our roof replacement includes in St. Clair
A real replacement is more than a tear-off and a new layer. Here is what happens once you approve the estimate.
Full tear-off to the deck
We strip every old layer down to the wood. A layover hides rotten decking and voids most manufacturer warranties, so we only recommend it in rare cases. Tearing off is the only way to see what the storms and freeze-thaw have actually done.
Replace failed decking and fascia
With the deck exposed we replace soft or rotten plywood, then tighten and replace failed fascia boards and gutter boards. We talk you through what we find while we are up there, so you know what is going on your home and why.
New underlayment and ice-and-water shield
Valleys, eaves, and penetrations get a waterproof membrane before the field shingles go on. This is where Missouri freeze-thaw and ice damming would otherwise find their way in.
Install your chosen system
We set a complete system from CertainTeed, Owens Corning, Malarkey, or GAF, matched to your home rather than to one supplier. The brand is on your written estimate before we order it.
Clean to no footprint
We magnet-sweep the yard for nails and haul every scrap. Customers tell us our cleanup is our signature. We want to get in, do the work, and get out without leaving a footprint.
St. Clair's spot on Interstate 44 is what puts it in harm's way. The same corridor that carries traffic between the metro and the Ozark foothills is the lane spring supercells ride, and the wooded Meramec and Bourbeuse watershed that surrounds town drops limbs and debris on roofs every storm season. Because our shop is just up the highway in Union, we are not an out-of-county drive-in. We can be on a storm-hit St. Clair roof the same day, and when it becomes an insurance claim Tom Emmendorfer meets your adjuster on the roof here, not over the phone from St. Louis County. That documented inspection is your one shot at getting the full damage scope on record before the adjuster forms their own view.
Roof Replacement in St. Clair: questions
Get your St. Clair roof replacement estimate
A real Emmendorfer walks your St. Clair roof, names the manufacturer in writing, and gives you a number that does not change. Free, no obligation, same-day storm response from just up I-44 in Union.
- We walk your actual roof before we quote it
- The manufacturer is named on your written estimate
- The price you approve is the price you pay
- Tom handles your insurance claim start to finish