Ohio County Roof Replacement, Repair & Metal Roofing
Wheeling and the towns around it make up Ohio County, West Virginia, where Platinum Home Exteriors takes care of roof replacement, roof repair, metal roofing, and seamless gutters. Our Amish crews roof the city and the hill towns alike, from the old brick streets along the river out toward Oglebay. Millersburg, our home base, is two hours west. We back the work with full insurance and bonding, put a 5-Year Industry Leading Craftsmanship Warranty on every roof we finish, and can arrange financing for projects that qualify. Call (330) 275-0935 to set up a free inspection and a written estimate.
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Roof Replacement, Repair & Metal Roofing in Ohio County
Roof Replacement
On the older homes that fill Wheeling and the river towns, a new roof starts with what we find once the old one is off. It almost always comes back to the deck. We tear the roof down to the boards and look them over hard, because everything new rides on that wood. A lot of these houses date to the iron and glass days, and their decks are plank laid a hundred years back, sometimes buried under two or three old roofs. We pull off whatever has rotted or gone spongy, then put the new roof down on sound board. The crew that starts your roof is the crew that finishes it, every one of them Amish, and we never sub the work out.
Metal Roofing
Up in the hill neighborhoods and ridge towns like West Liberty, a metal roof makes good sense. The wind never lets up on those hilltops. A standing-seam roof locks down against it and throws off snow instead of holding it. It runs fifty years or more, so an owner who plans to stay can buy one roof instead of two. Steel runs higher than asphalt to start, and we will tell you whether it makes sense for your home before you decide anything.
Seamless Gutters
Plenty of Wheeling's houses run tall and narrow, three stories of roof draining into one gutter line at the eaves. We roll each run in a single piece on site and cut it to carry the roof above it. The wooded hills out toward Oglebay drop leaves by the bagful every fall, and a clogged gutter that ices up in January turns into a frozen weight on the edge of the roof. Left alone, that ice works the spikes loose and drags a length clear of the fascia. Pulling the leaves out each fall heads it off.
Roof Repair & Storm Damage
Most of our repair work follows the weather, lifted shingles after a windstorm or flashing rusted through around a chimney. The Ohio Valley funnels storms right up the river, and Wheeling sits in their path. In August of 2022 an EF2 tornado touched down at the county's southern edge, near the Marshall County line, and tracked off into Pennsylvania. Two summers later a storm put Wheeling, Bethlehem, and Triadelphia under a tornado warning, with the Weather Service calling for roof damage. Tornadoes are the rare end of the scale. Even the ordinary summer lines bring enough wind and hail to lift shingles and batter a roof. Many times a solid repair will outlast the rest of the roof, and we will be honest with you when that is the case. After a storm we get up on the roof and document the damage for your insurance claim, and we will tarp an active leak the same visit.
What Causes Roof Damage in Ohio County
Along the Ohio River, Wheeling fills a narrow shelf of land and then climbs straight uphill into steep, wooded neighborhoods. Down at the river the ground sits around 660 feet, while the ridges east toward the Pennsylvania line run up near 1,400. The old city spreads along the east bank and across onto Wheeling Island, with the hill suburbs and ridge towns filling in behind. Where a roof sits changes how it weathers. A house down in the damp valley holds shade and moss on a north slope, while one up on an open ridge catches the wind head-on.
Much of the housing here runs old, brick and frame stock thrown up when Wheeling was a booming factory town. The census numbers tell the story plainly enough. Of the 18,342 occupied homes in the county, almost a third were built before 1940, and the median home dates to 1956. Owner-occupancy runs about 66 percent, lower than the rural counties nearby, since Wheeling carries block after block of rental houses and divided old homes. Roofs of that vintage sit on plank decking and one layer of felt, usually covered over more than once. None of this happens on a set schedule. A roof gives way slowly, a loose seam and a tired valley at a time, until a heavy rain finally shows up as a stain on a plaster ceiling.
Summer is when most roofs here take their hits, from the thunderstorms that ride the river valley. Wind is the obvious one, hail the quiet one. A hailstorm can strip the grit off a slope of shingles and leave the surface bare to the sun, and from the sidewalk the roof looks fine for another year or two. By the time the bare spots start to leak, the storm that caused them is long past. In West Virginia a claim usually has to be filed within about a year, though insurers want to hear from you a good deal sooner, often within weeks. We get out to look the roof over while the damage is still fresh and easy to read.
Recent Ohio County Roof Replacements
Most weeks we are reroofing an older home somewhere in Wheeling, Elm Grove, or Woodsdale, and putting standing-seam metal on a growing share of the hill and ridge properties. Ask us and we will point you to recent jobs near you.
Platinum Home Exteriors did a metal roof over on my home after a wind storm did significant damage. My metal roof over was completed in hours and ahead of a schedule. Steven was great to work with and the roof is beautiful. No more shingles blowing off every year! Thanks!
Steve Yoder and his crew did a fantastic job of installing our new roof. Their price quote was 25% lower than my other bids and the work was absolutely stellar. They arrived on time , covered the shrubs, moved the outdoor furniture, and planters. When the job was done ,which took them 3 hours and 45 minutes , they returned all the plants and furniture to their place and even ran a magnet over the yard and driveway to make sure all the nails were picked up Cannot say enough good things about this crew. Great people and great job at a very fair price. Highly Recommend
Permits for Roof Replacement in Ohio County
Inside the city of Wheeling, a reroof needs a building permit, and the city runs a real building department that reviews the job and inspects the work. For roofing the permit often comes back the same day, so it rarely slows anything down. That is rare in this part of the state. The smaller towns, places like Bethlehem, Triadelphia, and West Liberty, each handle permits their own way, and in the unincorporated areas there is frequently no permit at all. West Virginia lets each town decide how far to take the building code, so the rule shifts as you move across the county. We work across all of it, and when a permit is needed we file it ourselves.
The roof we build is the same either way. We put every roof on to code whether the town inspects it or not, since code is what stands up to weather and what shows clean when the house changes hands. When a permit is in play, we cover the fee and the filing, so it is not one more errand on your list. Filing it, lining up the inspection, and getting the final approval are all part of the job for us. We figure out what your address requires before we ever start the work.
City of Wheeling Building & Planning Department, 1500 Chapline Street, Wheeling, WV 26003. Phone (304) 234-3601. Roofing permits in the city are often issued the same day. Bethlehem, Triadelphia, West Liberty, and the other small towns each set their own rules, and property in the unincorporated county can check with the Ohio County Commission, since many areas there need no permit. Call ahead, since requirements and hours differ from one town to the next.
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Roofing Across Ohio County Communities
We are on roofs all over the county, from Wheeling, Warwood, and Elm Grove down by the river to Bethlehem, Triadelphia, Valley Grove, and West Liberty up in the hills. Millersburg is about two hours west, an easy run that keeps our crews in Ohio County all season. Tap your town below for local roofing details. If you do not see your town listed, call us anyway, since we cover the whole county.
We provide roofing services in all cities in Ohio County, including Triadelphia. Contact us at (330) 275-0935 to get your roof inspected.