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Emergencies we handle

After the emergency repair

Once the leak is stopped, we walk the full roof, document any storm damage, and help you decide between a long-term repair, a full replacement, or filing an insurance claim.

Finding the real source of the leak

A leak is a symptom, and the actual failure point is often several feet uphill from where water shows up inside — a lifted step flashing at a sidewall, a cracked pipe boot, a nail that backed out of the deck, or an ice dam pushing melt water back under the shingle course. We trace the water path from the attic side and the roof side so the permanent repair fixes the cause, not the stain. That means checking sheathing for delamination, insulation for saturation, and the ventilation balance that let the ice dam form in the first place.

What causes most Wisconsin roof emergencies

Southeast Wisconsin puts roofs through a punishing cycle: hail and straight-line winds from May through August, then heavy wet snow, ice dams, and 40-degree temperature swings from December through March. Four failure modes account for the majority of the emergency calls we take.

• Wind uplift. Gusts over 55 mph break the sealant strip on aging shingles. The shingle looks fine from the ground but is no longer bonded, so the next rain drives straight underneath it.
• Ice dams. Warm attic air melts snow near the ridge; the melt refreezes at the cold eave and backs water up under the shingles. This is an insulation and ventilation problem as much as a roofing one.
• Failed flashing and pipe boots. Rubber boots dry-rot in roughly 12–15 years in Wisconsin sun, and chimney or sidewall flashing is the most common leak source we find on roofs under 15 years old.
• Impact damage. Hail bruises that fracture the shingle mat, or a limb that punches through decking during a storm.

Where we respond to emergency leaks

We are based in Brownsville and take active-leak calls across Dodge County (Beaver Dam, Mayville, Horicon, Juneau, Waupun, Watertown, Lomira, Hustisford), Fond du Lac County, Washington County (West Bend, Hartford, Germantown, Kewaskum), Ozaukee County, and Waukesha County. Being 20–40 minutes from most of our service area is the reason we can usually get eyes on an active leak the same day instead of adding you to a two-week list.