About Decatur Roof Pros: Licensed Roofing Pros in IL
We work on Decatur roofs, on the Macon County villages around the city, and on the small towns south and east of it in Moultrie, Shelby and Christian counties. Most of what we do is asphalt: replacement, re-covering where it is allowed, leak repair, storm and hail work, and the flashing and ventilation that decide whether any of it lasts.
What shapes how we work is the housing itself. This is an old, inexpensive stock in a city that has been getting smaller for decades, and it has been reroofed cheaply many times over. So the first thing we establish is how many coverings are already up there, because that single fact decides what the code permits, what the job costs and whether we should be selling you anything at all.
There are jobs we will not take. We do not coat asphalt shingles, we do not price tile conversions without a structural engineer's letter, we will not write an insurance claim we do not believe is covered, and we will not quote a re-cover on a roof already carrying two applications no matter how the conversation goes. If your roof has four honest years left in it, we would rather say so and look again later.
If you have a roofing project in Decatur, the fastest way to get a real number is a free on-site estimate. See every Decatur service we handle, check whether we cover Mount Zion, IL and the rest of Macon County and the middle Sangamon valley, or go back to the Decatur Roof Pros homepage to start. You can also reach us directly on (844) 511-2320.
Credentials
- License: Roofing contractor licensed by Illinois through its Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, under the state's Roofing Industry Licensing Act, which is codified at 225 ILCS 335, holding the unlimited class. Section 5(a) of that Act makes us print the number and the company name on bids and contracts, and Section 5(a-3) stops a municipality handing a roofing permit to anybody who cannot show a current one.
- Insurance: The unlimited class carries a 25,000 dollar continuous surety bond filed with the state under Section 3, against 10,000 for the limited class, and the Act separately requires public liability and property damage cover to be on file. Workers' compensation is held without lapse and the certificate reaches you from the carrier, not from us.
- Association: Greater Decatur Chamber of Commerce member. The more useful record is at the counter: work we do inside the city is permitted through the Building Inspections Division of the Economic and Community Development Department, so what we have done at other Decatur addresses sits in a file the city will show you.
- Warranty: a written workmanship warranty, and on a re-cover a second short paragraph naming what it cannot reach, which is the covering left underneath and the deck below that, neither of which we removed and neither of which we will pretend to stand behind
How Decatur Roof Pros works
How a job with Decatur 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, and on a re-cover a second short paragraph naming what it cannot reach, which is the covering left underneath and the deck below that, neither of which we removed and neither of which we will pretend to stand behind 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 Decatur.
Where Decatur Roof Pros works and who we work with
Decatur, IL first, then the surrounding communities of Macon County and the middle Sangamon valley: Mount Zion, Forsyth, Argenta, Maroa, Warrensburg, Blue Mound, Harristown, Long Creek 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 Macon County and the middle Sangamon valley. Start with the Decatur services, the Decatur Roof Pros homepage, or just call (844) 511-2320.
Why Decatur Chooses Decatur Roof Pros
- ✓We count the coverings on your roof before we price it, at a rake and again at an eave, and the number goes on the estimate. Nobody can quote a Decatur roof honestly without it, and most bids you will collect never mention yours at all.
- ✓At two applications we stop offering choices. The residential code the city adopted forbids a third, so there is one lawful job and one price, and we show you the doubled courses we found rather than asking you to take our word for it.
- ✓At one application we will quote the nail-over, which a lot of companies in this market refuse to put on paper because it is the smaller sale and the harder thing to be proud of.
- ✓Fastener length is a written line rather than a shop habit. A shingle going over an existing covering needs a longer nail to reach wood, and short nails on a re-cover are the failure we pull off houses here more than any other.
- ✓We turn work down in writing: no coatings over asphalt shingles, no tile conversions without an engineer's letter naming the load, and nothing that would bury a layer count somebody later needs to read.
- ✓Intake and exhaust ventilation are counted in square inches and printed on the estimate, because adding a covering adds nothing to the airflow underneath it and a boxed cornice has no intake to begin with.
What Decatur Customers Say
Two companies quoted us a full tear-off without ever getting on the roof. These guys lifted a shingle at the rake, showed me one layer and a solid deck, and quoted a re-cover for about half. Four winters later there is nothing to report.
Our shop building had a flat roof somebody had rolled over twice. They took core plugs, drew it up on a plan and showed me the wet bays. We replaced those and coated the rest, which was a fraction of what I had budgeted for.
Called about hail after the neighbors all filed. They chalked test squares, counted, and told me straight that what I had was granule wear and a claim would probably be denied. Nobody has ever talked me out of spending money before.
The chimney was where our old roof failed, and they explained exactly why the last crew's caulk job was never going to hold on an overlay. New step flashing woven in, counterflashing reset in a cut joint. Dry through a bad spring.
Service Areas
Decatur Roof Pros serves Decatur, IL and surrounding communities including: