What it actually takes to re-roof a house in Wildwood — 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.
Wildwood runs to about 66.68 square miles and roughly 35,417 people. It sits about 25 miles west of downtown St. Louis. There are around 12,918 housing units here, and every one of them has a roof with a clock on it. The community dates back to 1995. We cover ZIP codes 63038, 63040, 63005, 63011, 63021, 63025 and 63069.
We have not logged a completed roof in Wildwood yet. We would rather say so than put a number on this page that is not real.
Wildwood incorporated in 1995 by consolidating eleven historic unincorporated hamlets (Melrose, Hollow, Orrville, Westland Acres, Kelpe, Monarch, Glencoe, Pond, Fox Creek, Grover, Centaur — per the Wildwood Historical Society), so its housing mixes large-lot newer subdivisions with older pockets in those former hamlets.
We work across Wildwood rather than one corner of it — Melrose, Hollow, Orrville, Westland Acres, Kelpe, Monarch, Glencoe, Pond, Fox Creek and Grover included. Age and construction change between them, sometimes by thirty years and a whole different framing method, which is why we look before we quote rather than after.
The Big Chief Restaurant, a remnant of a 1928 Route 66 tourist complex, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, but it is an individual listing rather than a district.
Wildwood 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.
Wildwood 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 department's own number was not retrievable from an official source when this page was built, so we are not printing one. Wildwood 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.
Wildwood borders Chesterfield, Clarkson Valley, Ellisville, Eureka, Pacific and Franklin County. These are the ones we also cover, each with its own permit rule and code edition:
Elsewhere in St. Louis 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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affton | Yes | Not published | 314-615-5184 |
| Ballwin | Yes | 2015 I-Codes (2024 I-Codes proposed for 2026) | 636-227-2129 |
| Brentwood | Not published | 2024 IRC | 314-963-8602 |
| Chesterfield | Not published | 2015 IBC / 2015 IRC | 636-537-4000 |
| Clayton | Not published | 2021 IRC | 314-290-8463 |
| Creve Coeur | Not published | 2009 IRC | 314-872-2500 |
| Des Peres | Not published | 2018 I-Codes | 314-835-6100 |
| Ellisville | Not published | 2015 IRC | 636-227-9660 |
| Eureka | Not published | 2018 IRC | — |
| Florissant | Not published | 2021 IRC | 314-839-7648 |
| Kirkwood | Not published | 2021 IRC | 314-822-5823 |
| Manchester | Not published | Not published | 314-615-5184 |
| Maryland Heights | Yes | 2021 IRC | 314-291-6550 |
| Mehlville | Yes | Not published | 314-615-5184 |
| Oakville | Yes | Not published | 314-615-5184 |
| Richmond Heights | Not published | Not published | 314-646-7658 |
| Unincorporated St. Louis County | Yes | Not published | 314-615-5184 |
| Town and Country | Yes | 2018 I-Codes (2024 I-Codes pending) | 314-587-2820 |
| University City | Not published | 2018 IRC | — |
| Webster Groves | Not published | 2015 IBC family | 314-963-5300 |
Free inspection, a written scope, and photos you keep either way.
Wildwood does not publish a clear answer either way. We confirm it with the building department before starting and pull whatever is required.
Not yet. We have no completed roof logged in Wildwood, 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 Wildwood 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: ecode360.com · www.cityofwildwood.com · en.wikipedia.org · wildwoodhistoricalsociety.org · www.cityofwildwood.com · www.city-data.com. Municipal staffing, phone numbers and adopted code editions change — confirm with the jurisdiction before relying on anything here.