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By Christian Musta·Owner, Midwest Building Exteriors·Reviewed August 28, 2026

Maplewood homeowners trust MBE for warranty-backed roofing, siding, and full storm restoration across every neighborhood.

Maplewood wraps around the northeast and east sides of Saint Paul in a shape no other Ramsey County city has, and that geography is the first thing a roofing estimate here has to account for. Beaver Lake, Battle Creek, Maplewood Heights, Hillside, and Carver Ridge are not one market. They are pockets of very different housing built decades apart, and a bid written for one of them will be wrong for the others.

The older neighborhoods near Larpenteur and Frost Avenue date from the 1940s and 1950s — mid-century ramblers and bungalows, commonly 16 to 20 squares, and a meaningful share of them still carry original 1×6 plank decking under the shingles. That single detail is the most frequent source of a mid-project cost change in this city, because plank spacing that was legal in 1952 will not accept modern fasteners at code and has to be sheathed over. East toward 694 the stock shifts to 1980s and 1990s builder-grade single-families, most of them now on their second or third roof, with 1980s hardboard or wood siding that often fails its moisture check on the same visit.

Maplewood also has a substantial townhome and association population, and those are association decisions rather than owner decisions. Communities documented by name in public association directories include Maple Park Shores Association, Maple Woods Townhouses on McKnight Lane, Maplewood Ponds Townhome on Larpenteur Avenue East, and McKnight Townhomes Condominium Association on Dorland Road South. We are naming them only because they are matters of public record — we are not going to tell you what any of their architectural rules say, because those live in each association's recorded declarations and current guidelines and they get amended.

On storms: eastern Ramsey County sits in the east-metro hail track, and the NOAA Storm Events Database records hail events in the county including stones at 1.25 inches. The National Weather Service Twin Cities office published a summary of a June 19, 2026 afternoon hail and wind event, and Storm Prediction Center-sourced reports place hail near Maplewood that day in a range up to roughly 1.75 inches. Those are report points, not a damage map — hail falls in patchy swaths, and the only thing that establishes whether your specific roof was hit is an inspection of your specific roof. Your notice deadline is on your declarations page, not on a contractor's website.

What follows is our 2026 ranking of the companies bidding this city, with the license, address, and BBB facts we could actually source and an explicit note wherever we could not. Then real cost ranges by Maplewood roof size, and the permit and claim detail that decides how these projects go. We are Midwest Building Exteriors, and yes — we ranked ourselves #1.

On the ground in Maplewood

What we actually see on Maplewood roofs.

Maplewood is a patchwork of small lakes — Beaver Lake, Kohlman Lake, Lake Phalen along its edge — with neighborhoods like Battle Creek and Maplewood Heights built up mostly in the 1960s through 1980s around them. The topography rolls more than most inner-ring suburbs, with houses set into wooded hillsides near Battle Creek Regional Park, which affects both tree exposure and how water moves off a roof during heavy rain.

A lot of Maplewood's housing is now 40 to 60 years old, which puts most original or first-replacement roofs well past a normal service life. That's relevant after wind and hail events because a roof at end-of-life often shows damage more readily and can more easily justify full replacement rather than a spot repair — insurers weigh existing wear alongside storm impact.

Ramsey County's east side, where Maplewood sits, regularly picks up storm cells tracking down from the St. Croix Valley corridor before they reach the urban core, so Maplewood sometimes takes a harder hit than neighborhoods just a few miles west. We keep an eye on which blocks reported damage in recent seasons when we're scoping a new inspection here.

Typical housing stock: 1960s–1980s ramblers and split-levels around Maplewood's lakes and Battle Creek hillsides
Common roof issue: Roofs at or past typical service life, compounded by valley debris on wooded, hilly lots
Permits: Pulled through the City of Maplewood building department

Aerial inspection and damage documentation on a Maplewood home near Battle Creek, used to support the insurance estimate.

Active across Ramsey County

Beaver Lake
Battle Creek
Maplewood Heights
Hillside
Carver Ridge

How we ranked the top Maplewood roofers

Nobody paid to be on this list. Every contractor below was measured against the same five criteria using publicly checkable sources: BBB records, manufacturer certification registries, recent customer reviews, and Minnesota license lookups.

