Commercial Exteriors — Westminster, CO 80030, 80031 & 80234
Westminster Commercial Exterior Contractor for HOAs, Apartments & Office Parks
Roofing, siding, windows and balconies for Westminster associations, apartment communities and commercial owners, scheduled around the city’s plan review and documented building by building.
Who does commercial and HOA exterior work in Westminster, CO?
Northern Lights Exteriors is a commercial exterior contractor in Westminster, doing roofing, siding, windows and balconies for HOAs, apartment communities and office parks on the Front Range since 2001.
Westminster reviews a Building Commercial permit in 30 business days (15 for each later review), so we file first, then phase the work around residents and tenants.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 552 verified reviews.
Commercial and HOA Exterior Work in Westminster
Most commercial exterior work in Westminster is on buildings people live in: townhome and condominium associations, apartment communities, and HOAs that look after a neighborhood of roofs and siding. Alongside them are the offices, office parks and retail centers along US-36, Sheridan Boulevard, Federal Boulevard and the 104th, 120th and 144th Avenue corridors. The trades are the ones we do on houses, planned and documented for a board, a manager or an owner.
HOAs and associations
A reserve study says the roofs are due; we turn that into a building-by-building plan, a color board and a bid the board can approve. See HOA exterior work.
Apartments and multi-family
Residents stay home while we work, so notices go out early and dumpsters and lifts never block a door or a parking row. See multi-family exteriors.
Office park exterior remodeling
Windows, doors, siding and roofing on office buildings that stay open while we work, with access and staging agreed before the first day.
Low-slope and metal roofs
TPO and EPDM membranes, commercial metal roofing, and roof coatings for metal and flat roofs.
If you are looking for a commercial building contractor in Westminster for ground-up construction, that is not us. We are a commercial exterior contractor: we renovate and replace the outside of buildings that already stand.
More Westminster pages: Westminster roofing · Westminster siding contractors · Westminster replacement windows · Westminster deck builders · the Westminster exterior remodeling hub.
Westminster Commercial Plan Review: 30 Business Days, Then 15
The City of Westminster sets the initial review of a Building Commercial permit at 30 business days, and each later review at 15 business days. That is about six weeks before the first comments come back, so the permit belongs at the front of a commercial schedule, not the middle. After a hail event, when many owners file at once, that matters even more.
| Commercial submittal item | What Westminster asks for |
|---|---|
| How plans are filed | Digitally, as PDFs, through the city’s eTRAKiT portal |
| Seals | Plans signed and sealed by the design professionals |
| Structural calculations | Stamped by a Colorado registered Professional Engineer (not required for tenant finish or remodel work) |
| Project valuation | Labor, materials and contractor profit; it sets the plan review deposit |
| Separate permits | Fire alarm, fire sprinkler, kitchen hood suppression, exterior signage and site work |
| Review time | 30 business days initial, 15 business days for each later review |
A commercial re-roof has its own permit subtype, Commercial Reroof, and an occupied building’s remodel files as Commercial Building. We confirm the review path for each property when we apply. Where a scope needs engineering, the drawings carry a licensed engineer’s stamp. Sources: the Westminster commercial plan review submittal guidelines and the Building Division.
Townhome buildings permitted under the residential code follow the city’s residential re-roofing rules instead: high-wind nailing on every asphalt shingle roof, and damage over one square treated as a replacement of the whole roof covering. Detail is on our Westminster roofing page.
Wind Speeds a Westminster Commercial Roof Is Designed For
Commercial buildings in Westminster are designed to the 2021 International Building Code, and the city publishes its own basic design wind speeds by map zone and by risk category. The zones split along Sheridan Boulevard and Wadsworth Parkway, the same lines as the residential map.
| IBC risk category | Zone 1 (east of Sheridan) | Zone 2 (Sheridan to Wadsworth) | Zone 3 (west of Wadsworth) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risk Category I | 120 mph | 125 mph | 135 mph |
| Risk Category II (most offices, retail, apartments) | 130 mph | 140 mph | 150 mph |
| Risk Categories III and IV | 140 mph | 150 mph | 160 mph |
The city uses Exposure B unless the Building Official specifies Exposure C. For a roof, those numbers decide how a membrane is attached at the corners and edges, how the metal coping is fastened, and which tested assembly goes on the drawing. A membrane spec copied from an east-side job can be under-designed for a building west of Wadsworth, so we specify the roof to the building’s own zone. Source: City of Westminster Design Criteria for Structures.
Hail Damage Across a Whole Property
Westminster is in the north-metro hail track. NOAA Storm Events data records 2-inch hail about 1.5 miles from the center of Westminster on June 18, 2018, and 1-inch hail across the northern metro on May 30, 2024. For an association, a storm like that is not one roof. It is every building on the property, of different ages and different shingle lots.
Each building gets its own inspection file: dated photos of every slope, the soft metals, the siding and the gutters, plus measurements. The estimate is written in Xactimate, the software most carriers use, and on residential-code buildings it cites Westminster’s one-square rule where it applies. Your manager gets one summary showing which buildings took damage and how much. We are not a public adjuster and we do not negotiate your claim; a property-wide file with every building documented simply leaves less room for a short scope. See storm damage and claims.
