Roof repair: the small stuff, fixed before it turns into big stuff
Leaks, flashing, wind-lifted shingles, and the things that are cheap to fix this season and expensive to fix next. The owner looks at the roof, tells you whether a repair makes sense, and if it does, the crew he runs fixes it.
A shingle roof can be fixed in pieces. Wind-lifted shingles, one slope, a flashing detail at the chimney or a wall, a valley that was never done right: all of that is repair work. Repairing a roof that only needed a repair is the right job.
Repair stops being the cheaper answer at some age, when the shingles are brittle, the color no longer matches, and the next storm will find the next spot. If your roof is on that side of the line, you will be told so, and you will be told why.
What gets repaired
Step 1
Leaks, traced to where they start
Water shows up on the ceiling a long way from where it got in. Roofs leak at the chimney, the valleys, the vents and the wall transitions, not in the middle of a slope, so that is where the owner looks first, on the roof and not from the driveway.
Step 2
Flashing, chimneys and penetrations
Thin flashing at the walls and chimneys and sealant where metal should be are common on production-built houses, and they do not show up until the roof is fifteen years old and a storm finds them. Those details get flashed properly instead of sealed around and forgotten.
Step 3
Wind-lifted and creased shingles
Wind-lifted shingles and creased tabs show up on the exposed slopes first, and they are easy to miss from the ground. If a storm did it, that is a claim and it needs documenting before it weathers in, so the repair visit starts with photographs.
Step 4
When a repair is the wrong answer
A repair sold to a roof that was finished is a bad job with a bigger invoice attached, and so is a replacement sold to a house that needed a repair. Color matching gets harder as a roof weathers, so at some age the patch costs more than it is worth. You get told which side of that line your roof is on.
Flashing, chimneys and finished work
Our own photographs from jobs across York County and the Charlotte area. Not stock, not somebody else’s roof.
The same person, start to finish
The owner worked for the big companies. They trained him. They also hand your job and your claim to whoever happens to be free that week, and that is usually a new hire.
Here, the guy with 20+ years of hands-on experience is the one handling your job from start to finish. Not the new guy.
He quotes it, orders the material, schedules the crew, shows up the day of install, and inspects the finished roof himself. If it is a claim, he builds the package and meets your adjuster on the roof. Licensed and insured in South Carolina.
Questions about roof repair
Can you repair my roof instead of replacing it?
Often, yes. Wind-lifted shingles, a flashing detail, a leaking valley or one bad slope can be fixed in pieces on a roof that still has life in it. The owner looks at the roof and tells you whether a repair makes sense on yours, and if the honest answer is that it is finished, you will hear that instead.
How do I know where my roof is leaking?
Usually you cannot tell from inside, because water travels along the decking and the rafters before it shows on a ceiling. The leak is almost always at a detail: the chimney, a valley, a vent, a wall transition. Finding it means somebody on the roof, which is what the free inspection is.
Is a small roof leak an emergency?
A small leak is a small problem until the next storm, and then it is the ceiling. The sooner it is looked at the cheaper the fix, and in Clover and Lake Wylie the owner can often be on the roof the same day you call, which matters when a tarp is the only thing between a storm and your ceiling.
Will a repair be covered by insurance?
Storm damage can be; wear and tear generally is not. If wind or hail did the damage, it needs to be documented before it weathers in, because that documentation is what the claim is built on. The owner photographs the roof on the repair visit either way.
Do you repair metal roofs and skylights?
Yes. Metal roofs leak at the flashing, the penetrations and the transitions, the same places a shingle roof does, and on exposed fastener panels the screw washers are the part that wears. Skylights are installed and repaired too.
More questions answered on the FAQ page.
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