Roofing Built for Wisconsin Weather

Yes. We are not a sales office that subcontracts the work to whoever is cheapest that week. The people who quote your roof are the people who show up to do it, and the company is the same one on the state license lookup — every contractor pulling a permit on a dwelling in Wisconsin needs a Dwelling Contractor Certification, and the record shows how long they have held it.

We tarp the beds, keep plywood over anything we are dropping onto, and run a magnet over the lawn and driveway at the end of every day. Nails in tires are the most common complaint about roofers, so we take it seriously. If the dumpster has to sit in the street, the City of Watertown requires a right-of-way permit for it under § 457-7 of its code, valid fourteen days, and that is ours to get.

Where one is needed, we pull it — a permit pulled by the homeowner makes the homeowner the responsible party for code compliance on somebody else’s work. Whether one is needed depends entirely on your municipality, because Wis. Admin. Code § SPS 320.09(2)(b) leaves alterations and repairs to local ordinance. The City of Watertown does not require one for roofing or siding; Madison, Sun Prairie, Fort Atkinson, Cottage Grove and Wisconsin Dells all do. We check yours before the job and price it as a line item. The permit guide has all sixteen towns in a table.

The independent benchmark is $29,253 for a 30-square asphalt replacement in this region, and most houses here are smaller and cost more per square rather than less. The cost guide has the figure’s source, the Madison and Milwaukee numbers and the six things that move it, and the FAQ answers the money questions in one place.