Roofing in Gladstone, MO

Gladstone is core Northland, built out largely in the fifties through seventies. Ranches and split-levels on established lots, with the split-level being the local signature. Split-level roofs have two main planes at different heights with a wall between them, and that wall junction is a detail that gets built badly more often than it gets built well.

On a split-level, the upper roof drains toward a sidewall that runs down to the lower roof. That requires step flashing woven into every shingle course up the wall, plus a kickout flashing at the bottom to throw water into the gutter rather than behind the siding. The kickout is the piece that gets left off. Without it, water runs down the wall and into the wall cavity, and the damage shows up as rot inside the wall rather than as a ceiling stain. It is one of the most common and most expensive omissions we find.

The Northland catches storms coming down from the northwest as well as the western track that hits the rest of the metro. Gladstone's mature tree cover adds the debris and limb factor. Between the split-level wall details and the tree load, the inspections here tend to turn up more than the homeowner expected.

From downtown Kansas City, Gladstone is about 8 miles to the north, close enough that we book inspections here like any metro address. Reach us at 816-572-9500, day or night. Since Missouri has no statewide roofing license, check insurance and how long a company has been around.