Roofing for Ellisville homes: replacement, leaks and storm damage. In Ellisville, the 2015 IRC is in force and the median home was built in 1983. Any permit the job needs is ours to pull.
Ellisville runs to about 4.4 square miles and roughly 10,002 people. It sits about 20 miles west of downtown St. Louis. The community dates back to 1932. We cover ZIP codes 63011, 63021 and 63038.
No completed roof in Ellisville is logged in our job records yet.
Ellisville's biggest building decades were the 1970s and 1980s (about 26% and 17% of today's homes), mostly in subdivisions.
Ellisville was settled before 1837. It incorporated as a village in 1932, to create its own school district, and became a fourth-class city in 1957. Money magazine ranked it #25 on its 2009 'Best Places to Live in America' list.
Housing from this stretch in Ellisville sits on plywood or OSB decking and was largely first roofed with three-tab shingles. Most are on their second covering by now. The things worth checking are the penetrations rather than the field: pipe boots from this era are the single most common leak we trace, because the rubber collar splits long before the shingles wear out. Ridge venting was inconsistent through these years, and OSB that has been damp for a season goes soft in a way plywood does not — you find it with your feet, not from the ground.
The Census Bureau counts 4,349 homes in Ellisville, with a median year built of 1983. 10 of them (0%) went up before 1940 — one of the five lowest pre-1940 shares of the 48 places on this site — and 996 (23%) in 2000 or later. The 1970s were the busiest decade, adding 1,120 of today's homes (26%). (St. Louis County as a whole: 10% before 1940.)
The rule of thumb from Missouri's Department of Commerce and Insurance is a useful life of usually about 25 years for a roof. On that yardstick the 3,353 homes in Ellisville built before 2000 (77%) have outlived at least one roof, and the 843 built before 1970 (19%) are usually on a third covering or later. First replacements are arriving on the 331 homes built in the 2000s, while the 665 built since 2010 are mostly still on the roof they were built with.
By building type: 2,617 detached houses (60%), 632 attached (15%). 335 homes (8%) sit in two- to nine-unit buildings and 765 (18%) in buildings of ten units or more, where a resident rarely gets to choose the roofer. 75% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, 25% rented. On a housing mix like this, the likely work is flat and low-slope sections, which turn up more on attached and multi-unit buildings.
| Built | Homes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1940 | 10 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 18 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 404 | 9% | |
| 1960s | 411 | 9% | |
| 1970s | 1,120 | 26% | |
| 1980s | 757 | 17% | |
| 1990s | 633 | 15% | |
| 2000s | 331 | 8% | |
| 2010s | 635 | 15% | |
| 2020 or later | 30 | 1% |
Census ACS 2020–2024, tables B25034, B25035, B25024 and B25003: 4,349 homes, 4,155 occupied. Survey estimates.
Between 2016 and 2025 there were 10 reports of 1-inch-plus hail within 5 miles of Ellisville’s center in the records of NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center, on 9 separate days. 4 of them were 1.75 inches or larger. The largest, 1.75 inches, came on May 16, 2025, about 4.9 miles north of the center. These are reports, not a full record: they come from spotters and the public, so busier areas log more.
| Latest reports | Size | From center |
|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2025 | 1.75 inches | 4.9 mi N |
| March 14, 2025 | 1 inch | 4.5 mi E |
| September 26, 2023 | 1 inch | 3.4 mi SE |
| June 30, 2023 | 1 inch | 2.3 mi SE |
| June 30, 2023 | 1.75 inches | 2.3 mi W |
Hail damage rarely shows from the ground; a storm inspection photographs each slope so you know either way.
Ellisville has not published an answer on re-roof permits. The building department (636-227-9660) gets the question from us before work starts, and any permit it wants is part of our job.
Ellisville enforces the 2015 IRC. The Engineering Department follows the 2015 ICC Building Code, the 2015 ICC code for single- and two-family homes (IRC) and the 2015 ICC Plumbing Code.
The published number is 636-227-9660. The building official on record is Jeff Center, Building Inspector (636-227-9660). The department page is here.
Wind 115 mph (ultimate) and ground snow 20 psf, the same across the metro; see the roofing code guide for what they govern.
Ellisville borders Clarkson Valley, Ballwin and Wildwood. Our pages for them:
Also in St. Louis County:
| City | Re-roof permit | Code | Median built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellisville | Not published | 2015 IRC | 1983 |
| Ballwin | Yes | 2015 I-Codes (2024 I-Codes proposed for 2026) | 1976 |
| Wildwood | Not published | Not published | 1992 |
| Affton | Conditional | 2015 IRC | 1958 |
| Brentwood | Not published | 2024 IRC | 1956 |
| Chesterfield | Not published | 2015 IBC / 2015 IRC | 1982 |
| Clayton | Not published | 2021 IRC | 1954 |
All 21 St. Louis County cities side by side →
Nothing published settles it for Ellisville, so the department gets the question before work starts and any permit it wants is pulled by us.
Ellisville enforces the 2015 IRC. The Engineering Department follows the 2015 ICC Building Code, the 2015 ICC code for single- and two-family homes (IRC) and the 2015 ICC Plumbing Code.
Older than most people guess: the Census puts 77% of Ellisville's homes before 2000 and 19% before 1970, with a median year built of 1983 (2020–2024 estimates). A roof usually lasts about 25 years, so the deck and the layers get checked before any quote.
10 reports of 1-inch-plus hail fell within 5 miles of Ellisville between 2016 and 2025, the biggest 1.75 inches on May 16, 2025 (NOAA Storm Prediction Center).
The building official on record is Jeff Center, Building Inspector. The department's own number is on this page, beside its name.
Not yet: no completed roof in Ellisville is in our job records, so this page shows no job count.
Researched 2026-09-09; housing, Census ACS 2020–2024; hail, NOAA SPC. Sources: www.ellisville.mo.us · www.ellisville.mo.us · ecode360.com · en.wikipedia.org · censusreporter.org · www.point2homes.com · data.census.gov · www.spc.noaa.gov. Rules and staff change; check with the jurisdiction.
