Retail & strip centers
Multi-tenant exposure where a roof leak becomes several tenants' problem at once.
- Phased work by tenant space
- After-hours and overnight scheduling
- Storefront, canopy and signage repair
Construction & Restoration · Commercial
Your tenants can't wait for a rebuild. Neither can we.
Storm, fire, flood and mold restoration for retail, office, industrial and multifamily property — scoped properly, documented for the carrier, and scheduled around your operating hours.
- MN BC-805545
- EPDM & TPO
- After-hours scheduling
- 24/7 response
Free property inspection
We'll walk the roof and envelope, photograph what we find, and tell you whether it's a claim or a repair.
Sent. We'll be in touch within one business day. Active loss? Call 612.772.5822 now.
Damage
IllustrationEmergency board-up & securing
Structure open at 2am? We're 1–2 hours out, any hour.
For fire departments, law enforcement, property managers, facility teams, adjusters and restoration partners who need a licensed contractor on scene to secure a property.
612.772.5822
Answered 24/7/365
On scene
1–2 hours, metro-wide
Nights, weekends, holidays
We self-perform
Board-up and roof tarping
Securing the structure and debris
Credentials
MN BC-805545
GL and workers' comp — COI on request
Documentation
Photo report from arrival
Scope and moisture logs for the carrier
No obligation to your department or agency. We contract directly with the property owner and handle authorization, scope and billing with them and their carrier. If your policy is to hand out a list rather than a name, we're happy to be on the list — call or email eric@sticksnbricksconstruction.com and we'll send our license, certificate of insurance and W-9.
The first 24 hours
Call the moment your tenant does. Not Monday morning.
A leak found Friday afternoon and called in Monday is a different building by the time we arrive. Scope grows, tenants lose trading days, and the carrier starts asking why nobody acted.
Hour 1
Everything is still savable
We stop the source, tarp or board up, and get demo and drying started — after hours if that keeps your tenants open in the morning.
24–48 hours
Mold starts
Wet insulation above a ceiling grid can start colonizing within a day or two. Once it's in the cavity you have a remediation job, tenant notifications, and a much longer schedule.
Day 3+
Repairable becomes replaceable
Ceiling tile, grid, flooring, millwork and tenant improvements go from dry-out to replacement. Inventory and equipment losses compound. Business interruption exposure grows.
The claim
Waiting can cost you coverage
Commercial property policies generally require the insured to protect the property from further damage. Delay gives an adjuster a reason to separate what the storm did from what waiting did.
Before maintenance touches anything: photograph it first, and log the time it was discovered. Isolate the source if it's safe, keep tenants clear of wet electrical, and don't dispose of damaged inventory or fixtures until they're documented. That record is what the claim gets built on.
Why property managers call us
Most residential restoration companies are guessing on a flat roof.
Commercial hail claims get settled on the strength of the inspection, and single-family contractors routinely miss what matters on a membrane system. We document to the standard the carrier's engineer will apply, not the one a shingle crew is used to.
Then we handle the rebuild — interior and out — with your tenants still operating.
Membrane depth
EPDM and TPO inspected on their own terms — fracture patterns, cover board condition, seam and flashing damage, not just surface bruising.
Scope, not argument
Test squares, moisture survey, photo documentation and a line-item estimate before the adjuster writes theirs.
Tenants keep trading
Night and weekend work, phased areas, dust and noise containment, and coordination with your tenant notices.
One contractor
Mitigation managed, reconstruction self-performed, interior finishes included. No handoff to a second firm halfway through.
Portfolio work
Multiple buildings inspected and reported together, so you can budget and prioritize across a portfolio.
Property types
What we work on.
Single-family homes through multi-property commercial portfolios, across the Twin Cities metro and a wider Midwest territory for storm work.
Office & institutional
Occupied buildings where dust, noise and access have to be managed.
- Containment and negative air
- Ceiling grid, drywall and finishes
- Churches, schools, clinics
Industrial & warehouse
Large-span membrane roofs and the equipment underneath them.
- Large-area roof replacement
- Water intrusion over inventory
- Metal building repair and re-skin
Multifamily & HOA
Apartment, townhome and association property where units stay occupied.
