Any building
Emergency roofing and storm damage
When water is still coming in after a storm we tarp the roof to stop more damage, document it, and meet your insurance adjuster on site if needed.
Chapter 01
When water is still coming in
A storm that lifts shingles or drops a limb on the roof leaves one job ahead of every other: stop more water getting in. If it is still coming through the ceiling, move valuables, set out buckets, and stay out of any room where the ceiling is sagging. Don't go up on the roof yourself, least of all in the dark or in wind. Call (313) 600-4538 and tell us what the storm did. The office answers Monday to Saturday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
When water is still coming in after a storm, we tarp the roof to stop more damage, and then we schedule the permanent repair. A tarp is not a repair. It is a held line, fastened over the damaged slope so the next rain stays outside while the real fix is planned properly in writing. That order matters: tarp first, then the estimate, then the repair, never a rushed patch over wet decking.
A brick church roof stripped to the bare deck mid tear-off, a chimney standing in the open slope.
Documenting the damage the day you find it
Photograph it before anything is covered or moved. Wind-lifted and missing shingles, creased tabs, a limb or a whole tree across the slope, hail bruising, a stained ceiling or wet insulation underneath: take the wide shot first, then the close one. Keep the receipt for a tarp or any emergency work, and hold on to torn-off pieces that can be shown if there is ever a question about what the storm did.
Insurance policies generally cover sudden damage, like wind, hail or a fallen tree, and generally do not cover wear from age. Whether a claim is paid is between you and your insurer, and we never promise an outcome. We document what we see on the roof, put it in a written estimate, and meet your adjuster on site if needed, so the person who has actually been on the slope can walk through it with them.
Chapter 03
From the tarp to the permanent repair
Once the roof is dry and safe, we come back to the real fix. That might be new shingles on one slope, a rebuilt valley, a replaced section of decking, or, when the storm hit an old roof already past its life, a full replacement. The written estimate says which, in plain terms, and it is free. We will beat any written estimate from a licensed and insured roofer, so there is no reason to take the first number you hear in the middle of a bad week.
Materials come from Owens Corning, TAMKO or GAF, and T&M Roofing is a certified installer for all three. The permanent work carries our 10-year labor warranty, with the manufacturer's limited lifetime warranty on qualifying shingle systems. We work under Michigan licence #262400794, fully licensed and insured, within about 60 miles of our Schaefer Hwy office in Detroit. Seniors, veterans and first responders get a discount, and we are a Michigan Saves partner if the repair needs financing.
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The storm night sheet
- Do
Move what you can't replace
Valuables go away from the drip, to a dry room.
- Do
Catch the water
A bucket under each drip, until the tarp is on.
- No
Stay clear of a sagging ceiling
If it bulges with water, keep people and pets out of that room.
- No
Don't go on the roof
Not in the dark and not in bad weather. The tarp is our job.
- Do
Photograph the damage
Wide shot, then close, before anything is covered or moved.
- Do
Call the office
(313) 600-4538. If water is still coming in, we tarp the roof, then schedule the repair.
Roof open to the weather? Call, and we start with the tarp.
(313) 600-4538A single leak without a storm is covered under roof leak repairs, and a roof the storm finished off is a roof replacement conversation, in writing, after the tarp.