Oakville, St. Louis County
Roof replacement and storm repair for Oakville homes
Oakville never became a city, so St. Louis County sets the building rules. Most homes here went up in the 1970s and 1980s, old enough that the roof overhead is rarely the original.
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Oakville fills the southern tip of St. Louis County, where the Meramec meets the Mississippi. Its river edge is bluff country: Cliff Cave County Park runs along the water, and a 2018 extension carried the riverside greenway two miles up the bluff to a scenic overlook, with a path in from Telegraph Road.
On a house built in 1975 or 1985, the roof is seldom the only part of the exterior showing its age. Gutters, fascia and soffit have weathered the same decades, and a useful inspection covers all of it. Ours is free, documented with photos, and walked through with you before anything is decided.
Places you will know
- Telegraph Road
- Baumgartner Road
- Cliff Cave County Park
- Mississippi Greenway
- Oakville High School
Census ACS 2020 to 2024 and NOAA Storm Events Database (hail within 5 miles). Details below.
Local homes
Built mostly in the 1970s and 1980s
More than half of Oakville’s homes, 53.9% in Census estimates, date from the 1970s and 1980s, and the 1990s added another 14.6%. Four in five are detached single-family houses, put up in an era when three-tab asphalt shingles were the standard roof.
Few of those first roofs are still in service, so the question now is what the last roofer left behind: a second layer laid over an old one, flashing reused at chimneys and sidewalls, or bath fans venting into the attic. St. Louis County’s re-roofing guide wants attic ventilation verified, or corrected to meet code, as part of the job, and exhaust ducts that end in the attic rerouted outdoors. Original gutters, fascia or soffit would now be 35 to 50 years old and are worth pricing with the roof.
Hail and wind
What the 2016 and 2025 storms left in south county
Of the 33 hail reports NOAA’s Storm Events Database places within 5 miles of Oakville since 2015, 20 came on a single night, March 14, 2025, with hail up to 2 inches near Cliff Cave. The same storms peeled a large amount of siding off a home in Oakville and damaged its roof trim, and a tornado that did its worst Jefferson County damage in Arnold moved on into south St. Louis County, causing tree damage and minor damage to several homes and a hospital.
The biggest stones on file came earlier, on May 11, 2016, when 2.5-inch hail fell near Maxville and supercells dropped hail up to 4 inches on St. Charles County. Hail damage often cannot be seen from the driveway, which is why we get on the roof and photograph what we find.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, hail reports with a location within 5 miles of the center of Oakville, January 2015 to June 2026. Reports come from spotters, NWS staff and the public, so they undercount.
Services
What we do in Oakville
Roof Replacement
Where more than one layer is on, county code calls for stripping everything down to the deck before new shingles go on. That is the moment to replace soft sheathing and correct the attic ventilation the county guide asks about.
Learn moreStorm and Hail Damage Repair
When storms like those of March 14, 2025 roll through, we document the damage in photos, help you get a claim started if one is warranted, and meet your adjuster at the house.
Learn moreGutters and Downspouts
Sectional gutters from the 1970s and 1980s tend to leak at the seams. We replace them with seamless, custom-fit runs and extend downspouts that dump water against the foundation.
Learn moreSoffit and Fascia
Rotted fascia behind an old gutter is common at this age. We repair or replace soffit and fascia, including vented soffit that lets the attic breathe.
Learn moreSiding
Wind that strips panels off one wall can unlock the courses beside them. Whether the wall is vinyl, fiber cement or wood, we can repair the damaged section or replace the side.
Learn moreOakville has no city government, so St. Louis County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works is its permit office. The county’s re-roofing guide exempts a like-for-like asphalt shingle replacement when the roof has a 4:12 pitch or more. It does want a permit for a lower pitch, for a job that swaps out more than a quarter of the deck sheathing, for a switch to a different roofing material, or where gapped board sheathing must give way to panels, and work that skips the permit still has to meet county code.
The guide also tells owners to check with other bodies that may have a say, subdivision trustees among them. Rules change, so confirm with St. Louis County Permit Processing (314-615-5184) before work starts; your roofer should handle any permit that is needed.
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FAQ
Roofing in Oakville: questions
Call (314) 222-9529 if yours is not here.
Does Oakville have its own building department?
No. Oakville is an unincorporated part of St. Louis County with no city hall, so county Public Works staff issue the permits and do the inspections. The county’s re-roofing guide, not a city ordinance, sets the rules for your roof.
Do our subdivision trustees need to approve a new roof?
They might. St. Louis County’s re-roofing guide lists subdivision trustees among the parties an owner may need to check with, separate from any county permit. Read your subdivision’s indentures or ask a trustee before you settle on a new color or material.
Was Oakville hit by hail on March 14, 2025?
Yes. NOAA logged 20 hail reports within 5 miles of Oakville that night, up to 2 inches near Cliff Cave, along with wind that stripped siding from a home. If nobody has looked at your roof since, a free inspection with photos will show whether there is damage worth a claim.
How can I tell if my roof has two layers?
Look at the roof edge along a gutter or at a gable end. Two stacked shingle edges, or an edge that looks unusually thick, usually mean a second layer. With more than one layer on, county code generally requires stripping everything to the deck at replacement.
Guides
For Oakville 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 guideHow 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 guide
Roofing With Integrity
Roofing in Oakville, 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
- American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 5-year estimates, Oakville CDP, U.S. Census Bureau via Census Reporter
- Storm Events Database, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
- Residential Re-Roofing Checklist and Guide, St. Louis County Department of Transportation and Public Works
- Oakville, Missouri, Wikipedia
- Tracing Oakville’s roots, Call Newspapers
- New Cliff Cave trail officially opens in Oakville, Call Newspapers
- Cliff Cave Park, Wikipedia