Roof Repair and Storm Damage in Birmingham, Alabama
A leak is rarely where the stain is. Water travels along decking and rafters before it finds a place to drop, which is why chasing the ceiling spot usually fails. We diagnose from the roof and the attic, photograph what we find, and show you the actual source before we quote anything.
What's included
- Leak diagnosis with photos of what we actually found
- Emergency tarping to stop active water intrusion
- Hail and wind damage documentation for your carrier
- Repair-vs-replace recommendation in writing, with the reasoning
- Flashing, pipe boot, and valley repairs
- Missing and wind-lifted shingle replacement
How it goes
- 1
Stop the water first
If there is active intrusion, tarping comes before diagnosis. We are not going to leave water running into your house while we write an estimate.
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Find the actual source
Roof and attic both. Most leaks we find are flashing, pipe boots, or valleys, not failed field shingles.
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Show you the photos
You see what we saw. If it is a twenty-minute fix, we will tell you that even though a replacement pays us more.
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Repair, or document for insurance
Small repairs we handle on the spot. Storm damage gets a dated photo set and a marked test square your adjuster can work from.
Questions we get asked
- How do I know if I have hail damage?
- Usually you cannot tell from the ground, and neither can someone who knocked on your door without getting on the roof. Genuine hail damage is a bruise — granules knocked loose with a soft spot where the mat underneath is fractured. We chalk a ten-by-ten test square, count the hits inside it, and photograph them with the date. If it does not meet threshold, we will tell you that instead of encouraging a claim that gets denied and stays on your record.
- Should I repair or replace?
- It comes down to three things: how old the roof is, how widespread the problem is, and whether the decking underneath is still sound. A ten-year-old roof with one failed pipe boot is a repair, full stop. A twenty-two-year-old roof with granule loss across every slope and soft decking is throwing money at a replacement you will do anyway within two years. We will put our recommendation in writing along with the reasoning, so you can weigh it rather than just take our word.
- A contractor offered to cover my insurance deductible. Is that allowed?
- No. Absorbing or waiving a customer's deductible is insurance fraud, and it is your name on the claim, not just theirs. It also tells you something about how that company handles everything else. We will document your damage thoroughly and honestly, and you will pay your deductible.
- Do you do emergency tarping?
- Yes. If water is actively coming into your house, call us. Tarping is a temporary measure to stop damage while we arrange the real repair — it is not a fix, and we will not pretend it is one.
- Someone knocked on my door after the storm. Should I sign with them?
- Not on the doorstep. Be especially careful with anything that assigns your insurance benefits to a contractor. Ask for an Alabama homebuilder license number and a physical local address you could drive to, then take a day and get a second opinion. Any legitimate company will be fine with that.
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