Every page on this site

Everything published on Malarkey Shingles, Installed in St. Louis, newest first. This site covers St. Louis and the greater St. Louis area, and every page on it is written to be useful on its own rather than to lead somewhere. Keys Roofing is the contractor behind it and the phone number on every page reaches the Keys office directly.

A homeowner reading any one of these is usually part way through a decision and short of one specific fact. The list below says what each page answers, so you can go to the one you need instead of reading the site.

• AR on the Wrapper Does Not Mean the Roof Cannot Streak Here is what algae-resistant granules address, what they leave out, and what should be named in your Malarkey roofing quote.
• Class 4 impact rating, explained plainly What UL 2218 does to a sample, what the four classes mean, and four honest limits on what a Class 4 rating buys a St. Louis homeowner.
• Do Not Let the Ridge Cap Become an Unnamed Substitute The field shingle may say Malarkey while the exposed ridge is a different, unnamed product.
• Hail in St. Louis County: the record NOAA logged 125 hail events in St. Louis County from 2020 to 2025. What that count measures, what the state published about the 2025 season, and which local figures have no source.
• How the work actually runs From the phone call to the magnet sweep, in the order it happens: inspection, written scope, tear off, decking, dry in, details, field, ridge and the walk round at the end.
• Impact rated roofs and your insurer Whether an impact rated roof earns a premium credit is a question for your carrier. What RSMo 407.725 forbids a roofer to do, and the Missouri tax credit that expires in 2026.
• Permits, and the licence Missouri does not issue St. Louis County permit thresholds, municipalities that run their own contractor licensing, and three failed bills that are still quoted as if Missouri licensed roofers. It does not.
• How to read a shingle quote Fourteen items that belong in a roofing proposal before anyone climbs a ladder, the two numbers that always move after tear off, and where a price difference actually comes from.
• Ventilation and the shingle above it Intake against exhaust, net free area, ice dams, and why mixing vent types short circuits an attic. Five lines that belong in the ventilation section of a roofing proposal.
• What rubberised asphalt actually is Oxidised asphalt against polymer modified asphalt, drawn out layer by layer, with the practical limits stated.
• What sits under the shingle Plank decking, drip edge, ice and water membrane, underlayment, valleys and starter course. The half of a St. Louis roof that becomes invisible the day it is finished.
• Why the shingle list is two long Atlas and Malarkey, and nothing else. What a two brand list buys a crew, what it costs the company, and why a wall of manufacturer badges is close to self refuting.

Nothing on this site is advice about an insurance claim. Under RSMo 407.725 a roofing contractor in Missouri may not represent or negotiate a homeowner's claim, and may not offer anything about a deductible. What Keys does is document the damage, put a written scope with photographs and measurements in your hands, and attend as the contractor. You deal with your own insurer.