What it actually takes to re-roof a house in Edwardsville — whether the city wants a permit, which code edition applies, who to call at the building department, and how old the housing here really is. No sales copy dressed up as local knowledge.
Edwardsville runs to about 20.0 square miles and roughly 26,474 people. It sits about 18 miles northeast of downtown St. Louis. There are around 10,609 housing units here, and every one of them has a roof with a clock on it. The community dates back to 1818. We cover ZIP codes 62025 and 62026.
We have not logged a completed roof in Edwardsville yet. We would rather say so than put a number on this page that is not real.
The typical home in Edwardsville dates to around the mid-1980s. A house of that vintage has usually been through two roofs, and the one on it now is often the second — which means it is old enough to be checked rather than assumed.
Built out steadily through the 1970s-80s, with only modest growth (about 3%) since 2020.
That includes Leclaire. Housing age and construction shift across Edwardsville, sometimes by decades within a few streets, which is why we look at the roof before we quote rather than after.
Incorporated in 1818, Edwardsville's Leclaire Historic District was a planned 19th-century industrial cooperative village later annexed into the city (1934), and Historic Saint Louis Street carries more than 50 homes dating from the mid-19th to early-20th century. 10-11, 2021 tornado outbreak produced an EF3 tornado that collapsed an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, killing six workers -- a major, roof/structure-relevant storm event.
Housing from this stretch in Edwardsville 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.
Edwardsville does not publish a clear answer either way on whether a like-for-like roof covering replacement needs a permit. We confirm it with the department before we start, every time, and we pull whatever is needed as part of the job. We would rather write that here than guess on your behalf.
Edwardsville enforces the 2021 IRC. International Building Code 2021 Edition and International Residential Code 2021 Edition with amendments, per the city's Building Measures & Adopted Codes page.
The department's own number was not retrievable from an official source when this page was built, so we are not printing one. Edwardsville does not publish the building official's name, so this page does not name one. Plenty of sites will show you one anyway. The department page is here.
Permitting is on us, not on you.
Unlike some states, Missouri does not assign each municipality its own wind and snow numbers — these are metro-wide.
| Criterion | Figure | What it drives |
|---|---|---|
| Ultimate design wind (Vult) | 115 mph | Fastener schedule and the manufacturer wind rating we specify |
| Nominal design wind (Vasd) | 89 mph (derived, not published locally) | The allowable-stress figure older specs quote |
| Ground snow load | 20 psf | Structure, and how much the eaves hold in a freeze-thaw |
| Frost depth | 30 in | Footings, not roof covering |
| Seismic design category | C residential / D commercial | Lateral bracing and structural connections — not shingles |
What each of these actually does to a roof, why New Madrid does not change how shingles go on, and the difference between the code minimum and the manufacturer minimum on nails per shingle, are all in the St. Louis roofing code guide.
Elsewhere in Madison County we also cover:
Missouri sets none of this at state level, so a specification that was right one municipality over is not automatically right here.
| City | Permit for a re-roof | Adopted code | Building dept. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alton | Not published | 2021 IRC | 618-463-3500 |
| Collinsville | Yes | 2021 I-Codes | 618-346-5200 |
| Glen Carbon | Not published | Not published | 618-288-2603 |
| Granite City | Not published | 2012 IRC | 618-452-6218 |
Free inspection, a written scope, and photos you keep either way.
Edwardsville does not publish a clear answer either way. We confirm it with the building department before starting and pull whatever is required.
Edwardsville enforces the 2021 IRC. International Building Code 2021 Edition and International Residential Code 2021 Edition with amendments, per the city's Building Measures & Adopted Codes page.
The typical home in Edwardsville dates to around the mid-1980s, so most roofs here are on their second or third covering rather than their first. That figure is an ACS-derived median republished by housing-data services, not a survey of individual roofs.
It can. Edwardsville has Leclaire Historic District and Saint Louis Street Historic District. Inside a designated district, changing a visible roof material or colour can need preservation review before the permit is issued. Like-for-like replacement usually raises fewer questions, but we check before quoting.
Not yet. We have no completed roof logged in Edwardsville, and we would rather say so than put a number on this page that is not real.
Illinois licenses roofing contractors statewide under 225 ILCS 335, so any roofer working here needs a current IDFPR roofing licence. Missouri, across the river, does not licence roofers at the state level at all.
Permit and code details for Edwardsville come from the jurisdiction's own published pages and codified ordinances. Population, housing and neighbourhood detail come from census data and the sources below; housing-age figures are ACS-derived medians republished by housing-data services, so treat them as approximate. Sources: www.cityofedwardsville.com · www.cityofedwardsville.com · library.municode.com · en.wikipedia.org · censusreporter.org · www.point2homes.com. Municipal staffing, phone numbers and adopted code editions change — confirm with the jurisdiction before relying on anything here.