Serving Mendon and Adams County
A significant portion of homes in Mendon were built between 1955 and 1985 — a period when roofing materials and installation standards were different from today's code requirements. The original organic felt underlayment on these roofs is long past its service life. The galvanized steel flashing has typically corroded through at one or more points. The 3-tab shingles, if original, have exceeded their design life by a decade or more. We've inspected enough Adams County homes from this era to know what we're likely to find — and what it means for the homeowner.
Our inspectors have assessed thousands of Illinois roofs across every climate zone in the state. That experience informs every recommendation we make — we know what conditions actually look like, not just what the manual says.
Adams County's housing median of 1968 means many Mendon homeowners are managing roofs that have never had a professional inspection. Most roofing problems develop gradually — a sealant that cracks over three seasons, a flashing that lifts each winter and reseats less fully each spring — and only become expensive when allowed to run long enough. We catch these problems at the addressable stage, before they become structural.