Inspections + maintenance
Catch problems before they leak
Once or twice a year on the roof. We clean drains, check every seam, send photos of anything that needs attention. Small problems caught early stay cheap.
One Contact, Every Building
Commercial Roofing
Roof work for property managers, building owners, and HOAs across Belvidere, Rockford, and southern Wisconsin. Inspections, maintenance, repairs, and full replacements. One contact across all your buildings.
As a homeowners association, we are pleased to highly recommend Elite Contracting Group for their outstanding service and quality of work. They have completed a wide range of repairs and improvements for our community, and we continue to partner with them on ongoing projects.
Living in a condo, our association has Elite as our contractor. After a heavy rainfall I found water in our basement. Lit came out and knew right away what and where the leaks were. Great to work with. Prompt, and let me know right away when timing needed to change.
Three kinds of work, most of the time
Just about every commercial roof call we get falls into one of three buckets. Some buildings need all three over the years. Most need one at a time.
Repair
Fix the leak, find the cause
Active leak. We come out fast, trace where the water actually starts (often not where it lands), fix it right. You get photos of the cause and the fix.
Replacement
When the roof has run its course
Past service life, repairs stop paying off. We replace with the right material for your building, register the manufacturer warranty in your name, clean up like we were never there.
Most commercial buildings around here
Across our service area we handle everything from a single small office to a portfolio of buildings under one agreement. If you're not sure your building is the right fit, call and ask. The walkthrough is free either way.
Commercial
- Office condo
- Retail strip
- Owner-occupied office
Industrial
- Warehouse
- Distribution
- Light industrial
Community
- Multi-family
- HOA
- Church / civic
One building or full portfolio. One contact, one invoice, one report style.
Three steps, start to finish
Whether it's a one-time repair or a full replacement, the way we work doesn't change.
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We walk the roof together
We climb with you. Photos taken on the slope, findings shown on the spot. If the roof is good, we say so.
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Written scope and price inside a week
Line-by-line scope of what we recommend, what each piece costs, and what you don't need yet. Easy to compare against another bid.
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We work around your tenants
If people are in the building, we plan around them. Work hours, parking, dust, smell, mechanical-room access, all settled before crews show up. End-of-day photo updates in your inbox.
The boring stuff that matters
The technical part of a roof job isn't usually what trips up a project. The boring details are.
Licensed + insured
All paperwork before crews show up
Illinois roofing license #104.019856 and Wisconsin license #747-DCFR. Certificate of insurance issued to you, your lender, or your tenants on request before our crew shows up. GAF and IKO certified.
Photo punch list
You see what we see
Every visit, every repair, every replacement comes with photos. You can hand the report to a board, a lender, or a tenant without having to translate roofer language first.
One contact for portfolios
Same person across all your buildings
If we work across more than one building for you, you get one phone number, one report format, one invoice schedule. No chasing different account managers per address.
Frequently asked
Commercial roofing questions, answered
What's the difference between commercial and residential roofing?
Three real differences: the membrane, the slope, and the warranty model. Residential roofs are usually steep-slope asphalt or metal, sized in squares, and warrantied through GAF or IKO at the shingle level. Commercial roofs are usually low-slope TPO, EPDM, or modified bitumen membranes that get fully adhered or mechanically fastened, sized in square feet, and often carry a building-level NDL warranty from the membrane manufacturer. Inspection, drainage, mechanical penetrations, and rooftop equipment also play different roles. A crew that only works residential is the wrong fit for a TPO retrofit on a flat-roof office.
Will the work happen while my tenants are inside?
Yes. Two operational rules separate a good commercial roofer from a bad one when tenants are present. First, the dump trailer and material lift never block emergency egress, regardless of what it does to crew workflow. Second, no smoke-producing work (torch-down modified bitumen, kettle work) happens during occupied hours; that gets scheduled for nights or weekends. Both rules go in writing before mobilization.
Can you handle multiple buildings under one agreement?
Yes. Most of our property-manager and HOA work runs across multiple buildings under one agreement. One contract, one quarterly invoice, one report format. One contact on our side, one on yours. Certificates of insurance get filed once for the whole portfolio rather than reissued per building.
What does a commercial inspection or maintenance visit cost?
Price depends on how big the roof is, how many buildings, and how often you want us out. We walk the building first, see what's actually there, and quote against that. Real numbers in your inbox inside a week. We don't quote commercial work by the square foot because it doesn't tell the truth about what your roof actually needs.
How long does a commercial roof last in northern Illinois?
It depends on the material and on how the roof is treated along the way. Most flat or low-slope commercial roofs we work on are good for 20 to 30 years. The biggest factor isn't the material, it's whether anybody is paying attention to the roof. A maintained roof typically lasts five to ten years longer than a roof that only gets called on when it's leaking.
Do you work after-hours or on weekends?
Yes, and the surcharge structure goes on the bid up front, not added later. Standard hours run no premium. Evening work after 5 PM adds roughly 15 to 20 percent on labor. Weekend or overnight runs 25 to 35 percent. Retail and medical buildings usually book evenings; warehouses run standard hours; multi-family follows HOA quiet hours, typically 8 AM to 6 PM weekdays.
What insurance and license documents do you provide before a commercial project starts?
A project-specific certificate of insurance naming you (and your lender or master tenant if requested) as additional insured lands in your inbox before any crew is on site. Limits sized to the scope: $1M per occurrence and $2M aggregate standard, higher on multi-building portfolios. Subcontractor COIs pulled to the same standard. License numbers (IL #104.019856, WI #747-DCFR) stay current on the bid; if either lapses mid-project we notify you the same day.