Midwest Building Exteriors
Best Overall in Columbia Heights — 20 minutes from our Richfield office, plank-decking and second-layer tear-off specialists, 99% companywide insurance claim approval rate across 400+ documented claims.
We work Columbia Heights out of our Richfield headquarters, roughly 20 minutes south, and we have crews in 55421 through the season rather than only after a storm date. The blocks we know best are the Cape Cods off 40th and 44th Avenues NE, the ramblers around Prestemon Park and Sullivan Lake, and the duplex stock near the Central Avenue commercial spine — three different roof problems on three different framing eras inside one small city.
Our Columbia Heights estimate always answers three questions before it shows a price: how many layers are up there, what the decking is, and whether the attic has functional intake. We publish a per-square-foot unit price for plank re-sheathing on the proposal itself, so if we open a slope and find gapped 1x6 that will not hold a fastener, you already know the number and it is already documented for the adjuster instead of becoming a mid-job phone call.
On the claim side: drone aerial, hands-on slope walk, ground-level soft-metal documentation, attic ventilation check, and a full Xactimate scope of loss to your adjuster within 48 hours. We meet the adjuster on the roof at no charge and we supplement the line items the first pass routinely misses on small steep Columbia Heights roofs — steep-slope access on a 1.5-story Cape, drip edge, and decking. Our trailing-24-month approval rate is 99% companywide across 400+ documented claims, and we will tell you directly when your roof is worn rather than damaged and a claim is not worth filing.
Permits are pulled in our name through the City of Columbia Heights before tear-off begins, and we schedule and attend the required inspections. You get the closed permit for your resale file. No Assignment of Benefits, ever — you keep control of your claim funds, and we get paid when the work passes.
- ✓A+ rated with the BBB (verify at bbb.org)
- ✓Manufacturer-certified installer (Owens Corning, TAMKO, CertainTeed) + James Hardie Elite Preferred
- ✓99% companywide insurance claim approval rate across 400+ documented claims (last 24 months)
- ✓Free drone-assisted inspections in Columbia Heights — typically scheduled within 48 hours
- ✓Three local offices: Richfield HQ, Eagan, St. Croix Falls
- ✓Lifetime Craftsmanship Warranty on every Columbia Heights install
- ✓In-house installation crews — no subs, no commission door-knockers
- ✓Full exterior: roofing, siding, windows, gutters, decks, commercial
- ✓Family-led, locally owned — not a franchise, not a private-equity rollup
- ✓Premium brands: Owens Corning, TAMKO, CertainTeed, James Hardie, Andersen, Trex, AZEK