Phasing Exterior Work Around Residents and Tenants
On an occupied property the calendar is part of the scope. Our proposals show the order of buildings and the weeks each one is under work, not only the materials.
- Survey. We record each building’s age, materials and condition on a site map the board can mark up before pricing starts.
- Permit first. We build the city’s review time into the schedule and file before materials are ordered.
- Phase. By building or by elevation, with the sequence published to residents and tenants ahead of time, and entries and parking kept usable.
- No open walls overnight. Each elevation is dried in before the crew leaves, and daily photos go to the portal for the manager and the board.
The trades, in the order we usually plan them: replacement windows sized for stacked units, entry and patio doors, fiber cement and LP SmartSide siding, decks and balconies with composite boards and code railings, Class 4 impact-resistant shingles or low-slope membranes, exterior paint as part of a re-side, and new gutters.
The System Behind the Work
On a Westminster association or apartment job, three groups need different things: the board votes on progress, the manager answers residents, and the owner tracks the money building by building. Each of them can see their part without calling us.
Two things make that possible, and they are the reason to choose us over a cheaper quote.
First, experience and scope. We have been working on Colorado’s Front Range since 2001, and we hold a Class C general contractor license (Colorado license #C120350) rather than a single-trade license. That is not a technicality: it means roofing, siding, windows, decks and outdoor living can run under one contract, with one project manager accountable for the flashings where those trades meet — which is precisely where multi-contractor projects leak, literally and figuratively. James Hardie has recognized us as an Elite Contractor continuously since 2011, and as a President’s Club Member — their highest contractor distinction nationwide. Our rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 552 verified reviews.
Second, a proprietary on-demand client portal we built ourselves. Most of what people hate about a remodel is not the construction. It is not knowing — who to call, whether the permit went in, when material arrives, what has been paid, whether it passed inspection. We built a system to remove exactly that, and as far as we know no other exterior contractor in this market offers it:
Every conversation in one place
Messages, decisions and change requests are logged against your project rather than scattered across texts, voicemails and three different crew members’ phones.
Contracts and scope, always retrievable
Your signed contract and itemized scope live in the portal, so you can easily get a refresh on what was agreed — on your own, any time.
Permit status you can see
Where the permit is in the process, and when inspections are scheduled — without having to phone anyone to find out.
Delivery and install schedules
When material lands and when each trade starts, so you can plan around the work instead of waiting for a truck to appear.
Before, during and final photography
Documented condition before we start, progress images through production, and final photography — including the parts of the building you will never see again once it is closed up.
Payments tracked per trade
What is paid and what is outstanding, broken out by trade rather than as one running balance you have to reconcile yourself.
Inspection records
Each inspection and its result, recorded against the project and available when you sell the house and someone asks.
Access is an individual, custom URL issued to you — and you get it when we start talking, at the lead and project meeting, not after you sign something. That is deliberate: you can see how we run a project before you commit to one. It then stays available after the work is finished, which matters more than it sounds, because the documentation, images and inspection records are exactly what a buyer’s agent, an appraiser or an insurer asks for years later.
Talk to Us About a Westminster Commercial Project
We walk the property, map each building, build the city’s review time into the schedule, and deliver a phased, itemized proposal a board can vote on.
Request Your Free Estimate → 📞 (303) 776-5263
Prefer email? Reach us at office@nlexteriors.com. Ask about financing options when we walk the property.
Nearby Cities We Also Serve
Westminster sits between Broomfield, Thornton, Northglenn and Arvada, and we work all of them. If you are just over the city line, start here instead:
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Westminster Commercial Exterior FAQs
How long does Westminster take to review a commercial permit?
The City of Westminster sets the initial review of a Building Commercial permit at 30 business days and each later review at 15 business days. We build that into the project schedule.
What does a Westminster commercial plan review submittal need?
PDF plans filed through eTRAKiT, signed and sealed by the design professionals, structural calculations stamped by a Colorado registered engineer (not required for tenant finish or remodel work), and a project valuation that sets the plan review deposit. Fire alarm, sprinkler, signage and site work need separate permits.
What wind speed is a Westminster commercial roof designed for?
For Risk Category II buildings, which covers most offices, retail and apartments, the city’s 2021 IBC design wind speeds are 130 mph east of Sheridan Boulevard, 140 mph between Sheridan and Wadsworth Parkway, and 150 mph west of Wadsworth.
Do you do HOA exterior projects in Westminster?
Yes. Townhome, condominium and neighborhood associations hire us for window replacement, re-siding and re-roofing, planned building by building, with a color board and a bid package the board can approve.
Do you handle hail claims for associations and apartment owners?
Yes. Every building gets its own dated photo file and an Xactimate estimate, rolled up into one property summary. We are not a public adjuster and do not negotiate the claim.
Are you a commercial building contractor for new construction in Westminster?
No. We are a commercial exterior contractor. We renovate and replace roofing, siding, windows, doors, decks and balconies on existing buildings, including office parks, retail centers, apartments and HOA communities.
