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If your Olivette slate is shedding tiles, leaking around the chimney, or just hitting the end of a long second life, our crew will tell you straight whether to repair, restore, or replace. Schedule a free, no-pressure inspection today.
If your Olivette home still wears its original slate, or your 1950s ranch in Oak Estates is showing missing tiles after a spring hailstorm, you need a crew that genuinely knows slate roofing st louis homeowners can trust. At Top Quality Exteriors, we install, restore, and repair natural and synthetic slate on homes across the 63132 ZIP, from Olivette Terrace and Oak Estates to Tower Hill and Indian Meadows. Founded in 2022 with over 7 years of industry experience, our team treats every slate project as a hundred-year decision — not a one-week tear-off.
Slate is the longest-lived residential roof on the market: a properly installed S1-grade Vermont or Buckingham slate roof can outlast three asphalt roofs put end-to-end. That kind of investment deserves an honest scoping conversation up front — whether you need a full slate install, targeted hand-cut repair, or a salvage-and-restoration on a pre-war roof. When the assessment points the other way, we’re straight about it and quote a roof replacement in Olivette in architectural asphalt or standing-seam metal instead.
Olivette’s housing tells a clear story for any slate contractor walking the roof: roughly 58% of the city’s homes were built between the 1940s and 1960s, with ranches and Cape Cods stacked through Oak Estates, Olivette Terrace, and the older streets west of I-170. Some of those pre-war and early post-war homes still carry their original slate, and a salvage-grade restoration — pulling failing tiles, reusing sound ones, swapping in matched Buckingham or Vermont stock, and re-running copper valleys — can be the right call before a tear-off ever gets discussed. On contemporary infill near Stacy Park and Warson Park, we install full S1-grade natural slate or synthetic slate (DaVinci, EcoStar, Brava) over high-temperature ice and water shield with snow guards sized for the pitch. When repair makes more sense than restoration, our roof repair in Olivette team handles broken slates, ridge cap resets, and storm-loosened flashing after the city’s spring hail events.
Slate is unforgiving of shortcuts, so we run every Olivette project through the same five-step sequence. It keeps surprises off your invoice, keeps the city permit on track, and gives you a written record of what went on the roof and why.
We walk the entire roof, check every slate, and photograph cracks, slips, and flashing failures. You get a written report inside 48 hours. No pressure and no fee for our visit.
We map repair, restore, and replace zones on your roof plan in detail. You see the slate grade, flashing metal, and underlayment specified. Pricing is itemized, not a lump number.
We pull the Olivette reroof permit and stage all materials to keep your driveway clear. Plywood goes over landscaping at the eaves. Crews arrive on the date we put in writing.
Hand-cut natural or synthetic slate goes on with copper nails, slate hooks, and full high-temp ice and water shield. Valleys get formed copper flashing. Snow guards set by pitch.
The city inspector signs off, we walk the finished roof with you, and the property always leaves cleaner than we found it. Workmanship warranty paperwork ships that same week.
Slate is the smallest, pickiest corner of the residential roofing trade, and most St. Louis area roofers will quietly pass on it. Our crews have spent years learning the craft: how Vermont and Buckingham stock behave differently in a freeze-thaw, how to hand-cut a hip slate to seat clean, and when a snapped tile is a one-slate fix or the first signal of widespread nail-sickness. That kind of judgment matters most on the older homes in Olivette Terrace and Oak Estates.
The trust signals are simple. Top Quality Exteriors is BBB Accredited with an A+ rating, licensed in Missouri and Illinois, and carries general liability and workers’ comp insurance on every job. We’re an Owens Corning Preferred Contractor for asphalt work and a James Hardie Alliance Program Member for siding when a project bundles both. Every slate install carries our 36-month workmanship warranty, with extended terms available on selected synthetic slate systems.
A full slate install in Olivette is a $40,000-and-up project, and we’d rather you hear that number from us than be surprised by it three quotes in. Natural S1 Vermont or Buckingham slate, copper valleys and step flashing, slate hooks, snow guards, and high-temp ice and water shield all run real money for good reason. Synthetic slate — DaVinci, EcoStar, or Brava — can land 30 to 40 percent lower while keeping a near-identical look from the street level.
Pricing comes down to four things on your specific roof: total square footage and pitch, how much copper flashing the design calls for, whether the existing deck needs replacement once we open the tear-off, and whether any original slate can be salvaged on a restoration. We quote each line separately and offer Hearth and GreenSky financing for qualified Olivette homeowners. Insurance covers slate replacement after hail or wind damage on most policies.
Every credential we carry is a commitment to quality, safety, and your peace of mind — on every project, in every state we serve.