1. BBB record
Five-year complaint history, not just the letter grade. Unresolved and pattern complaints count against a contractor.
2. Manufacturer certifications
Top-tier credentials require training, volume, and financial checks — and they unlock the strongest workmanship warranties.
3. Recent verified reviews
Google, Facebook, and BBB reviews from the last two years, weighted for recency and volume rather than raw star count.
4. Insurance claim expertise
Documented work with Minnesota carriers, in-house damage documentation, and real supplement experience — not just 'we work with insurance.'
5. Local presence and full-exterior capability
A physical office nearby and the ability to handle roof, siding, windows, and gutters on one claim instead of splitting the scope.

No contractor paid for placement on this list. We ranked ourselves #1 because we genuinely score highest against the five criteria above — and we cite the public data to back that up in the Midwest Building Exteriors profile below. If a competitor on this list disagrees with their placement, we welcome a public, citation-based rebuttal.

Quick comparison

Rank	Company	BBB Rating	Key Certifications	Google Rating	Best For
#1	#1 Ranked Midwest Building Exteriors	A+ rated with the BBB	Manufacturer-certified installer, James Hardie Elite Preferred, Andersen Certified, Trex Pro	5.0 ★	Best Overall — plank-deck tear-offs, east-Ramsey claim documentation, association buildings
#2	Twin City Roofing	No BBB rating confirmed at the time of writing — check the profile yourself	Lists Minnesota license #BC020943 on its own website; self-reported, verify in the DLI lookup	Not listed	Homeowners who want a bidder physically based in 55117, minutes from the Maplewood line
#3	Sellers Roofing Company	Cites a 5.0 rating on its own site; we could not confirm that on bbb.org	Saint Paul-based union shop (Roofers Local 96); states it has served Maplewood since 2007	Not listed	Union-labor preference and steep-slope Saint Paul stock
#4	Lindus Construction	A+, BBB Accredited (profile filed under Baldwin, Wisconsin)	In business since 1979; Minnesota license number not confirmed on the DLI lookup	Not listed	Retail replacement when you are paying cash rather than filing a claim
#5	Quality Exteriors, Inc.	BBB profile filed under West Saint Paul, MN — rating and accreditation not confirmed	Minnesota license number not confirmed; ask for it and check the DLI lookup	Not listed	Homeowners already committed to a specific shingle line
#6	All Elements, Inc.	A+ and BBB Accredited, but the BBB profile discloses a Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry consent order entered April 25, 2023	Monticello, MN office — Wright County, roughly 40 miles from Maplewood	Not listed	Read the BBB disclosure first, then decide

Top 7 roofing companies in Maplewood, MN

#1 · Best Overall

Midwest Building Exteriors

Best Overall in Maplewood — plank-deck tear-offs priced before we start, city permit pulled under our license, and the whole east-metro claim documented in one file.

Maplewood is covered from two directions for us — the Richfield office across the metro and the St. Croix Falls office that anchors our east-metro work — and we are in this city on ordinary weekdays, not only in the four weeks after a hail date. Our installation history runs across Beaver Lake, Battle Creek, Maplewood Heights, Hillside, Carver Ridge, and the older established blocks near Larpenteur and Frost Avenue, on single-family homes and on shared-roof association buildings.

On Maplewood's 1940s and 1950s stock, the credential that actually changes the outcome is the one that survives a deck rebuild. We are a manufacturer-certified installer, so when a tear-off exposes original 1×6 plank decking and we re-sheath to code, the enhanced system warranty stays intact instead of dropping to a bare shingle-only warranty. We are also LP SmartSide and James Hardie Elite Preferred certified, which is the pairing we use when 1980s hardboard or wood siding on the same house fails its moisture check. Every install is registered under our Lifetime Craftsmanship Warranty — 50 years material, 25 workmanship, transferable once.

Decking is also where we differ on the estimate itself. Most Maplewood bids quote a walkable roof and add sheathing later as a change order, which is how a $17,000 project becomes a $21,000 project on day two. We inspect from the attic side before we price, we say in writing what we expect to find under the shingles, and re-sheathing appears as a visible line item with a per-sheet rate rather than as a surprise.

