Cottage Grove roofing leads — and 6 more trades, scored house by house

81% of scored Cottage Grove homes (10,955) have roofs estimated at 15 years or older, and Washington County has 79 documented hail events on record since 2016 — 19 at golf-ball size or larger, the size that opens an insurance claim. That pairing is the roofing signal, and it is the strongest signal on this page: a rep walks up already knowing the roof's estimated age and the last storm date that touched the ZIP. 11,293 Cottage Grove homes (84%) score 70 or higher.

Gutters ride two signals already on this page. Hail: 79 documented events in Washington County, 19 at golf-ball size or larger — hail that dents a roof dents the gutters on the same elevation. And roof replacement: 81% of Cottage Grove roofs are estimated at 15 years or older, and a home getting a roof is usually getting gutters in the same job. Gutters is the one trade besides roofing where roof age is honestly part of the signal.

Hail does not stop at the shingle line. Washington County's 79 documented hail events and 27 severe wind events (up to 65 mph) are the siding signal in Cottage Grove: a storm that opens a roof claim usually marks the windward elevations too. The average Cottage Grove home was built in 1990, so most of the stock is post-1990 vinyl and fiber cement, where storm damage rather than age drives replacement. Roof age says nothing about siding, and this section does not lean on it.

Window leads run on home age, not roof age. The average Cottage Grove home was built in 1990, which puts the typical home in the aluminum-era band, where failed seals, condensation and thermal bridging drive replacement. The average value is $381k, and 90% of scored homes are owner-occupied — the value band and the ownership are what the window list filters on.

Solar reads the roof-age signal in reverse: panels go on roofs that will outlast them. So the solar list in Cottage Grove starts from the 19% of scored homes (2,496) with roofs estimated under 15 years, not the 81% that are older, then filters on ownership — 90% owner-occupied; rentals are flagged out — and value, where an average of $381k sits above the band where solar financing tends to work. Hail history does not make a solar lead.

Exterior paint ages with weather, and Washington County's weather is on record: 79 hail and 27 severe wind events since 2016. The average Cottage Grove home was built in 1990 and is valued around $381k — home age and value are what the repaint list filters on. Roof age is not a painting signal and is not presented as one.

HVAC has no roof signal and no storm signal, and this page does not pretend otherwise. What carries over is the ownership and value layer: 12,173 owner-occupied homes (90%), average value $381k, average year built 1990. Use it as a scored Cottage Grove territory map filtered for HVAC conversations, not as a system-age prediction — the system's age is learned at the door, and it stays on the property record once a rep notes it.