Milwaukie, OR, Roofing and Home Improvement Company

A Team That Knows What This City's Housing Looks Like

The median home in this part of Clackamas County went up in 1967, and more than half of the housing stock predates 1978, a detail that shapes what a roofing and home improvement project in Milwaukie requires before work starts. Elm Construction Services runs on a design-build model, meaning the same team prices, permits, and builds the project no matter which part of the house is involved, so that history gets priced in up front instead of discovered halfway through the job.

Downtown Milwaukie has run along the Willamette waterfront since before the city incorporated in 1903, and neighborhoods like Ardenwald carry their own building patterns from decades of piecemeal additions. Our project manager assesses the property in person before pricing anything, so the scope reflects what's behind the siding or under the roof.

Call (971) 318-5112 to start a free estimate for your Milwaukie project, or contact us online to describe what's going on with your property.

Manufacturer Training Backs Every Certification We Hold

GAF ties the Master Elite designation to ongoing training and quality reviews that continue after the badge is earned, the kind of oversight that catches shortcuts before they turn into a leak nobody notices until spring. On a roof that's already carried forty or fifty years of Pacific Northwest winters, that oversight is what tells a crew whether the decking underneath still holds a nail the way it should. 

That expectation carries over to our Trex Pro Platinum decking and James Hardie siding work too, so the certification isn't limited to the one line item most homeowners think to ask about.

Every Service Line Our Team Offers

A roof due for replacement often reveals other issues by the time we write the estimate, and a house built decades ago rarely needs only one thing addressed at a time.

One Milwaukie estimate from our design-build team includes each of the following:

• Roofing – Full replacements and repairs across shingle, metal, tile, and flat systems, backed by our GAF Master Elite certification.
• Siding – Fiber cement siding replacement and repair under our James Hardie certification, sized for exteriors that have carried decades of Willamette Valley rain.
• Decks – Cedar or composite decking that meets Trex Pro Platinum standards, replacing structures built before current framing and railing code.
• Gutters – Installation, repair, and cleaning so water clears the roofline instead of settling against decades-old siding or foundation work.
• Skylights – Leak repair and new installation, flashed to standards most of Milwaukie's original 1960s and 1970s skylights never had to meet.
• Kitchen and bathroom remodeling – Updated layouts, fixtures, and cabinetry, planned around the plumbing and framing a given house has.
• Home additions and new construction – Design, permitting, and construction handled by one team, from the earliest sketch to the final walk-through.

Each of these moves through the same estimate and the same project manager, from the first visit to the final walk-through.