Mount Washington

Roofing, Windows, Siding and Gutters in Mount Washington 

Mount Washington is the easternmost of Cincinnati's 52 neighborhoods, on the hilltop about ten miles east of downtown, with roughly 15,400 residents. It was a village of about 800 people in 1900 and was annexed to the city in 1911, but the neighborhood you see today was built after the Second World War.

What We Do in Mount Washington

Prodigy Home Pros does four things for Mount Washington homeowners.

Roofing — full replacements, storm and wind damage, and repairs. Windows — ProVia replacement windows, insert or full-frame. Siding — vinyl, James Hardie fiber cement and Craneboard. Gutters — 6-inch seamless gutters formed on site and sized to the roof feeding them.

Roofing  •  Windows  •  Siding  •  Gutters

Mount Washington Homes and What They Need

Mount Washington was founded in 1846 by families from Garrard's Station and stayed small for a long time — 800 people in 1900, still only 3,000 by 1940. Then a substantial residential boom followed the war, and most of the subdivisions here date from that period.

The numbers are unusually clean for a Cincinnati neighborhood: in this ZIP, the 1940s alone account for about 2,400 housing units, the 1950s 1,960, the 1960s 1,850 and the 1970s 1,940 — roughly 8,100 of about 10,750 units built between 1940 and 1979. Essentially nothing has been built since 2010.

The stock is 1950s Cape Cods and brick ranches with roomy lawns and attached garages, averaging around 1,660 square feet. These are simpler roofs than the Victorian and Tudor neighborhoods to the west — fewer valleys, fewer dormers, shallower pitch, asphalt rather than slate. That makes them faster and cheaper to do properly, which is worth knowing if you have been quoted as though your house were in Hyde Park.

The local factor is trees. Canopy here is 43.7%, seventh of all Cincinnati neighborhoods, and combined with the roomy lawns that means a real debris load on gutters. On a low-pitch ranch roof, debris does not slide off the way it does on a steep one — it sits.

What to Expect

Most roof replacements are finished in a single day. You get a written price before you commit to anything. Crews tarp the landscaping, and we run magnets over the driveway and lawn before we leave.

An insurance claim runs differently from an out-of-pocket replacement, so we walk the roof with you first and tell you which one you are actually looking at. Financing is available — ask about it when you call.

Why Mount Washington Homeowners Call Us

Prodigy Home Pros is a GAF Master Elite contractor, a designation held by roughly 2% of roofing companies in the country. We install ProVia windows, James Hardie and Craneboard siding, and Wilco gutters. Our Google rating is 5.0 across 233 reviews.

The GAF Golden Pledge warranty — 50 years on shingles, 30 years on workmanship — is available as a paid upgrade on qualifying roof installations. We will explain what it covers and what it does not before you decide whether it is worth it.

Questions from Mount Washington Homeowners

Why is my quote so much lower than my friend's in Hyde Park?
Because your roof really is simpler. Post-war ranches and Cape Cods have fewer planes, fewer valleys, fewer dormers and a shallower pitch than a pre-war Tudor, and all of that is labor. It is not a lesser job — it is a smaller one.

Debris just sits on my roof rather than blowing off. Is that a problem?
It is, and it is specific to low-pitch roofs under heavy canopy, which describes a lot of Mount Washington. Organic debris holds moisture against the shingle and packs into the gutters. Larger gutters with more downspouts help; so does clearing the roof itself rather than just the gutter, which most people never do.

How long does a roof replacement actually take?
Most are a single day. A large or cut-up roof can run into a second day, and we will tell you which yours is before we start rather than after.

Can you just go over the old shingles?
We tear off. Laying new shingles over an old layer hides whatever the deck is doing underneath, adds weight, and shortens the life of the new roof.

My roof was damaged in a storm. Do I file a claim or pay for it?
It depends on the damage and your deductible, and it is not always the obvious answer. We inspect first and tell you what we found, including when a claim is not worth filing.

What does the warranty cover?
Manufacturer coverage on the shingles comes standard. The GAF Golden Pledge — 50 years on materials, 30 on workmanship — is an upgrade you can buy on qualifying installations. We will walk through the difference so you are choosing rather than guessing.

Nearby Areas We Serve

Anderson Township  •  Columbia Tusculum  •  Mount Lookout  •  Hyde Park  •  Eastgate

Call (513) 285-8474 to talk to someone about a Mount Washington roof, or fill in the form below and we will come out and look at it.