Shingle roof repair, from the course that lifted to the leak it caused.

It depends on access, the number of courses involved and whether flashing or decking work is needed. A localised repair — a lifted course, a cracked plumbing boot, a section of ridge cap — is a modest job and often finished in one visit. Costs rise sharply only when decking has rotted and needs cutting out. We give a fixed written price after an inspection rather than a guess over the phone, because a fixed number quoted sight-unseen has the guess built into it.

Where the line is still manufactured, yes — we match profile and colour exactly. Where it's discontinued, we source the closest available and place it on the least visible slope. Be aware that a perfect match to a roof that's weathered fifteen years isn't physically possible: sunlight fades granules, so new material always reads slightly brighter for the first season or two before it settles in.

Emergency work, yes — we secure the roof and stop water entry in any weather. Permanent shingle repair is trickier in cold: asphalt shingles become brittle and can crack when handled below roughly 4 °C, and the self-seal strip needs warmth to bond, so tabs are hand-sealed with roof cement instead. We'll do it when it can't wait, and tell you honestly when waiting for milder weather gives a better repair.

Often, where the damage is sudden and storm-related rather than wear. What decides it is documentation: dated photographs, the pattern of damage, and a written report distinguishing wind damage from age-related deterioration. We document the roof on arrival and produce a report your adjuster can work from. We aren't insurance advisers, so confirm coverage details with your own insurer.

There's no fixed number — it's about distribution rather than quantity. Fifty shingles on one slope after a windstorm is a repair. Ten shingles failing in six unrelated places across the roof is a roof at the end of its life, because it tells you the whole field has become brittle. That pattern is what we're reading during the inspection.

It's common in Richmond Hill, but it isn't normal. On a young roof it usually points to installation: nails set above the nailing strip, overdriven fasteners, or shingles laid late in the season that never sealed. That's worth establishing, because if the home is still within its builder or workmanship warranty the correction may not be yours to pay for. We document the nailing pattern as part of the inspection.

A correctly executed repair lasts as long as the surrounding roof does. The exception is a repair done without correcting the underlying cause — replacing blown-off tabs without fixing the fastening pattern that let them go means the same slope fails in the next windstorm. That's why we look at why it happened, not just what came off.

Almost all of them. We're a repair company rather than an installer chasing replacements, so the overwhelming majority of the roofs we work on were put on by someone else — frequently the original subdivision builder.