Roofing
& Exteriors
in Dayton, Ohio

Often just a repair, and we will say so. A targeted repair on a storm-damaged section, done properly, stops the leak and adds years to the roof you already have. A full replacement is the right answer when the roof is at the end of its life, when the deck underneath has gone, or when the damage is spread across most of the slopes.

What we will not do is use a handful of missing shingles as the reason to sell you a whole roof. You get our recommendation and the reasoning behind it, then you decide.

Often, yes. Standard homeowners policies generally cover sudden accidental damage from storms and falling trees, including roofing, soffit and fascia. Coverage details vary by policy, so the only reliable answer comes from your own.

What helps in every case is the same: contact your insurer as soon as the damage happens, document everything with photographs, and get an inspection before any repair work begins. A contractor can find and document damage that is not visible from the ground, which is usually where the argument ends up.

It means the contract covers the work itself, the installation, the repair and the cleanup, while the materials are supplied separately, either directly by you or through the insurance settlement.

It is a common structure on insurance-funded storm repairs, because it lets the claim treat materials and labor as distinct line items. It is worth knowing that the labor figure on its own is not the size of the project, only the labor part of it. That catches people out.

That depends on your policy and your deductible, and it is your decision rather than ours. Sometimes a claim is clearly the right move. Sometimes a localized repair costs less than the deductible would, and filing gains you nothing.

We will give you an honest assessment of the damage and a written price either way, and if you would rather skip the claim entirely we will price the repair on that basis and leave it there.

The phone is answered around the clock, including nights and weekends, and you can book a time on the call rather than waiting for someone to ring you back.

How soon a crew gets on the roof depends on what the weather has just done to the whole area, and we would rather tell you a real day than a comforting one. What we will do immediately is get up there and look, because a roof cannot be judged from the driveway and the damage gets worse while it waits.

It gets replaced, and it gets written up before anyone touches it. On one Dayton property the old shingles were hiding widespread rot and water damage across the decking, and those boards came out and were replaced with fresh decking before any new roof went over the top.

Anything beyond the original scope goes into a change order in writing, so you see what we found before the roof closes back up. Covering rotten decking with new shingles is how a roof fails twice.

Low slope sections on houses, yes, and they get treated as low slope rather than as a shallow shingle roof, which is a common and expensive mistake. That means the old rolled roofing comes off, ice and water shield goes down in full coverage rather than just at the edges, and a mineral-surface cap sheet goes over it, with proper roof-to-wall transition flashing and sealed penetrations.

For large commercial flat roofs, call and ask. We would rather tell you honestly whether your building is the right fit for us than take the job and find out.

Yes, and usually in the same visit, because the damage rarely respects the boundaries between them. Gutters, downspouts, guards, gutter apron, drip edge, soffit, fascia, siding, chimney rebuilds and the flashing where the roof meets a wall are all our own work.

We are a general contractor rather than a roofing specialist, so if water has already reached a ceiling or a wall inside, the drywall, paint and trim to put that right are the same contract and the same crew. You can see the commercial side of that on our commercial build-outs page, and read about the guys who make it happen on our about page.