Roofing Services in Wheeling, IL

Wheeling combines older residential pockets, a large volume of 1970s through 1990s subdivision and multi-family development, a well-known restaurant corridor along Milwaukee Avenue, and a genuinely substantial industrial base. That last piece drives a lot of our work here - industrial buildings mean large low-slope roofs, and large low-slope roofs mean drainage, seams and terminations.

Residential stock ranges from older frame and brick homes near the historic center to extensive 1970s and 1980s ranches, split-levels and two-stories, plus a high proportion of townhome and condominium development managed by associations. The multi-family stock is worth noting: association-managed roofs are usually replaced building by building on a capital schedule, which is a different planning process than a single-family replacement. Newer construction in the western sections brings larger homes with more complex roof geometry.

Open northwest-suburban terrain with standard wind and hail exposure from summer storm complexes. The Des Plaines River corridor runs along the eastern edge of the village, which makes proper roof drainage and downspout discharge more consequential for properties near the floodplain. Winter freeze-thaw affects the older stock in the usual way.

The Wheeling industrial area and the Milwaukee Avenue and Lake Cook Road corridors bring warehouse, manufacturing, restaurant and hotel properties, nearly all on low-slope membrane or modified bitumen systems with heavy rooftop equipment.