- Unit-by-unit interior restoration
- Association board reporting
- Siding, roofing and deck systems
Residential
Single-family homes get the same crew and the same standard as everything else on this page.
- Whole-home fire, water and storm rebuilds
- Kitchens, baths and finished basements
- Roofing, siding, decks and porches
Flat roof systems
EPDM, TPO, and what adjusters miss on both.
Hail behaves differently on a membrane than on shingles. Damage is often invisible from the ladder and only shows in test squares or on the underside of the cover board — which is exactly why so many commercial hail claims come back underpaid.
We inspect and document the way the claim will actually be evaluated: substrate and cover board condition, fracture evidence, seam and flashing integrity, mechanical attachment, and the age and remaining service life of the system.
IllustrationHow a commercial claim goes
Five steps, documented at every one.
Call us the day it's found
We walk the roof and envelope, cut test squares where warranted, and produce a photo report you can put in front of ownership or a board.
Scope
A line-item estimate before the adjuster writes theirs, so the conversation starts from documented damage rather than a windshield survey.
Adjuster meeting
We're on the roof with them. Most disputes come from two parties never having looked at the same evidence together.
Build
Scheduled around your operating hours, with tenant notices, containment and a written phase plan. Supplements filed when tear-off exposes more.
Closeout
Walkthrough, punch list, warranty documentation and final lien waivers for your file.
Coverage
Twin Cities metro, and beyond for storm.
Based in Hopkins. For commercial storm events we work a broader Midwest territory — if hail hit your property and you're outside the metro, call and ask.
- Minneapolis
- Saint Paul
- Hopkins
- Minnetonka
- Edina
- Bloomington
- Eden Prairie
- St. Louis Park
- Plymouth
- Maple Grove
- Eagan
- Burnsville
- Woodbury
- Roseville
- Blaine
- Rochester
- St. Cloud
- Duluth
- Mankato
- Western Wisconsin
Common questions
Before you call.
Can you work without shutting my tenants down?
That's usually the whole job. We schedule nights and weekends, phase work by area or unit, use containment and negative air where dust matters, and coordinate with whatever notice period your leases require. Tell us the constraints up front and we'll build the schedule around them.
Should we call you before opening a claim?
Call us as soon as it's found. You don't need a claim number for us to tarp, board up or start drying, and commercial policies generally require the insured to protect the property from further damage. Every hour a leak runs over inventory or tenant space, the scope grows — and the longer the gap between discovery and action, the more room an adjuster has to argue about what caused what.
My hail claim came back at almost nothing. Is that normal?
On flat roofs, unfortunately yes — and it's often because the inspection didn't go deep enough. Membrane hail damage frequently doesn't show from the surface; it shows in the cover board or substrate underneath. If the original inspection didn't include test squares, there's usually grounds to have the scope revisited with proper documentation.
What's the difference between repairing and replacing a membrane roof?
It comes down to how widespread the damage is, the age and remaining service life of the system, and whether repairs can be made without compromising the manufacturer's warranty. We'll tell you which one we think it is and show you why — including when the honest answer is that a repair will do.
Do you handle the interior too, or just the roof?
Both. We're a licensed general contractor, so water that came through the roof and damaged ceilings, drywall, flooring, fixtures or tenant improvements is our scope as well. One contract covers the envelope and the interior.
Can you inspect several buildings at once?
Yes. For portfolios we inspect and report on multiple properties together so you can see condition, urgency and likely cost across all of them, and budget accordingly rather than reacting building by building.
Are you licensed and insured for commercial work?
Minnesota license BC-805545, with general liability and workers' compensation. We provide certificates of insurance naming your entity as additional insured, plus W-9 and lien waivers as your accounting requires.
Do you respond after hours?
24/7. An active leak over tenant inventory doesn't wait until Monday, and neither do we. Call 612.772.5822 any hour for emergency tarping and board-up.
Let's get on the roof.
Free inspection and a photo report you can hand to ownership — whether or not it turns into a claim.
612.772.5822 24/7 · Hopkins, MN · MN BC-805545