Straight answers and careful work on roof leak repair in Blakesburg, IA. Metal roofing is our specialty, but we do the whole roof.
We fix the leak you called about and then check the rest of the roof while we are up there, because on most Blakesburg homes a roof old enough to leak in one place is usually working on a second. Estimates are free and the repair gets priced in writing.
Roofing Brothers has been doing roof leak repair since 2002, first around Morganton, North Carolina and now for Blakesburg homeowners through our network of local crews. The standard has not moved: measure it right, fasten it right, and never cut a corner where water can find it.
Before any roof leak repair starts in Blakesburg you will know the price, the material and the schedule. Estimates are always free, and nobody is going to push you to decide while somebody is still standing in your driveway.
How a job actually runs, from the first phone call to the last magnet pass over the driveway.
We look at the stain, the attic and the framing above it, because the path the water took tells us far more than the ceiling does.
Water can travel several feet along decking before it drips, so we never assume the hole is directly above the stain.
If the cause turns out to be a roof that is genuinely finished, we tell you that instead of patching it forever.
While we are up there we look over the whole roof, because one old enough to leak in one place usually has a second one starting.
Questions homeowners ask us about this kind of work.
Yes, and it is included. A Blakesburg roof old enough to leak in one place usually has a second one starting, and we would rather show you the photographs now than come back in six months.
Flashing, nearly always. Chimneys, wall tie ins, valleys, pipe boots and skylights account for most of the leaks we chase on Blakesburg homes. The open field of a roof is rarely the problem.
We can usually get a Blakesburg roof covered and stop the water in the middle of weather, but the permanent repair waits for a dry stretch. Sealing something wet just means doing it twice.
Most leak repairs on a Blakesburg home are a few hundred to around fifteen hundred dollars, depending on what has to be opened up and whether decking underneath has gone soft. The estimate is free.
What people said once the job was finished and the trucks were gone.
"Second roof they have done for our family. My sister used them first and would not hear of me calling anybody else."
"Green metal over the whole house and the carport. Looks sharp, and it is quiet inside when it rains, which honestly surprised me."
"Twenty year old tin roof with screws backing out everywhere. They refastened the whole thing with new washers instead of talking me into a replacement I did not need."