Plainfield roofing for the old town and the new

Repairs and new roofs for Plainfield homes

Whether your Plainfield house is a few years old or well over a century, the roof is what keeps the rest of it dry. Roughly half the town’s homes date from 2000 or later, by Census estimates, so many original roofs are reaching the age when small problems become leaks. Catching them early protects the framing and ceilings below and keeps the house easier to sell.

Call (866) 242-⁠1832 at the first sign of a drip in the attic, a spreading ceiling stain or shingles slipping off a slope. We’ll fix a single leaking valley on an older bungalow, and we’ll also strip a whole roof to the deck or replace it with standing-seam metal.

Since 2008 we’ve made our living on roofs, and here in Indiana our crews look after homes in Plainfield, Danville and the rest of southern Hendricks County, along with nearby Avon and Greenwood. Standing-seam metal is part of what we install, along with complete GAF shingle roofs, vinyl or James Hardie siding and seamless aluminum gutters. Before any of that, we do a free inspection and take photos, frequently with a drone.

The Plainfield Historic District calls for a different approach. Its 174 contributing buildings, put up between about 1840 and 1959, run from Greek Revival and Italianate houses to Queen Anne homes and Craftsman bungalows. Houses that old have usually been re-roofed several times, so a tear-off can expose stacked layers, plank decking with gaps between the boards or chimney flashing past saving.