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24/7 · Day or Night

Emergency Roof Repair
New Jersey

Active leak, storm damage, fallen tree, or wind-lifted shingles? We respond 24/7 across all 21 NJ counties — same-day in the same-day tier, free emergency tarping, photo documentation for your insurance claim, and a clear repair-vs-replace plan from a GAF Certified, NJHIC-licensed contractor.

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The first 24 hours playbook

The order of operations after sudden roof damage matters for both safety and your insurance claim. Here's exactly what to do, in the right sequence — and what to skip.

  1. 1
    Stop the water inside
    Move furniture, place buckets, towels. If water is pooling above the ceiling in a bulge, a small relief hole drains it before it brings the whole ceiling down. Inside damage compounds fast.
  2. 2
    Document everything with photos before you clean up
    Wide shots of every affected room, close shots of stains and water. Photos taken in the first 24 hours are the strongest evidence for the adjuster. Don't skip this.
  3. 3
    Stay off the roof
    Wet or storm-damaged roofs are dangerous. Photograph the exterior from the ground if you can see lifted/missing shingles, dented gutters, or broken windows. We do the roof-side assessment safely.
  4. 4
    Call a licensed NJHIC contractor — not a door-knocker
    Out-of-state crews canvas after every NJ storm. Use a NJ business with a verifiable NJHIC number and current insurance. Do NOT sign Assignment of Benefits paperwork on the spot.
  5. 5
    Tarp the roof (we do this same-day on emergency calls)
    A proper tarp is screwed through furring strips into sound deck, perimeter-sealed — not just nailed. Tarp service is typically reimbursable under emergency mitigation if you document it properly.
  6. 6
    File the claim and get your contractor at the adjuster meeting
    Most NJ carriers send the adjuster within 5-14 days. Your contractor should attend at no charge to document and file supplements for code-required items (drip edge, ice & water shield, ridge vent, new flashing) that adjusters routinely miss.
Triage

What counts as an emergency

Call now — same-day
  • • Active water entering the living space
  • • Daylight visible through the roof from the attic
  • • Tree limb impact or punctured roof
  • • Multiple shingles lifted or missing after a storm
  • • Tarp from a prior quick patch (it has a shelf life)
  • • Visible roof sag or structural deformation
Urgent — but not 3 AM
  • • Ceiling stain that appears only in heavy rain
  • • A few lifted shingles, no active leak
  • • Granule loss visible in gutters
  • • Old roof showing wear, no leak yet
  • • Insurance claim filed previously, never repaired
  • • Pre-listing home inspection findings

When in doubt, call. We'll triage on the phone and tell you honestly whether it's a same-day or next-business-day situation — we don't inflate urgency to push a sale.

Our process

How the emergency response works

We split the response into three clear stages, because trying to do all three at once is how mistakes happen on a wet roof in the middle of a storm.

Stage 1 — Stabilize. Crew arrives, assesses safely, and installs a proper tarp (screwed through furring strips into sound deck, perimeter-sealed with roofing cement). This buys you a watertight roof for typically 30-90 days while the claim and the real repair are scoped. We document the tarp work for insurance.

Stage 2 — Diagnose & document. Once the roof is stable, we do the full damage assessment with photo evidence: test squares for hail, lifted-shingle count for wind, decking probe for impact damage, soft-metal evidence (gutters, vents, AC fins), and interior water-trail tracing. This is what the adjuster needs to evaluate a claim properly.

Stage 3 — Repair or replace.Once the claim is settled (or you're paying out of pocket), we execute the repair or replacement. For localized damage on a sound roof, that's targeted repair. For widespread storm damage or an end-of-life roof, it's replacement — registered with the GAF System Plus warranty for 50-year material coverage.

Coverage

Where we respond — and how fast

Same-day tier
Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Hudson, Union, Middlesex, Morris — response measured in hours.
Next-day
Monmouth, Ocean, Mercer, Somerset, Hunterdon — usually within 24 hours.
2-day
Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem, Sussex, Warren.
GAF Certified · System Plus warranty
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Common emergency questions

Is this really an emergency?+
If water is actively entering your home, if you can see daylight through your roof, if a tree limb has punched through, if shingles are lifting or missing across a slope after a storm, or if you're under a tarp from a previous quick patch — yes. Active water intrusion damages drywall, insulation, and framing fast and can grow mold within days. Call us before you climb up to look; a wet or storm-damaged roof is dangerous, and we'll diagnose safely.
What does an emergency call cost?+
The emergency inspection and a documented tarp on a storm-damaged roof are free in NJ when the work is going to be part of a covered insurance claim — we treat the tarp as part of the claim process and bill it through. Outside a claim, emergency tarping is a flat-rate service quoted up front, never on-the-fly. We never use urgency as a sales tactic.
How fast can you actually get there?+
From our Garfield shop, same-day across the same-day tier (Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Hudson, Union, Middlesex, Morris) during business hours; next-day on overnight emergency calls and outside-tier counties. After a named storm, response stretches because crews are running back-to-back tarps — call early to get in the queue rather than later.
Why should I not just hire the door-knocker after a storm?+
After every major NJ storm, out-of-state crews canvass damaged neighborhoods door-to-door promising 'free roofs' and pushing Assignment-of-Benefits paperwork before they've climbed your roof. Many disappear after 60-90 days. The right move is a licensed NJHIC contractor with a NJ business address and a current certificate of insurance — ask for the NJHIC number and COI before you sign anything. Read our full guide on AOB before signing any assignment of your insurance claim rights.
Will you help with my insurance claim?+
Yes — at no charge. We attend the adjuster meeting, document the damage in adjuster-friendly format (test squares, soft-metal evidence, code-required items), and file written supplements for things adjusters routinely miss (drip edge, ice & water shield to current code, ridge vent, new flashing). We accept direct billing so you typically pay only your deductible on a covered claim.
What if the damage isn't a claim?+
We'll tell you honestly. Not every storm-damaged roof is claim-worthy — small wind losses can fall below your wind/hail deductible, and age-related deterioration isn't covered no matter how recent the storm. We give you an honest read of the damage and the deductible math before you file, so you don't put a denied claim on your record for nothing.

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