Water Coming In? Tarping Is the Call You Make Tonight.

We would rather you did not. A wet roof after a storm is one of the most dangerous surfaces there is, and most DIY tarps are weighted rather than fastened, so the next gust lifts them and the water comes straight back in. There is also a documentation cost: an adjuster is far more likely to accept mitigation that a licensed contractor performed and photographed.

Treat a tarp as a matter of weeks, not months. Sun and wind on the Gulf Coast degrade tarp material and loosen fasteners over time, and a failed tarp can leave you worse off than an open repair you knew about. We schedule the permanent repair while the tarp is going on so there is a real date on the calendar, not an open-ended wait.

It depends on the size of the affected area, the pitch of the roof, and how accessible the damage is — a single slope on a low-pitch ranch is a different job from a steep two-story hip. We will tell you the number before we start, and because it is usually claimable as emergency mitigation, most homeowners are not paying for it out of pocket in the end.

Yes — Navarre, Pensacola, Pensacola Beach, Navarre Beach, Milton, Pace, Perdido Key, Fort Walton Beach, and Crestview. After a major hurricane, demand across the whole Panhandle surges at once, so call as early as you can and we will prioritize by severity.

Operation Blue Roof is a real, free federal program run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — but it only activates in counties named in a federal disaster declaration, it generally covers standard shingle roofs on primary residences with less than 50% structural roof damage, and after a major storm the sign-up-to-installation wait is measured in days to weeks. If you qualify and can wait, use it. If water is coming in now, or your roof or situation does not fit the program, we tarp the same day — and reasonable emergency mitigation is usually reimbursable under your homeowner's policy.