Restoration & Repair Services in St. Paul, MN

Restoration and repair for St. Paul homes

St. Paul has the oldest housing stock in the metro, and that changes almost everything about a restoration job. The Victorians and 1900s-to-1920s homes in Summit-University, Cathedral Hill, and Macalester-Groveland were built with materials you cannot pick up at a supply house: three-coat plaster, quartersawn oak trim, leaded glass, and steep roofs with dormers and valleys that complicate every repair. Behind those walls run galvanized supply lines and cast-iron drains now a century old and failing on their own schedule. When water or fire gets into a house like that, the goal is not only drying it out — it is putting it back so the repair does not announce itself. Historic district guidelines can also govern what goes back on the outside.

Ungerman has served St. Paul and the wider Twin Cities since 1977. We answer live 24/7/365 for emergencies, and because we handle both the mitigation and the rebuild, one team stays with the house from the first hour through the last coat of paint instead of handing it to a second contractor once the water is out.

What we handle in St. Paul

Emergency restoration covers water, fire and smoke, and storm and hail damage, with board-up, tarping, and full reconstruction. In century-old homes that means drying plaster and old-growth woodwork carefully rather than demolishing it by default. Plumbing, heating, and cooling deals with what is behind those walls: cast-iron and galvanized replacement, radiator and boiler systems, and adding cooling to houses never built with ductwork. Exterior work — roofing, siding, and windows — has to respect the original detailing, from a steep dormered roof to windows that suit a period facade.

Most emergency work is covered by your property insurance, and we document the damage and work directly with your adjuster so the claim doesn’t become your second job. We do the same for commercial property, from the storefronts along Grand Avenue and West Seventh to buildings in Lowertown.