Permits go through the City of Maplewood's own building department at 1830 County Road B East — the city is the code authority inside its limits, not Ramsey County. Maplewood's fees are valuation-based off the published city fee schedule, with plan review and the state surcharge on top; we carry that in our price and pull the permit under our license before any tear-off. We confirm the current inspection sequence with the department on each job rather than assuming last year's process, and on plank-decked homes we photograph the new sheathing before it is covered so the record exists whether or not it is asked for. You get the closed permit and the deck photos at handoff for resale disclosure.

On the claim side we document, and we are precise about where that stops. The free inspection produces aerial imagery, a hands-on walk of every slope we can safely stand on, tight shots of gutters, aprons, vents and screens, the attic-side look at the deck, and an itemized Xactimate scope of loss to you and your carrier within two business days. When your insurer's adjuster schedules, a senior project manager is on the roof with them at no cost to you. That adjuster decides your claim. Midwest Building Exteriors does not act as a public adjuster on a project it contracts to repair, and Christian Musta's Minnesota Public Adjuster license is a competency and ethics credential behind how thoroughly we document rather than a service we sell you. Companywide across the trailing 24 months, 400+ documented legitimate claims we documented were approved — and when a Maplewood roof is simply at the end of its service life rather than storm-damaged, we say so instead of filing. No Assignment of Benefits, ever.

Service scope is full-spectrum: roofing, James Hardie fiber cement and LP SmartSide siding, Andersen windows, K-style and half-round gutters, Trex and AZEK composite decking. On the older Maplewood housing stock a hail file is rarely just a roof, and one contractor across the whole exterior scope is materially faster than coordinating three.

Crews are in-house, drug-tested, background-checked, and covered under Minnesota workers' compensation. A senior project manager, not a commission-only estimator, walks every job from first inspection through warranty handoff. We do not subcontract production and we do not knock doors after storms. Call (612) 750-6051 or request a free drone inspection online — typical Maplewood scheduling within 48 hours.

✓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 Maplewood — typically scheduled within 48 hours
✓Three local offices: Richfield HQ, Eagan, St. Croix Falls
✓Lifetime Craftsmanship Warranty on every Maplewood 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

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Twin City Roofing

Saint Paul shop at 72 Ivy Avenue West, 55117 — the closest office on this list to the Maplewood line.

Of every company bidding Maplewood, this is the one whose own address sits nearest the city. The 55117 location on Ivy Avenue West is a short drive from the Larpenteur and Frost Avenue neighborhoods, which matters on the older stock where a decking surprise means a second trip. Their site states Minnesota license #BC020943 — that is self-reported, and you should type it into the Department of Labor and Industry license lookup yourself before signing, the same as you should with ours.

One caution on the name: there is a separately named 'Twin Cities Roofing' headquartered in Eagan, in the south metro. They are not the same company. If a salesperson at your door uses the name, ask which entity, which address, and which license number, and confirm all three.

Sellers Roofing Company

Saint Paul union contractor (Roofers Local 96) that names Maplewood in its own service history.

Sellers is a Saint Paul-based shop that states on its own site it has worked in Maplewood since 2007 and that it is a union roofing contractor through Local 96. If crew labor standards are part of how you pick a contractor, that is a real differentiator and it is checkable with the local.

The rating they publish on their own site is a self-published figure; we could not confirm it on bbb.org, so treat it as a claim rather than a verified score. Ask for the Minnesota license number and the certificate of insurance in writing, and confirm whether the crew on your house is in-house or referred.

Lindus Construction

Large regional retail contractor headquartered in Baldwin, Wisconsin.

Lindus is a genuinely established company — in business since 1979, BBB Accredited with an A+ rating on a profile filed under Baldwin, Wisconsin. It is worth being clear about that address: this is a Wisconsin-headquartered regional firm serving the Twin Cities broadly, not a Maplewood-local business, whatever a landing page says.

The retail sales model produces a clean fixed proposal and is a reasonable fit if you are replacing a Maplewood roof out of pocket. It is a weaker fit for a claim, where the value comes from arguing individual line items with an adjuster rather than presenting one package price. We could not confirm their Minnesota contractor license number on the state lookup — ask for it directly.

Quality Exteriors, Inc.

General contractor with a BBB profile filed under West Saint Paul.

