Roofing in Ottawa
Franklin County's seat, 25 miles down I-35: a brick downtown from the 1880s, post-war neighborhoods, Ottawa University, and farmland in every direction where the roofs are metal.
Ottawa is a town of about 13,000 on the Marais des Cygnes, twenty-five miles south of Olathe on I-35. Its downtown is one of the best-preserved 1880s brick main streets in Kansas, and the neighborhoods around it — the Victorians and foursquares near Ottawa University and the courthouse, the 1920s bungalows along Main and Hickory, the 1960s–80s ranches off 15th Street and Eisenhower Road — hold roofs at every age. Beyond the city limits it's farms, barns, shops and rural homes where standing-seam and panel metal is the norm and the wind has nothing to slow it down.
We cover Ottawa with the crews that work Spring Hill and Gardner: hail and wind inspections with chalked test squares, claims documented and matched to the adjuster's scope, full tear-offs with decking priced per sheet, chimney and porch repairs on the older houses, Class 4 shingles for the premium discount, ice-and-water at the eaves for the February ice dams, and standing-seam or exposed-fastener metal on farmhouses, barns and shops. The City of Ottawa permits reroofing inside the limits; Franklin County doesn't for the farms. We check the address. Kansas Roofing Registration and insurance certificates before we start.
Neighborhoods and areas we cover
- Downtown Ottawa (Main Street)
- Ottawa University area
- Courthouse area
- Hickory Street
- 15th Street corridor
- Eisenhower Road
- North Ottawa
- Forest Park area
- Old Highway 50 (K-68)
- I-35 corridor (Ottawa)
- Princeton (south)
- Pomona (west)
- Wellsville (northeast)
- Richmond (south)
- Franklin County farms
- Marais des Cygnes River area
Questions from Ottawa homeowners
Is Ottawa in your service area?
Yes — the south end of it, 25 miles down I-35. Our Spring Hill and Gardner crews reach it, we group Ottawa jobs, and we give you a firm date and keep it.
Do you do metal roofs on farms and barns?
Yes — exposed-fastener panel for outbuildings, standing seam for houses, with the same written price and photos as a shingle job.
Does Ottawa require a permit?
Inside the city limits, yes; Franklin County doesn't for rural homes. We check the address and pull it when it's required.
My 1900 house downtown has a slate roof under the shingles — what now?
It depends on the slate. Sometimes the shingles come off and the slate is repairable; more often the slate is beyond saving and comes off with them. We look and tell you honestly.
Is Class 4 worth it in Ottawa?
On the open prairie, yes — the Kansas premium discount pays back most of the upgrade and the roof stays out of the claim cycle.
Every service, in Ottawa
Roof repair · hail damage · wind damage · replacement · Class 4 shingles · metal · emergency tarping · insurance claims · inspections · ice dams · ventilation · gutters