Serving Racine
Roofing & Siding in Racine, WI
Lake-facing Victorians, asbestos-clad walls and ice-dam-prone eaves — roofing work shaped by Racine's older housing stock.
Get a free quoteRacine's older housing runs from Victorian-era Queen Annes and Italianates around the Southside Historic District to the tight worker cottages and duplexes near the Root River. Most of that stock started life as wood clapboard and was later wrapped in asbestos-cement shingle, aluminium or early vinyl, which means siding work here is usually a question of what is underneath rather than what is on show. Steep pitches, turrets, dormers and cut-up valleys are normal; simple rectangles are not.
Wind comes off open water with nothing to slow it, so the lake-facing walls and the north slopes take the punishment — driving rain at the laps, lifted ridge caps, and lake-effect snow that sits long enough to back up under shingles at cold eaves.
Downtown and Uptown lots are narrow with alley access behind, so tear-off staging and skip placement need planning. Work is permitted and inspected through the City of Racine.
Where we work in Racine
- Southside Historic District
- West Racine
- Uptown
- North Beach
What Racine calls us for
Siding
Removing asbestos-cement or aluminium from a century-old Racine frame house usually reveals sheathing and trim decisions that a straight re-clad would hide.
Residential Roofing
Cut-up Victorian roofs on the near-south side live or die on valley and flashing detail, not on the field shingles.
Windows, Gutters & Doors
Cold eaves and lake-effect snow mean gutter sizing and ice protection matter as much here as the roof covering itself.