St. Vital is one of Winnipeg’s largest residential neighbourhoods, covering the south-east corner of the city from the original 1950s development around St. Mary’s Road and St. Anne’s, through the 1970s and 80s expansion, all the way to the newest construction in River Park South. The neighbourhood’s housing eras vary so widely that almost every kind of roofing job we do happens somewhere in St. Vital, from third-cycle re-roofs on original 1950s bungalows to hail damage assessments on River Park South homes hit by recent storms.
Three distinct housing pockets define St. Vital: the original 1950s and 60s housing in the streets between St. Mary’s and the Red River, the 1970s-80s expansion further south, and the newer River Park South construction built mostly from the late 1990s onward. The roofing needs in each pocket are different.
The original St. Vital housing is on its third re-roof cycle and shares the same patterns as East Kildonan and St. James, straightforward bungalows with predictable issues around old decking, marginal ventilation, and original aluminum eavestroughs at end of life. The mid-1980s housing is on its second cycle with similar but smaller-scale issues. River Park South homes are on their first re-roof, and the major question for those owners is usually hail damage from the storms that have crossed south-east Winnipeg over the years.
For homeowners who’ve never been quite sure whether their roof took hail damage in a past storm, we can come out and do a HAAG-standard assessment. Even on a roof that looks fine from the ground, accumulated impact damage can shorten lifespan significantly.
In St. Vital we handle full asphalt roof replacement across all the neighbourhood’s housing eras, hail damage assessment with HAAG-certified documentation for newer River Park South homes hit by recent storms, eavestroughs, and soffit and fascia work on older sections.
We also handle roof repair, storm damage work, and the small apartment blocks and condo developments scattered through the area.
If you’re in St. Vital, whether the original 1950s area, the 1980s expansion, or River Park South, and you’ve got roofing or exterior work coming up, get in touch. We’ll come do a proper assessment and give you a written quote within 72 hours.