Roofing in Mission, Merriam & Roeland Park
Northeast Johnson County's first suburbs: 35,000 people in the post-war bungalows and ranches along Johnson Drive, Shawnee Mission Parkway and Roe Avenue, on roofs that have been replaced four times and chimneys that never have.
Mission, Merriam and Roeland Park are the towns Johnson County built first, in the 1940s, '50s and '60s, when the streetcar suburbs of Kansas City spilled across the state line. The houses are small and solid — Cape Cods, bungalows, brick ranches and split-levels on narrow lots along Johnson Drive, Shawnee Mission Parkway, Roe Avenue, Nall and Antioch — and the roofs on them are on their fourth or fifth covering. Board decking under the oldest, layer counts nobody has checked, brick chimneys with sixty-year-old flashing, low-pitch additions and enclosed porches that leak where they meet the main roof, and mature trees that drop limbs in every storm. The same hail that crosses Olathe crosses here; the 2026 swaths did.
Twenty minutes up I-35 from Olathe, we work these three towns with the crews that cover Leawood and Prairie Village. Full tear-offs with the layers off and the decking priced per sheet, chimney flashing rebuilt in metal with counter-flashing cut into the mortar, porch and addition tie-ins done with a membrane, ice-and-water at the eaves for the February ice dams, ridge-and-soffit ventilation added to attics that never had it, hail and wind inspections with test squares, and claims documented for the carrier. Each of the three cities issues its own reroofing permit — unlike Olathe — and we pull the right one. Kansas Roofing Registration and insurance certificates before we start.
Neighborhoods and areas we cover
- Mission (Johnson Drive corridor)
- Mission (Shawnee Mission Parkway)
- Merriam (Antioch & Merriam Drive)
- Merriam (Shawnee Mission Parkway west)
- Roeland Park (Roe Avenue)
- Roeland Park (Johnson Drive east)
- Fairway (adjacent)
- Westwood (adjacent)
- Mission Hills (adjacent)
- Nall Avenue corridor
- Lamar Avenue corridor
- Metcalf Avenue (north)
- Downtown Mission
- Merriam Town Center area
- Turkey Creek
- Shawnee Mission East area
Questions from Mission, Merriam & Roeland Park homeowners
Do Mission, Merriam and Roeland Park require a permit?
Yes — unlike Olathe, each of these cities permits reroofing, and some inspect. We pull the right one for your address and schedule the inspection.
My 1952 Cape Cod has board decking — is that a problem?
Only if the boards are gapped, cupped or rotten, which we find on north slopes and under old leaks. Sound board decking takes shingles fine. We check every sheet during tear-off and price replacements per sheet before the job.
Why does the chimney leak when the roof is new?
Because the roofer reused the flashing. Sixty-year-old step flashing with a bead of caulk over it isn't flashing. We rebuild it in metal, cut counter-flashing into the mortar joints and add a cricket behind the chimney.
Can you fix the enclosed porch that leaks where it meets the house?
Yes — the porch roof is too flat for shingles. We replace that section with a membrane and flash it into the main roof. It's the most common repair in these towns.
Did the 2026 hail reach Mission?
The April and September swaths crossed northeast Johnson County. If your roof hasn't been inspected since, a free look with chalked test squares is worth ten minutes.
Every service, in Mission, Merriam & Roeland Park
Roof repair · hail damage · wind damage · replacement · Class 4 shingles · metal · emergency tarping · insurance claims · inspections · ice dams · ventilation · gutters