Olmsted County, Minnesota
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Ninety minutes south of the metro, the roofs in Olmsted County sit under one hail belt and about a century of building. Near Mayo there are 1880s dormered gables; past the city limits there are subdivisions that went up inside a single decade. Hail treats those two roofs differently, and the estimate has to start with which one you own.
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Twenty miles here covers a century of roofing
Olmsted County packs roughly a century of building into a twenty mile radius, and hail does not sort by vintage. On the pre 1940 stock near downtown Rochester, steep pitch and dormers push the failure into the flashing: sidewall step flashing, seams behind chimneys, valleys that got shingled over instead of woven. On the 1990s and 2000s stock out in Byron and Stewartville, the planes are wide and plain, so the mat itself is what gives out and bruising reads evenly across a slope. Tear-off length follows that difference more than square footage does, and so does what we find under the shingles. The full range shows up on one block in a town like Eyota, where a railroad era gable stands next to a shallow 1970s ranch and neither wants the same underlayment.
What roofing in Olmsted County actually involves
The build year changes the estimate
A 1910 dormered house near Mayo does not take the same flashing or the same vent math as a 2003 build in Byron, and the year it went up is the first clue to which we are dealing with. We confirm that on the roof before anything is written down.
Hail belt work, ninety minutes south
Olmsted County sits in the state's hail belt, and we work it every season. That means we know the difference between a slope that took functional damage and one with marks that will not shorten its life, and we tell you which you have.
Tarping goes ahead of scheduled work
Someone takes the call at any hour, weekends included. After a storm the emergency covers get done before the booked jobs, because water coming through a ceiling in Rochester or Stewartville will not wait for Monday.
Where we serve
Cities we cover in Olmsted County
Rochester and the surrounding small towns, ninety minutes south of the metro and squarely in the state's hail belt.
Rochester, MNRochester grew around Mayo Clinic from a stagecoach stop, and its roofs range from 1900s Pill Hill homes to 1990s subdivisions.
Byron, MNByron sits ten miles west of Rochester on U.S. 14, and its population has more than doubled since 1990.
Stewartville, MNStewartville began as a mill town on the Root River in 1857 and now holds about 6,900 residents south of Rochester.
Oronoco, MNOronoco was platted in 1855 beside the Zumbro River, incorporated only in 1968, and now serves as a bedroom community for Rochester.
Eyota, MNEyota was platted in 1864 as a railroad town on the prairie east of Rochester and now has about 2,000 residents.
What people near Olmsted County say
Orange Exteriors fixed a minor leak that involved replacing flashing and a few shingles blown off our roof. Timely, quality work. Great ideas to keep our roof going long term.
Jim ThomasStorm damage repair We live in Eden Prairie. Orange did an excellent job on our siding replacement and provided great customer service all the way through.
Thomas DeSutterSiding replacement, Eden Prairie, MN
Serving Olmsted County from our Eden Prairie office
6600 City West Pkwy Suite 375, Eden Prairie, MN 55344. Open 24 hours, Sunday to Saturday, so a storm call never waits for business hours.
Olmsted County questions
What homeowners here ask us most. If yours is not covered, call and ask.
Do you cover the small towns in Olmsted County or just Rochester?
Every town in it. Rochester, Byron, Stewartville, Oronoco and Eyota are one service area for us, and the drive south does not change the quote. What the distance changes is how we sequence. We try to set the estimate visit and the tear-off so a crew is here for a full day, and we give you a start window the day before rather than a vague morning.
Hail hit my roof. Should I have the siding and windows checked too?
Both. Hail that dents a roof usually marks the walls that faced the storm too, and on the county's newer stock that shows up as cracked vinyl and dinged capping. We look at siding, windows and gutters on the same inspection so a claim covers the whole elevation instead of the roof alone, which is easier than reopening it later.
You are based in Eden Prairie. How do callbacks work in Olmsted County?
We come back. Being ninety minutes north means we schedule the return rather than swing by, so a small callback usually gets set for the next day we have a crew in the county. If water is coming in, that changes and we come out. Ask us how a warranty callback is handled before you sign anything, with any contractor.
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- Phone(612) 600-8529
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- Office6600 City West Pkwy Suite 375, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
- HoursOpen 24 hours, Sunday to Saturday
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