Adept Construction is a roof replacement company in Naperville that has replaced roofs on every generation of the city’s housing — the 1960s and ’70s ranches and split-levels north of Ogden Avenue, the 1980s and ’90s subdivisions south of 75th Street, and the newer construction near Route 59 and 95th Street. Here is how a replacement runs.

When a Naperville roof needs replacing

An asphalt shingle roof in this climate lasts 20 to 25 years. Signs it is at the end: granules collecting in the gutters, shingles that are curling, cracked or missing across several areas, more than one active leak, daylight through the attic boards, or hail damage over most of the surface after a storm. A roof with one problem area is usually a repair; a roof with several is a replacement, and we tell you which in writing after a free inspection.

The replacement process

1. Inspection and estimate. We measure the roof, check the decking from the attic, note ventilation and flashing, and give you a written, itemized price with the shingle line and color options.
2. Tear-off. Every layer of old roofing comes off down to the wood deck. We do not roof over existing shingles.
3. Deck repair. Rotted or delaminated sheathing is replaced and priced per sheet, so you see it before we continue.
4. Underlayment and ice-and-water shield. Synthetic underlayment over the whole deck, with self-adhering ice-and-water membrane along the eaves, in the valleys and around penetrations — the detail that stops Naperville’s ice dams from getting under the shingles.
5. Flashing and ventilation. New drip edge, step flashing at walls and chimneys, pipe boots, and ridge or box vents sized to the attic.
6. Shingles. Installed to the manufacturer’s nailing pattern so the warranty holds.
7. Cleanup. Debris hauled, gutters cleared, and the yard swept with a magnet for nails.

Does a Naperville roof replacement need a permit?

Not for most homes. The City of Naperville does not require a building permit for an asphalt shingle replacement when the roof sheathing stays in place. A permit is required if sheathing is replaced or the new roof is metal, wood shake, slate or membrane (City of Naperville building permits). When one is needed, we pull it and include the fee on the estimate.

How long it takes

Most Naperville single-family replacements take one to three days. Larger homes, steep pitches, cedar or composite systems and multiple tear-off layers can run to a week. We do not start a tear-off with rain in the forecast.

What a roof replacement costs in Naperville

The price depends on the roof’s size (measured in squares of 100 sq ft), its pitch and number of stories, the system chosen, how many layers come off, and how much decking needs replacing. Architectural asphalt shingle is the least expensive system; composite, cedar shake and flat membrane cost more per square. Typical ranges are explained in our roof replacement cost guide and tear-off cost guide, or request an exact quote.

Architectural asphalt shingles

The system on roughly nine of ten Naperville replacements. As an Owens Corning Preferred Contractor, Adept Construction installs Owens Corning architectural shingles with the manufacturer’s enhanced warranty available; other brands on request. No city permit is needed for a shingle-for-shingle replacement.

Cedar shake

New cedar or cedar-to-cedar replacement on the larger homes in White Eagle, Hobson West and along the DuPage River. Cedar requires a City of Naperville permit. See cedar shake roofing.

Composite (synthetic slate and shake)

The system we recommend most often to Naperville homeowners replacing an aging cedar roof: the same look, half the maintenance, 50-year warranties on most products. See composite roofing.

Flat and low-slope membrane

EPDM, TPO and modified bitumen replacements on commercial buildings along Ogden Avenue, Route 59 and the I-88 corridor, and on flat-roofed additions and garages. Always permitted. See flat roofing and commercial roofing.

New roof installation for builders and additions

Yes, Adept Construction installs roofs on new construction in Naperville — additions, garages, and the teardown rebuilds common near downtown and Naperville Central. We work from the builder’s framing inspection through final shingle or membrane, on the builder’s schedule. See our roof installation service.

Call the Naperville office at (630) 360-2730 or request an estimate online. We will inspect the roof, tell you whether it needs replacing or can be repaired, and give you a written price with shingle options. Homeowners in Downers Grove, Lisle, Woodridge and Westmont can also use our Downers Grove roof replacement page.

A new roof is the largest single exterior purchase most Naperville homeowners make. Adept Construction will inspect yours, tell you whether it needs replacing, and put the price and the shingle options in writing. Call (630) 360-2730 or request an estimate below.