Longmont catches Front Range weather from two directions: hail off the plains in the warm months and chinook winds pouring down from the Divide in winter, gusts that have topped 100 miles per hour at the base of the foothills. Cooper Construction is a family-owned roofing company headquartered in Timnath, about 35 minutes up I-25, working the Front Range since 2013. Contact us for a free inspection. From Queen Anne houses in the East Side historic district to new builds out by Ute Creek, we roof for the weather this valley actually gets.
Roof Repair and Maintenance in Longmont
In the East Side and West Side historic districts, century-old roofs hide their problems high up: slipped ridge caps, valleys patched over decades, gutters pulling away from original fascia. Out in Clover Basin and the newer subdivisions northeast of town, the failures are younger but just as wet, wind-creased shingles and pipe boots split by sun at nearly 5,000 feet. We find the entry point, fix it with matching materials, and photograph everything. One local rule makes early repairs worth real money: once more than 100 square feet of roof needs work, Longmont’s code requires replacing the whole roof, not just the damaged section. Schedule a repair online while it is still a repair.
Here Before the Storm, Here After It
CU Boulder researchers count Longmont among the most frequently hailed towns in Boulder County, which means the out-of-town canvassers know the zip codes too. Cooper Construction has been headquartered in Timnath since 2013, and the crews that work Longmont work the rest of the Front Range all year, with GAF Master Elite certification behind the workmanship. Our warranty is worth something because we plan to be here to honor it. Call for an estimate and ask the questions a storm chaser cannot answer.
Hail Off the Plains, Wind Off the Divide
On May 9, 2023, hail up to two inches fell across Longmont and its neighbors, deep enough in places that residents shoveled their driveways clear. Researchers at CU Boulder counted roughly 90 hail events in Boulder County in 2018 and 2019 alone and found the stones trending larger over time. Winter brings the other half of the problem: chinook windstorms that have exceeded 100 miles per hour near the foothills and arrive in Longmont still strong enough to lift shingle edges on west-facing slopes. After a storm we inspect from the roof, photograph the damage, and give you a straight answer on whether a claim makes sense; when it does, one assessment covers the roof, gutters, and exterior together.
Exteriors That Match the Neighborhood
Hail and wind rarely respect the line between roof and walls, so we repair siding, windows, gutters, and exterior paint alongside the shingles, one contractor and one claim for the whole envelope. In the historic districts that means repairs that respect hundred-year-old detail rather than erasing it; in Prospect New Town it means handling modern rooflines and mixed materials correctly. And in a town that learned in September 2013 what water does when it goes where it should not, we size gutters and downspouts for real foothills runoff and move the discharge well away from the foundation.
Roofing to Longmont Code
Longmont enforces the 2021 international codes and adds roofing rules with teeth: a permit for any reroof, full tear-off rather than overlays, ice-and-water shield at the eaves, drip edge, and shingles carrying a 110-mile-per-hour wind warranty. We build to that spec as a matter of course and pull the permit for you. Reach out to Cooper Construction for a free estimate, or read the building codes that apply across the Front Range before you reroof.