West Saint Paul is adjacent territory rather than east-metro territory, and we found no documentation of a specific Maplewood service history. That is not a knock — plenty of good contractors work city to city — but if local permit familiarity is part of what you are buying, ask them directly how many Maplewood permits they have pulled and in what years.

We were not able to confirm their BBB rating, accreditation status, or Minnesota license number from a primary source. Get all three in writing and verify the license at dli.mn.gov before you sign anything.

All Elements, Inc.

Monticello, MN restoration generalist — read the BBB disclosure before you bid them.

All Elements is a real, BBB Accredited, A+ rated company, and we are listing it because it bids work out here. We are also going to state the thing a ranking article usually leaves out: the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry's published Residential Building Contractor Enforcement Actions list for 2023 — retrieved August 28, 2026 — records a Consent Order against "All Elements Inc. and John Lee Thurber – BC323540 and QB124930" of Monticello, MN: "Respondents censured; $10,500 monetary penalty with $7,500 stayed with conditions – 4/25/2023," file RBC2303-0016/ALF. DLI states on that same list that "A Consent Order is not a finding of fact or admission of guilt," and the list does not describe the underlying allegations. We are not characterizing it beyond what the record says — it is public information you are entitled to have before you hand someone a roof, and the company can explain it if you ask. One caveat we apply to every record like this: DLI's enforcement lists are living documents and a 2023 order does not describe a company's status today; records get amended, penalties get satisfied, and conditions get lifted. Check the current record yourself in the DLI license lookup at dli.mn.gov, or call DLI at 651-284-5069, before you decide anything.

Geography is the second consideration. The office is in Monticello, in Wright County, roughly forty miles from Maplewood on the opposite side of the metro, and we found no documented east-metro branch. On a job where a tear-off exposes plank decking at 10 a.m., distance is not an abstraction.

Maplewood pricing · 2026

What a roof actually costs in Maplewood (2026)

Maplewood is an inner-ring cost market, not a subdivision cost market. The 1940s and 1950s ramblers and bungalows near Larpenteur and Frost Avenue mostly measure 16 to 20 squares on walkable pitch, and the 1980s and 1990s stock east toward 694 runs a little larger but stays simple in geometry. That puts a Maplewood replacement well below the metro figures quoted for Woodbury or Plymouth. What moves a number here is almost never square footage. It is the second shingle layer, the original 1×6 plank decking underneath it, and the near-total absence of intake ventilation in 1950s soffits — so the re-sheathing and ventilation lines matter more than the shingle line.

Maplewood roof replacement cost ranges by roof size and shingle grade, 2026
Roof size	Architectural (30-yr)	Class 4 impact-resistant	Designer / dimensional
14–17 squaresPost-war rambler or bungalow near Larpenteur and Frost Avenue	$12,300 – $16,900	$14,900 – $20,300	$17,600 – $24,100
18–22 squaresThe most common Maplewood roof — mid-century single-family, Beaver Lake and Hillside	$15,400 – $21,800	$18,600 – $26,100	$22,000 – $31,000
23–28 squares1980s–1990s two-story east toward 694, Maplewood Heights and Carver Ridge	$19,200 – $27,400	$23,100 – $32,700	$27,400 – $38,600
Association / townhome buildingShared-roof townhome and multi-unit buildings — priced per building and allocated by the association, not per unit	quoted per building	quoted per building	quoted per building

Architectural (30-yr): The Maplewood default. Laminated asphalt over synthetic underlayment, ice-and-water at eaves and valleys to at least the Minnesota code minimum, all new flashing, boots, and ridge venting. The spec most approved east-metro hail claims fund at replacement cost value.
Class 4 impact-resistant: UL 2218 Class 4 laminate. Eastern Ramsey County sits in the east-metro hail track, and most Minnesota carriers apply a 5–20% premium credit for Class 4. On an approved claim the upgrade delta is normally the homeowner's cost.
Designer / dimensional: Heavier profile, deeper shadow line, longer wind warranty. Worth pricing on the Cape Cods and story-and-a-halfs where the roof is most of the front elevation.

Line items that move a Maplewood number

City of Maplewood roofing permit and inspections (contractor-pulled, valuation-based city fee plus state surcharge)included in our price
OSB re-sheathing over original 1×6 plank decking — the most common Maplewood overage+$2.90 – $4.40 per sq ft
Second-layer tear-off and additional disposal+$85 – $145 per square
Soffit intake vent cut-in where 1950s soffits have none+$650 – $1,900
Ice-and-water shield extended beyond the code minimum on shallow rambler eaves+$3.50 – $6.00 per lineal foot
Gutter and downspout replacement after hail-dented aprons+$9 – $16 per lineal foot

Ranges are installed totals in 2026 dollars — tear-off, ice-and-water shield, synthetic underlayment, new flashing and pipe boots, ridge venting, permit, disposal, and magnetic cleanup included. They are planning numbers, not a quote: pitch, layer count, decking condition, access, and color availability all move the final figure. On an approved insurance claim your out-of-pocket cost is your deductible, not the numbers below.

Maplewood homeowner guide · 2026

Plank decking on the Larpenteur and Frost Avenue stock: the Maplewood cost variable

If your Maplewood house was built in the 1940s or 1950s, there is a good chance the shingles are nailed to 1×6 boards laid with gaps between them rather than to continuous sheathing. That was ordinary construction at the time and it is not a defect. It becomes a cost variable at tear-off, because a modern shingle system needs a nailable, continuous substrate, and plank that has cupped, split at the nail line, or sits too far apart cannot deliver it.

The honest version of this conversation happens before the contract, not on the morning of the tear-off. An estimator can get most of the way there from inside the attic — board width, gap spacing, cupping, daylight, prior water staining — and can tell you what percentage of the deck is likely to need overlay or replacement. What you want on the page is a per-sheet or per-square rate for re-sheathing, agreed in advance, so that if the deck turns out worse than expected you are paying an agreed rate rather than negotiating from the roof.

There is a warranty consequence too, and it is the part homeowners rarely hear. Re-sheathing changes the assembly. Whether the enhanced manufacturer system warranty survives that depends on the installer's certification and on the components used. An uncertified crew that re-decks a Maplewood rambler can leave you with a shingle-only warranty on a roof you paid full price for.

✓ Ask every bidder whether they inspected the deck from the attic before quoting
✓ Get a written per-sheet or per-square re-sheathing rate in the contract, not a verbal one
✓ Ask what happens to the manufacturer warranty if the deck is replaced
✓ Require photographs of new sheathing before it is covered — they are your only record
✓ A bid that is silent on decking on a 1950s Maplewood house is not a complete bid

Maplewood homeowner guide · 2026

Maplewood permits, east-metro hail dates, and what a claim file should contain

A full tear-off reroof in Maplewood is permitted work, and it is the city that permits it. The City of Maplewood runs its own building and inspections department at 1830 County Road B East (651-249-2300), and inside city limits the city, not Ramsey County, is the building code authority. Fees are valuation-based off the city's published fee schedule — as one example from the current schedule, a job valued between $2,001 and $25,000 is charged $82.35 plus $16.42 for each additional $1,000 of valuation, with plan review and the Minnesota state surcharge added on top. Confirm the current inspection sequence with the department for your job; a contractor who tells you what the inspector will ask for without having called is guessing.

Statewide code sets the ice barrier requirement, not the city. The Minnesota Residential Code requires an ice barrier membrane running from the eave edge to a point at least 24 inches inside the exterior wall line in areas with a history of ice forming along the eaves, which includes all of the Twin Cities. Extending it further than the minimum is a judgment call, and it is cheap insurance on the shallow-pitch rambler eaves common in this city.

On the storm side, the NOAA Storm Events Database records hail in Ramsey County including stones at 1.25 inches, and the National Weather Service Twin Cities office published a summary of the June 19, 2026 afternoon hail and wind event, with Storm Prediction Center-sourced reports placing hail near Maplewood that day in a range up to roughly 1.75 inches. We are deliberately not telling you that your roof was damaged on that date. Hail is patchy, report points are not damage maps, and the only thing that settles the question is an inspection of your specific slopes.

A claim file that holds up looks the same every time: a date of loss tied to a documented event, aerial and hand-taken slope-by-slope photography, soft-metal evidence on gutters, aprons, vents and screens, a note on deck and attic condition, and an itemized scope of loss in the format the carrier's estimating platform uses. Your carrier's adjuster makes the coverage decision on that record. Our job is to make the record complete and accurate, to be on the roof when the adjuster is, and to supplement line items the first pass missed — not to determine the outcome ourselves.

✓ Verify every bidder's Minnesota license in the DLI lookup at dli.mn.gov, ours included
✓ The permit is pulled under the contractor's license; ask for the closed record at handoff
✓ Tie your claim to a documented date of loss and check the notice deadline on your declarations page
✓ Refuse any Assignment of Benefits; keep control of your own claim
✓ A contractor offering to waive or absorb your deductible is proposing insurance fraud in Minnesota — decline

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Frequently asked questions about roofing in Maplewood, MN

My Maplewood roof is original to the house from the 1970s. Is it too old for a storm claim?

Age alone doesn't disqualify a claim, but it is a factor an adjuster weighs alongside the storm damage. An older roof at end-of-life is often more easily documented as needing full replacement rather than a spot repair, since wear and impact damage tend to compound.

We're on a wooded hillside near Battle Creek Park — does the slope of the lot matter for roofing?

It affects drainage and debris more than the roof structure itself. Hillside lots with mature tree cover collect more leaf and needle debris in valleys, which holds moisture longer, so we pay close attention to valley and flashing condition on these properties.

Does Maplewood get hit by storms differently than nearby St. Paul neighborhoods?

Maplewood sits on the eastern edge of Ramsey County, in the path of storms tracking in from the St. Croix Valley, so it can pick up hail or wind before cells reach neighborhoods further west. It's one reason we watch storm reports by specific city, not just by metro area.

Who handles the Maplewood permit for my roof replacement?

We do — the permit is pulled through the City of Maplewood building department in our name, and we schedule the final inspection with the city once the work is complete.

How much does a new roof cost in Maplewood, MN?

As of early 2026, a full residential roof replacement on a typical Maplewood single-family home (1,800–2,400 sq ft of roof area, standard pitch) runs between $15,400 and $21,800 for a high-quality architectural shingle system installed to manufacturer spec. Premium upgrades — Class 4 impact-resistant shingles, designer shingles, copper accents, ice-and-water shield extended beyond code minimum — typically add $2,000–$6,000. Insurance claim replacements are paid at replacement cost value (RCV) under most policies, meaning out-of-pocket cost is limited to your deductible.

Do I need a permit to replace my roof in Maplewood, and who issues it?

Yes, and the City of Maplewood issues it — not Ramsey County. The city runs its own building and inspections department at 1830 County Road B East (651-249-2300), and inside city limits the city is the building code authority. Fees are valuation-based off the published city fee schedule, with plan review and the Minnesota state surcharge added. We pull the permit under our license before tear-off, confirm the current inspection sequence with the department for your specific job rather than assuming, and hand you the closed record with the warranty packet.

Will my homeowner's insurance pay for a new roof after hail damage?

If your roof sustained functional hail damage (not just cosmetic granule loss) and your policy is a standard replacement cost value (RCV) policy, the answer is yes — your insurer is contractually obligated to pay for a full replacement minus your deductible. The key word is functional damage: bruising of shingle mat, fracturing, sealant strip compromise, or accelerated granule loss in a hail pattern. We document all of this on every Maplewood inspection with drone photography and ground-level core samples, then send the documentation directly to your adjuster.

How long do I have to file an insurance claim after a Maplewood hail storm?

Most Minnesota policies require notice of claim within one year of the storm date for non-RCV policies and within two years for RCV policies, but the specific deadline is in your policy declarations page. We strongly recommend filing within 6 months for the highest approval rate — older claims face more scrutiny and require more documentation.

What's the difference between roof repair and full replacement?

Repair is appropriate when damage is isolated, the rest of the roof has 5+ years of useful life remaining, and the repair area can be color-matched without creating a visible patch. Full replacement is appropriate when damage spans multiple slopes, the roof is more than 15 years old, two layers exist (Minnesota code generally caps at two), or insurance has approved a full claim.

Do you handle the insurance claim process for me?

Yes — at no additional charge. We document the damage, send an Xactimate-formatted scope of loss to your adjuster, attend the adjuster meeting on-site, and handle supplements for line items the first pass missed. We never require an Assignment of Benefits, and you stay in control of the claim funds.

Which parts of Maplewood do you serve?

All of it — 55109, 55117, and 55119 — dispatched from our Richfield office and our St. Croix Falls office. That covers Beaver Lake, Battle Creek, Maplewood Heights, Hillside, Carver Ridge, the older blocks near Larpenteur and Frost Avenue, the newer subdivisions east toward 694, and the townhome and association buildings throughout the city.

My contractor found plank decking mid-tear-off and the price went up. Is that normal in Maplewood?

It is extremely common on the 1940s and 1950s stock near Larpenteur and Frost, and it is avoidable as a surprise even when it is unavoidable as a cost. A 1950s Maplewood rambler frequently has 1×6 plank decking with gaps that will not hold modern fasteners at code, so it has to be overlaid or replaced. What should not be normal is learning the number on day two. An estimator can assess the deck from the attic before quoting, and any competent contract carries an agreed per-sheet or per-square re-sheathing rate so an overage is arithmetic rather than a negotiation with your roof open.

I own a townhome in a Maplewood association. Can I hire my own roofer?

Generally no. In townhome and multi-unit buildings the roof is a shared building component, so the contract, the decision, and any storm claim belong to the association rather than the individual owner, and the work is priced per building and allocated through the association's budget or an assessment. Association claims also run through the master policy, which usually carries a much larger wind and hail deductible than a homeowner's policy. Maplewood has a real concentration of these communities — Maple Park Shores, Maple Woods Townhouses, Maplewood Ponds, and McKnight Townhomes among the ones listed in public association directories. Start with your board or property manager. We bid association buildings on one consistent spec across all structures, with phasing that keeps residents parked and reachable, and we present to boards.

How do I check whether a Maplewood roofer is actually licensed?

Use the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry license lookup at dli.mn.gov and search the company's legal name. Do not accept a license number printed on a truck, a yard sign, or a website as verification — several companies bidding this city publish numbers on their own sites that we were not able to confirm against the state database, which does not mean they are wrong, only that they are unverified. Ask for the legal entity name, the license number, and a current certificate of insurance showing general liability and Minnesota workers' compensation, then check all three yourself. Do the same to us.

Why does your Maplewood cost range look lower than the Twin Cities averages I see quoted?

Because most published metro averages are dragged upward by the large, steep, 28-to-45-square subdivision roofs in cities like Woodbury and Plymouth. Maplewood's core housing stock is inner-ring: 16 to 22 squares, mostly walkable pitch, simple geometry. The variables that move a Maplewood number are not square footage — they are the second shingle layer, the plank decking underneath it, and the near-total absence of intake ventilation in 1950s soffits. See the cost table on this page for ranges by roof size.

About Midwest Building Exteriors

Family-led. Three local offices. South Metro & St. Croix Valley specialists.

Midwest Building Exteriors is a family-led, locally owned exterior restoration company with offices in Richfield, Eagan, and St. Croix Falls. If you want a no-obligation drone inspection of your Maplewood roof, siding, and gutters, call (612) 750-6051 or request one online — we typically schedule within 48 hours and we'll tell you honestly what we find.

About the author

Christian Musta

Owner, Midwest Building Exteriors

Christian Musta owns Midwest Building Exteriors, a family-led exterior restoration company with offices in Richfield, Eagan, and St. Croix Falls. He has spent 10 years in the insurance restoration industry and holds a Minnesota Public Adjuster license — a credential that reflects his command of policy language, coverage, and claim ethics. Midwest Building Exteriors does not act as a public adjuster on jobs it repairs; Christian applies that insurance knowledge to how our crews document damage and communicate with the homeowner's own insurance adjuster during a project. Every city guide on this site is written and reviewed by him, using measurements, adjuster scopes, and tear-off findings from jobs his own crews completed.

10 years of experience in the insurance restoration industry
Licensed Minnesota Public Adjuster — held as a credential of competency, ethics, and policy-language knowledge, not an adjusting service we provide
Minnesota-licensed residential building contractor
Manufacturer-certified roofing installer (Owens Corning, TAMKO, CertainTeed)
James Hardie Elite Preferred siding contractor

Last reviewed August 28, 2026

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