Roofing in Lenexa, KS

Lenexa spreads west along I-435 and the building eras stack up as you go. The eastern side near Old Town has modest older homes on generous lots. The middle is heavy with eighties and nineties development. West of Renner the construction is newer and the houses are larger, with the steeper pitches and complex geometry that came into fashion after 2000. Each of those eras failed differently, and the inspection has to account for which one you own.

A lot of Lenexa's eighties housing went up with cedar shake or with early architectural shingle, and both have consequences today. Where shake was converted, the sheathing question comes up. Where early architectural was used, the product itself was often a first-generation laminate that has not aged the way modern shingle does. We also see a fair number of low-slope porch and addition roofs tied into steep main roofs here, and that transition needs a proper membrane rather than shingle run down onto a pitch it was never rated for.

Lenexa catches the same western storm track as Olathe, a few minutes later. What we notice here is how much the tree canopy varies. The older eastern neighborhoods have heavy mature cover, which means limb damage and clogged valleys. The newer western subdivisions have almost none, which means full sun exposure on every slope and faster granule aging on the south and west elevations.

At roughly 14 miles southwest of downtown Kansas City, Lenexa is a regular stop for our KC branch. Call 913-281-6000 and a live person answers at any hour. We hold Kansas roofing license KS14-004306.