What it actually takes to re-roof a house in Pacific — 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.
Pacific runs to about 6.65 square miles and roughly 7,414 people. It sits about 30 miles southwest of downtown St. Louis. There are around 3,218 housing units here, and every one of them has a roof with a clock on it. The community dates back to 1859. We cover ZIP code 63069.
We have not logged a completed roof in Pacific yet. We would rather say so than put a number on this page that is not real.
The typical home in Pacific dates to around the early-1990s. 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.
Downtown core has brick commercial buildings restored from the late 1800s along First and St. Louis Streets, plus 1930s-40s Route 66 motor-court era structures (Red Cedar Inn, Al-Pac Motel, Beacon Court); typical home dates to around 1991, reflecting later 20th-century suburban infill around that older core.
Meramec River flooding is documented in Pacific in 1895 and 1915, and an 1891 fire destroyed all buildings on St. Louis Street between First and Columbus; the city also straddles the Franklin/St. Louis county line.
Housing from this stretch in Pacific 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.
Pacific 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.
Pacific has not published the edition it currently enforces anywhere we could verify, so this page does not name one. Editions across the metro run from the 2006 IRC to the 2024 IRC, which is a genuinely wide spread — worth asking your contractor which one they are building to.
The published number is 636-271-0500. Pacific 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.
Pacific borders Eureka. These are the ones we also cover, each with its own permit rule and code edition:
Elsewhere in Franklin 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | Not published | 2021 IRC | 636-583-1805 |
| Washington | Not published | 2021 IRC | 636-390-1000 |
Free inspection, a written scope, and photos you keep either way.
Pacific does not publish a clear answer either way. We confirm it with the building department before starting and pull whatever is required.
The typical home in Pacific dates to around the early-1990s, 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.
Not yet. We have no completed roof logged in Pacific, and we would rather say so than put a number on this page that is not real.
Missouri has no state-level roofing contractor licence. Licensing and registration are imposed municipally, and several St. Louis metro cities require it. Illinois does licence roofers statewide, so a contractor working the Metro East needs an IDFPR roofing licence.
Permit and code details for Pacific 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: pacificmo.gov · www.pacificmo.gov · www.pacificmo.gov · ecode360.com · en.wikipedia.org · censusreporter.org · www.city-data.com. Municipal staffing, phone numbers and adopted code editions change — confirm with the jurisdiction before relying on anything here.