Roof Repair Services in Tempe
Each roof type fails in its own places, so a repair starts with knowing what's on your roof. If your home has pitched tile and a flat section, one visit can cover both.
Tile Roof Repair
Tile repair replaces cracked or slipped tiles, resets loose hip and ridge pieces and fixes the metal in valleys and around pipes. The replacement tile has to match the profile, S-shaped or flat, and the color. Fastening matters: the code requires a fastener on every perimeter tile, and tiles under 9 pounds per square foot installed need one per tile at any slope. See tile roof repair for the details.
Flat and Foam Roof Repair
On a spray foam roof, the repair cuts out blistered, punctured or bird-damaged foam, fills it with new foam and coats it. On modified bitumen or built-up roofs, it patches open seams, blisters and splits in the membrane. In both cases the edges get the most attention: parapet caps, scuppers and the flashing around rooftop equipment. More on foam roof repair and flat roof repair.
Shingle Roof Repair
Shingle repair replaces lifted, torn or missing shingles and reseals them. Each strip shingle needs at least four fasteners, and the new ones should match the wind classification the roof was built to, tested under ASTM D7158. Drip edge and valley linings get checked while the roofer is up there.
Flashing and Penetration Repair
The code requires flashing wherever a roof meets a wall, changes slope or direction, and around every opening. Those joints are where water gets in first. Repairs here replace pipe boots, reseat or replace wall and step flashing, and redo the flashing around skylights, AC curbs and vents. Any penetration wider than 30 inches needs a cricket on the uphill side to split the water around it.
Storm Damage Repair
The National Weather Service treats June 15 through September 30 as Arizona's monsoon season. Wind lifts and breaks tile, tears flashing loose and throws debris into valleys and scuppers. The repair starts with photos of the damage before anything is tarped, which your insurer will ask for, then a temporary cover if water can get in, then the permanent fix.
Why Tempe homeowners call Tempe Expert Roofing
- Free, no-obligation roof estimates
- Written scope: tear-off, underlayment, flashing, coating
- Photos of every finding on your roof
- Permit and code questions answered up front
- One call, one local roofer
Roof Repair or Roof Replacement?
Our view: repair what's broken while the layers under it are still sound. The code draws the line for you in a few cases. A new covering can't go over a roof that is water-soaked or deteriorated, over clay or cement tile, or over a roof that already has two or more layers. A roof in any of those conditions needs an underlayment replacement (on tile) or a full roof replacement down to the deck.
A second sign is how often you're calling. If each repair fixes one spot and the next storm opens another, the underlayment or membrane may be failing across the roof. That's worth checking before you pay for the next patch.
What Affects the Cost of a Roof Repair
Roof type
Tile, foam, shingle and membrane repairs use different materials and different crews.How far the damage goes
One cracked tile over sound underlayment is a small job. Rotted deck under it is a bigger one.Matching
Discontinued tile profiles and colors take longer to find.Flashing
Reflashing a wall, chimney or skylight adds labor.Access
Steep and two-story roofs need more safety setup.Urgency
An emergency tarp before the permanent fix is a separate visit.
Ask for the repair itemized, so you can see what each part costs and decide what to do now and what can wait.
What a Roof Repair Visit Should Cover
- Where the water is getting in, not just where it shows up inside. On tile roofs water can travel along the underlayment and battens before it drips.
- Photos of each problem, with its location on the roof.
A written scope
What gets replaced, which materials, and whether any flashing or underlayment is included.Whether the job needs a Tempe permit
Covering-only work can be exempt. Sheathing replacement isn't.- What else the roofer saw that isn't part of this repair, so you can plan for it.