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Ready to protect your St. Louis brick home with a tile roof that matches the neighborhood? Call our team today for a free tile survey and a written estimate. We walk every roof in person, from Soulard to Carondelet, before we quote a dime.
Owning a Gingerbread home in Dutchtown or a Mediterranean-style bungalow near Tower Grove Park means your clay tile roof is part of the city’s architectural identity, and matching a cracked hip tile or resetting a slipped barrel tile is not a job for a general roofer. At Top Quality Exteriors, our tile roofing in St. Louis, MO focuses on the terracotta and concrete tile stock that sits on brick facades across South City neighborhoods like The Hill, Bevo Mill, and Holly Hills, plus the parapet-bounded flats that need custom flashing.
We install, repair, and re-lay clay, concrete, S-tile, and synthetic tile roofs on brick homes across the city, from Lafayette Square Victorians to Carondelet bungalows. Each project starts with a written scope, hidden valley metal in copper or painted steel, fresh underlayment, and hip and ridge mortar tuned to the existing tile color. If your home is in a local historic district, we coordinate the Preservation Board review before we pull a permit, and we pair every tile job with a full roof replacement option quote.
Most tile roofs in the city sit on load-bearing red brick built between the 1890s and the late 1930s, a housing stock shaped by the Cheltenham Syncline clay deposits that once made St. Louis one of the country’s biggest brick producers. That heritage shows up in the Gingerbread homes of South City, the Spanish Revival bungalows scattered through Bevo Mill and The Hill, and the occasional Mediterranean-style rowhouse near Lafayette Square. Working on those roofs means respecting original decking, undersized ventilation, and layered-over underlayment. Our crews strip back to sound sheathing, lay a self-adhering ice and water shield, install a synthetic high-temp underlayment, then set battens and tile to the exact exposure the original installer used. We coordinate with residential roofing work like fascia repair, dormer flashing, gutter tie-in, and cornice tuckpointing, so one crew leaves the site weather-tight and matches the historic profile end to end.
Tile work on a century-old St. Louis brick home is not a shingle job, so our process is built around careful diagnosis, honest matching, and historic-district permitting. Here is exactly how we handle every tile roof from Soulard to Carondelet.
We walk your roof, photograph every cracked or slipped tile, and check all the flashings. You get a written report with clear pictures. There is no charge and no pressure at all.
We identify the profile, color, and maker, then hunt salvage or a modern equal. On synthetic tile jobs, we sample two brands side by side. Nothing is ordered until you approve it.
We file the City Building Division permit for you, and if your street is historic, we submit to the Preservation Board first. You never chase a form. We do the paperwork ourselves.
Crews strip to sound decking, lay ice and water shield, set battens, and place each tile. Copper valleys and lead pipe flashings go in fresh. Ridge tiles are mortared to match.
We magnet-sweep the yard twice, haul all the debris, and walk the finished roof with you. You get our 36-month workmanship warranty in writing plus manufacturer tile coverage.
Tile roofing is a small slice of the St. Louis market, so most contractors treat it as a side skill. We do not. Our lead tile mechanic has spent years hand-cutting hips and ridges on Spanish Revival homes near Tower Grove Park and re-laying Gingerbread roofs in Dutchtown after hail. Founded in 2022 and backed by over seven years of exterior experience, our team knows how brick moves through freeze-thaw and where a hip mortar joint will leak into interior plaster.
We hold a BBB A+ rating, carry Missouri and Illinois licenses, and cover every project with general liability and workers’ compensation insurance. On Victorian mansion stock in Lafayette Square where natural slate roofing and tile sit side by side, we submit proposed materials to the Preservation Board before pulling a permit. Every tile roof is backed by our 36-month workmanship warranty, with extended coverage on qualifying synthetic tile.
Tile roofing costs more up front than asphalt, but it lasts 50 to 100 years on a St. Louis brick home if installed correctly, so the price per year of service is often lower. Full clay tile replacement on a typical South City bungalow generally runs from the high teens to the mid thirties in thousands, depending on pitch, tile profile, dormer count, and how much of the original decking has to be replaced during a full tear-off.
Synthetic clay tile costs meaningfully less than natural terracotta and works well for Mediterranean-style homes near Bevo Mill or The Hill that still want the reproduction look on the street. We offer Hearth and GreenSky financing for qualified homeowners, and after the May 16, 2025 EF3 tornado we handled many insurance-funded tile roof replacements. On storm claims, we attend the adjuster meeting and document every cracked tile against the Xactimate scope of work.
Every credential we carry is a commitment to quality, safety, and your peace of mind — on every project, in every state we serve.
