Chesterfield, St. Louis County
Roofing and hail repair in Chesterfield
Most of Chesterfield’s houses were built in the 1970s and 1980s, and hail up to 2 inches fell here on May 16, 2025. Here is what that means for your roof, gutters and permits.
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Chesterfield sits across the Missouri River from our base in O’Fallon, and most of its neighborhoods went up in one long building wave in the 1970s and 1980s. A house built in 1978 has likely been re-roofed at least once, with its gutters, fascia and flashing patched more than once.
Correll Roofing Co. is a family-owned contractor with more than 20 years of roofing experience. Here that means free inspections documented with photos, straight answers on repair versus replacement, help through the insurance claim after a storm, and the gutters, soffits and siding that take a hit in the same storm.
Places you will know
- Chesterfield Valley
- Baxter Road
- Wild Horse Creek Road
- Olive Boulevard
- Faust Park
- Spirit of St. Louis Airport
Census ACS 2020 to 2024 and NOAA Storm Events Database (hail within 5 miles). Details below.
Local homes
1970s and 1980s subdivisions above a rebuilt valley
Chesterfield was pieced together from old farm villages such as Gumbo, Monarch and Bellefontaine, and it did not incorporate until 1988. Census estimates put 31.9% of its housing units in the 1970s and 22.6% in the 1980s. The bottomland once called Gumbo Flats became Chesterfield Valley after the Missouri River broke through the Monarch levee in 1993. It is now stores, offices and the Spirit of St. Louis Airport behind a 500-year levee, and the houses sit on higher ground around it.
On a house from that era we check gutter size against the roof above it, soft fascia behind the gutters, and whether the attic vents still work. About one home in eight is an attached villa or townhouse (12.2% of units), where the roof is often shared and the association may make the call.
Hail and wind
The afternoon of May 16, 2025, and the hail before it
NOAA’s Storm Events Database shows 26 hail reports within 5 miles of Chesterfield from January 2015 through June 2026, and 12 of them came in about 11 minutes on the afternoon of May 16, 2025. Two were 2-inch hail, during the supercell outbreak that produced 34 hail reports across St. Louis County. Big hail is not new here: on May 11, 2016, the day midday supercells dropped very large hail on St. Charles County, a 1.75-inch report came in about half a mile from the middle of the city.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, hail reports with a location within 5 miles of the center of Chesterfield, January 2015 to June 2026. Reports come from spotters, NWS staff and the public, so they undercount.
Services
What we do in Chesterfield
Roof Replacement
Most replacements here are on 1970s and 1980s two-stories with several roof planes. We tear off to the decking, replace soft sheathing where we find it, and recycle the old shingles.
Learn moreStorm and Hail Damage Repair
After a hail day like May 16, 2025, we photograph the roof, gutters, vents and siding, walk you through it, and help you start a claim and meet your adjuster if there is damage worth claiming.
Learn moreGutters and Downspouts
Seamless, custom-fit gutters sized for long two-story roof runs, with downspouts and extensions set to carry water clear of the house on sloped lots.
Learn moreSoffit and Fascia
Fascia can rot unseen behind old gutters on houses this age. We replace damaged boards and can add vented soffit to help the attic breathe.
Learn moreCommercial Roofing
Chesterfield Valley is mostly commercial property, and we handle commercial roofing as well as homes.
Learn moreChesterfield contracts with St. Louis County for building permits and inspections, so the county’s Department of Transportation and Public Works issues them after the city grants Municipal Zoning Approval. Under the county’s re-roofing checklist, new asphalt shingles replacing old ones need no permit when the pitch is 4:12 or steeper; a permit comes into play for a flatter roof, for replacing more than 25% of the sheathing, or for trading wood shingles for asphalt. Rules change, so call the county at (314) 615-5184 before the job is scheduled; pulling any permit is your roofer’s job.
The city’s zoning form asks applicants for exterior work to notify subdivision trustees and adjacent owners, and it notes that the city does not enforce private indentures. The Villages at Baxter Ridge, for one, requires trustee approval of all exterior modifications, roofs included, before work begins, and the city posts a list of trustees online.
Fixed on the spot
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Knowledgeable, polite, and responsive
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Reassured me and walked me through the process
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FAQ
Roofing in Chesterfield: questions
Call (314) 222-9529 if yours is not here.
Do I need approval for a tear-off dumpster in my Chesterfield driveway?
Yes. The city’s building permits page says a roll-off container needs Municipal Zoning Approval, which is good for 30 days and lists no fee. The container has to sit on your property on a paved surface such as the driveway, not in the street, on the sidewalk or in the yard. Ask your roofer who is filing for it before delivery day.
Why does the hail record mention South Bellefontaine and Gumbo?
NOAA places each report near a named point, and some of those points are old villages now inside Chesterfield, including Bellefontaine, Gumbo and Monarch. One of the two 2-inch reports on May 16, 2025 was placed near South Bellefontaine, about 2 miles from the middle of the city. If your street was in that storm’s path, have the roof looked at up close.
I live in an attached villa. Who decides about the roof?
Start with your declaration or indenture. In many attached communities the association maintains the roofs and replaces them building by building, and those documents also shape whose policy a storm claim goes through. Your board and your insurance agent can tell you which applies before anyone signs a contract.
Guides
For Chesterfield homeowners
After a hail or wind storm
A calm checklist for the first two days after hail or high wind. Stay safe, check from the ground, document the storm date, protect the house, call your insurer and sign nothing at the door.
Read the guide
Missouri roof insurance claims
From the first photos to the final check, here is how a Missouri storm claim usually unfolds, what actual cash value and recoverable depreciation mean, and what state law says about roofing contracts.
Read the guide
How long a roof lasts
Architectural shingles often run about 30 years, metal 40 to 80 and good slate far longer, but St. Louis heat, freeze-thaw winters and hail move those numbers. Here is what to expect and why.
Read the guideNearby areas we serve
Roofing With Integrity
Roofing in Chesterfield, starting with a free inspection.
No obligation and no pressure. We look over the roof and exterior, photograph what we find and walk you through it. If you have storm damage, we help with the insurance claim from the first call.
- Call(314) 222-9529
- Emailoffice@correllroofingco.com
- Based in O’Fallon1048 Rondale Ct., O’Fallon, MO 63368
- Chesterfield city, Missouri profile, ACS 2020 to 2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau via Census Reporter
- Year Structure Built (B25034), Chesterfield, U.S. Census Bureau via Census Reporter
- Units in Structure (B25024), Chesterfield, U.S. Census Bureau via Census Reporter
- Storm Events Database, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
- Building Permits, City of Chesterfield
- Municipal Zoning Approval (MZA) application, City of Chesterfield
- Subdivision Trustees, City of Chesterfield
- Residential Re-Roofing Checklist and Guide, St. Louis County Department of Transportation and Public Works
- Code Enforcement Municipal Contracts, St. Louis County
- Instructions for Preparing an Architectural Improvement Request, The Villages at Baxter Ridge
- Chesterfield, Missouri, Wikipedia
- After the Great Flood of ‘93, Chesterfield Valley emerged from Gumbo Flats, St. Louis Public Radio