About Elgin Roof Pros: Licensed Roofing Pros in IL
Elgin Roof Pros works on a housing stock that runs from 1850s Greek Revival through Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Stick-style houses, into blocks of brick worker's flats and frame worker's cottages, and out to whole neighborhoods of 1920s bungalows. Roofs on that stock are steep, cut up, and often carrying original material that a tear-off crew would happily throw in a dumpster.
We are an Illinois-licensed roofing contractor with the license and the notarized letter of intent already on file at 150 Dexter Court, which is what the city requires before it will take a permit application on your address. We read the design guideline manual because it is the document that decides whether an approval comes back, and we would rather quote from it than argue with it afterward.
Do not hire us if you want a bid over the phone, a re-cover on a roof that already carries two layers, or a crew that will start Monday on a landmark address. None of those are legal here and we will not pretend otherwise. If your roof is simply worn out and you are outside the districts, this is a straightforward job and you should treat it as one.
If you have a roofing project in Elgin, the fastest way to get a real number is a free on-site estimate. See every Elgin service we handle, check whether we cover Carpentersville, IL and the rest of northern Kane and McHenry counties, or go back to the Elgin Roof Pros homepage to start. You can also reach us directly on (844) 511-2320.
Credentials
- License: Illinois roofing contractor license held with IDFPR, plus the surety bond this state demands before it will issue or renew one. The license copy sits on file at Elgin City Hall beside the notarized letter of intent the city wants before it will accept a roofing permit application
- Insurance: General liability and workers compensation carried on our own crews rather than borrowed from a subcontractor, and we ask the agent to send your certificate straight to your address so you are not reading a photocopy we chose
- Association: We claim no trade-association badge. What we work to is the Elgin Historic District and Landmark Design Guideline Manual and section R908 of the residential code the city has adopted for re-roofing
- Warranty: A written workmanship warranty stating its length, the details it covers, what voids it and who picks up the phone in year six
How Elgin Roof Pros works
How a job with Elgin Roof Pros runs, start to finish
Site visit first, always. We measure, look at the real condition of the work area, and ask what you are actually trying to solve — then you get an itemized free estimate in writing with materials, scope and a realistic date on it.
Once the work starts, the same crew stays on the job until it is done. We protect the surrounding area, clean up daily, and tell you the moment something under the surface changes the plan, because the alternative is a surprise invoice and nobody wants that conversation. A written workmanship warranty stating its length, the details it covers, what voids it and who picks up the phone in year six backs the finished work.
What we will not do
We do not quote a roofing job over the phone, take deposits before a written scope exists, or bid work we are not set up to do properly. If your project needs a different trade, we say so and point you at someone who does it well. Losing a job is cheaper than doing one badly in Elgin.
Where Elgin Roof Pros works and who we work with
Elgin, IL first, then the surrounding communities of northern Kane and McHenry counties: Carpentersville, West Dundee, East Dundee, Sleepy Hollow, Gilberts, Hampshire, Pingree Grove, Burlington and more. Each of those has its own page with local detail rather than a copy of this one.
Work splits roughly between homeowners and commercial property — offices, retail, restaurants, apartment complexes and HOA boards across northern Kane and McHenry counties. Start with the Elgin services, the Elgin Roof Pros homepage, or just call (844) 511-2320.
Why Elgin Chooses Elgin Roof Pros
- ✓We count layers at the eave before pricing, because two or more means a full tear-off under the code Elgin enforces and no re-cover is available to you.
- ✓Certificate applications are drawn from the same scope we quote from, so the material and color on the approval match the material and color on your contract.
- ✓We do not order shingles before an approval is in hand, since any change to approved work has to be re-approved before materials are bought.
- ✓Our flashing is metal at every wall, valley, chimney and penetration, because the guideline manual specifically rejects caulk and bituminous coating as a substitute.
- ✓We will talk you out of replacing an original pressed metal or slate roof that can still be repaired, even though replacement is the larger invoice for us.
- ✓No storm chasing and no door knocking after hail, and no adjuster of ours standing in your kitchen telling you what your policy says.
What Elgin Customers Say
They climbed up and counted the layers before quoting instead of guessing from the driveway. Two layers, so no re-cover, and they explained why the price was what it was. Nobody else bothered to look.
We had an old metal shingle roof and expected to be talked into ripping it off. Instead they resoldered the bad laps and repainted it. Cost a third of what two other bids wanted.
Straight answer on a hail inspection: the mat was fine everywhere they checked and there was no claim to file. They wrote it up anyway so we had it on paper. Refreshing.
Half-round gutters on a house with a molded cornice, and they explained why the standard profile would have covered the trim. Small thing, but it is the reason the front looks right.
Service Areas
Elgin Roof Pros serves Elgin, IL and surrounding communities including: