Olive Boulevard retail
Long single-ply and mod bit roofs shared by several tenants, with a curb for every restaurant hood and tenant unit. Curb flashing is the usual leak.
Retail roofingOlivette Commercial Roofing, at a glance
John Beal Roofing repairs and replaces commercial roofs across Olivette, Missouri (63132) — retail strips and restaurants along Olive Boulevard, office and medical buildings near I-170, churches, schools and apartment buildings. We’re a third-generation, family-run company working since 1947, our phone is answered live 24/7, and inspections are free. Call (314) 429-6000.
Olivette’s commercial stock is mostly low-slope and mostly middle-aged. Strip centers and standalone restaurants along Olive, small office buildings from the ’70s and ’80s, a few churches with flat-roofed education wings, and garden apartments tucked behind the main roads. Plenty of those roofs are already on their second layer. Some still have the original gravel built-up roof under a mod bit cap sheet, and nobody finds that out until a core comes up.
It’s a short run from our Maryland Heights office down I-270 and I-170, so leak calls here don’t wait. Nights and weekends get the same live dispatcher. The same crews cover Creve Coeur, University City and Overland next door.
Olivette Buildings
What We Find On Olivette Roofs
Restaurants
Grease from hood exhaust breaks down EPDM and asphalt roofing around the fan. We check the grease containment and the membrane around it on every visit.
Restaurant roofingOffices and medical
Low-rise offices near I-170 with internal drains and tapered insulation that’s often too thin. Ponding at the drains ages the membrane fastest. Tapered crickets fix most of it.
Office building roofingChurches and schools
Flat education wings tied into sloped sanctuaries. Poured gypsum decks turn up on buildings from the ’50s and ’60s.
Church roofingApartments
Garden and walk-up apartments with low-slope roofs, scuppers and gutters. A clogged scupper backs water up under the parapet cap, so we clear and re-flash scuppers on every apartment repair.
Multi-family roofingLayer limits
Building code generally won’t allow a recover over two existing roofs. A lot of Olivette buildings are already there, which means a full tear-off.
Tear-off vs. recover
Working In Olivette
How A Job Here Runs
We check permit requirements with the City of Olivette and pull what’s needed before tear-off starts. Inspections get scheduled so they don’t hold up a dry-in. Older buildings sometimes need the existing layers documented for the permit, and our core cuts cover that.
Most commercial lots along Olive are tight. Dumpster placement, lift location and deliveries get planned so the parking your customers need stays open during business hours. On multi-tenant centers every tenant gets a heads-up on which days their end of the building is being worked.
Tear-off goes section by section and gets dried in every night. Rusted steel deck or soft wood plank is replaced at a unit price that’s already in the proposal, so nobody gets surprised mid-job. Ponding at internal drains usually gets tapered crickets during the reroof, which is the cheapest time to fix it.
When it’s done you get the manufacturer warranty paperwork plus our lifetime workmanship warranty, and a maintenance schedule if you want one. Our main office is in Maryland Heights, a few exits up the highway.
Common Questions
Do you serve all of Olivette?
Yes, all of Olivette and the cities around it — Creve Coeur, University City, Ladue, Overland and the rest of mid-county.
How fast can you respond to a leak in Olivette?
The phone’s answered live 24/7, and our Maryland Heights office is a short drive away. A crew gets dispatched to stop the water first.
Should we repair or replace our roof?
It depends on the layer count, whether the insulation’s wet and how much life the membrane has left. A free inspection with core cuts answers that. If the membrane’s sound and the insulation’s dry, a repair and a maintenance plan can buy years. If a third of the cores come back wet, we’ll tell you that too.
Do you work with property managers and multi-tenant owners?
Yes. We document leaks with photos and send the report to whoever needs it, whether that’s the owner, the manager or a tenant.
What credentials does John Beal Roofing have?
We’re an Owens Corning Platinum Preferred contractor, BBB A+ rated, and on Roofing Contractor magazine’s Top 100 list.
Free Olivette Roof Evaluation
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