Eau Claire Roof Pros provides professional roofing services in Chetek, WI — Barron County, population 2,172. From roof replacement and roof leak repair to insurance claim help, our insured team serves Chetek homes and businesses.
Chetek property owners near the Chetek chain of lakes, the US Highway 53 corridor north of Bloomer count on Eau Claire Roof Pros for roof replacement and repair in Chetek. We bring the same roofing work we are known for in Eau Claire to every job in Chetek, backed by our workmanship guarantee and a free estimate.
Call (888) 832-3078 for a free roofing estimate in Chetek, or request a quote below. We respond fast and there is no obligation.
Roofing in Chetek, WI
The defining storm here is 16 May 2017. A tornado that formed in Polk County tracked 31 miles east-northeast across southern Barron County, three quarters of a mile wide at its worst. The National Weather Service found its most severe damage just north of Chetek, where mobile homes were completely demolished, one person was killed and 25 were injured.
The survey recorded turkey barns leveled after that, then multiple homes hit hard near Prairie Lake, especially those on the eastern shore. Total property damage in Barron County reached 10.1 million dollars. If you own a roof on the Chetek chain of lakes, that date is the reference point for what wind can do here.
It was not the only one. On 27 July 2010 at 6:59 in the evening an EF1 ran 4.5 miles from Lake Chetek toward the municipal airport, dropping over a dozen large pines on the east shore of Prairie Lake, several onto a home, and taking the roof off a storage garage and a turkey barn. On 27 July 2016 an EF0 cost 50,000 dollars.
Mature pine over shingle is the standing hazard of a lake town. Needle litter holds moisture against the covering, limb strike punctures a deck without visibly marking the shingle above it, and shade keeps a north slope from ever drying out. We walk those slopes rather than judge them from the water side.
Barron County is not among the thirteen Wisconsin counties holding delegated Uniform Dwelling Code authority. The City of Chetek and the Town of Chetek each took the delegation individually, and the city inspector named on the state list of 19 August 2026 is the same name listed as building inspector for the Village of New Auburn, thirty miles south in Chippewa County.
Hail is routine. On 14 August 2000 at 11:08 at night hail measuring 2.75 inches fell on Chetek. On 7 June 2005 two separate 1.75 inch reports came in. On 4 September 2012 two-inch and 1.50 inch hail fell. On 19 July 2019 a swath of 70 to 80 mph straight-line winds about ten miles wide crossed eastern Barron County toward the city.
Median year built is 1974, owner occupancy is 73 percent and natural gas heats 80.8 percent of homes, the second highest rate we record. Chetek sits in Zone 1 of Figure 321.02 at a 40 pound per square foot design snow load, and it is the northernmost place we serve on the US Highway 53 corridor north of Bloomer.
Getting a free estimate in Chetek
Call (888) 832-3078 or send the form and we schedule a site visit in Chetek, usually within a couple of days. You get a written, itemized free estimate with materials and scope spelled out — no verbal ballpark, no pressure, and no charge whether you hire us or not.
We also serve Altoona, WI and the rest of the Chippewa Valley. Everything starts at the Eau Claire Roof Pros homepage.
Roofing work we do in Chetek, WI
Eau Claire Roof Pros covers the same range of work in Chetek that we do in Eau Claire — nothing is carved out because the address is a few miles up the road:
- Tile Roofing — There is not much tile in Eau Claire, and the little that exists is usually on a church, an institutional building, or a house whose original owner brought the idea from somewhere warmer. We maintain what is here and we are careful about adding more.
- Flat and Low-Slope Roofing — Low-slope roofs in Eau Claire are porches, additions, dormer shed roofs, garage extensions and the back half of a lot of older houses on the north side. They fail differently from steep slopes, and in this climate they usually fail from underneath.
- Roof Coatings and Sealing — This is the service we decline most often, and the reason is the same reason the rest of this site exists. A coating is a vapor barrier you paint onto the top of a roof, and if the assembly underneath is already storing water, you have just closed the lid.
- Roof Ventilation — Ventilation is the service most people call us about after a frost melt, and it is the second thing we do, not the first. Doing it first is how a moisture problem gets worse while everybody congratulates themselves on the new ridge vent.
- Skylights — Skylights get blamed for more winter water in this city than they deserve, and they also cause more of it than their owners realize. Both things are true at once, which makes the diagnosis worth doing properly before anybody buys glass.
- Fascia and Soffit — Soffit is the single most important roofing component in this market and almost nobody thinks of it as roofing. It is the intake.
See the full list of Eau Claire services, or call (888) 832-3078.
About Chetek, WI — and why local matters here
Chetek sits in Barron County with a population of roughly 2,172, close enough to Eau Claire that crews move between the two constantly. Local landmarks and corridors residents know well include the Chetek chain of lakes, the US Highway 53 corridor north of Bloomer.
Local knowledge is not a marketing line here. Chetek properties share soil, weather, permit rules and construction eras with the rest of Barron County, and a roofing contractor who works the area weekly already knows what fails locally and what holds up. That is the difference between a bid and an accurate bid.
Popular services in Chetek: Roof Replacement and Roof Leak Repair.
We also serve Altoona, WI and the Chippewa Valley.