Roofing, Siding & Window Contractor in Lake Forest, IL
All American Exterior Solutions has worked on Lake Forest homes and buildings since 1975 — from the historic East Lake Forest district to Knollwood and the Lake Bluff border. Lake Forest’s estate homes, slate and cedar roofs, and architectural-review standards demand a contractor who does premium work and documents it properly. We’ve earned compliments here on projects as visible as the city’s own East Train Station roof.
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What Lake Forest Customers Say About Us
“We receive a lot of nice compliments on the East Train Station Roof. Everyone involved should be very proud of the finished product!”
— Lake Forest Public Works
“I found AAEXS online and contacted them to put a new roof on my house. They did quality work in a timely fashion, sending a team of two or three people each day. Overall, very happy with their work.”
— Ken J., Lake Forest
“After finding AAEXS online, I called them to do my roof and gutters. They were very timely and cleaned up afterward properly.”
— Michelle D., Lake Forest
Roofing for Lake Forest Homes & Estates
Slate, cedar & premium roofing. Lake Forest’s estate roofs often require natural slate, cedar shake, or high-end synthetics. We install, restore, and repair all of them with the craftsmanship these homes were built with.
Commercial & municipal roofing. As the East Train Station project shows, we handle institutional and commercial flat-roof systems too — single-ply, modified bitumen, and more.
Repairs & maintenance. Regular inspection and maintenance protect a major investment. We catch problems early and document everything for architectural-review and insurance purposes.
Siding, Windows & Doors
We complement Lake Forest roofs with period-appropriate siding, energy-efficient replacement windows, and quality doors — coordinated so the finished exterior honors the home’s architecture.
Serving Lake Forest and nearby Lake Bluff, Highland Park, Bannockburn, and Lincolnshire.
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Areas We Serve
We also serve communities across the north and northwest suburbs — explore roofing, siding, and window projects near you:
Tile and Synthetic Roofing for Lake Forest Homes
Slate and cedar are the Lake Forest materials everyone names, but Deerpath Hill Estates and the Tudor and Colonial Revival houses through the historic district also carry a good deal of clay and concrete tile, and tile has its own failure pattern — underlayment and flashing age out decades before the tile does. We repair and re-lay rather than tear off a field that is still doing its job. For homes where the original material is no longer practical, high-end synthetic slate and shake hold up to Historic Preservation Commission review far better than they did ten years ago, and we can document the submission properly the way we do for architectural review here.
Solar for Lake Forest Homes
Solar in Lake Forest is a design question before it is an energy question, because on most of these properties the array has to answer to the same review the roof does. That usually points to Tesla Solar Roof, which reads as a roof rather than as equipment, or to a conventional array sited on a rear or garage plane where it is not part of the street elevation. We handle the drawings and the submission. Home battery backup is the quieter piece and often the more valuable one on estates where an outage means no water and no gate.