Emergency Roofing in Metairie, LA

The emergency line is answered 24 hours a day and the dispatcher gives an on site ETA before you hang up. Response time depends on the hour, the weather and current call load, but crews are dispatched from within Jefferson Parish and Orleans Parish so travel distance is short. During a named storm event, the queue is triaged by severity of active leak.

Estimated ranges. A same visit weatherproof tarp on a Metairie residential roof typically runs $250 to $500 depending on size covered and access. Active leak mitigation with a same visit repair runs $350 to $1,500. Tree limb impact response runs $500 to $1,500 depending on debris and any structural work. All ranges are confirmed in a written scope on site.

No. Jefferson Parish does not require a permit for a same visit weatherproof tarp on a one or two family home in Metairie. The tarp is treated as emergency mitigation, not a construction alteration, and satisfies the Louisiana Department of Insurance duty to prevent further damage after a covered loss.

In most cases yes, provided the underlying loss is covered by the policy. The Louisiana Department of Insurance requires policyholders to take reasonable steps to mitigate further damage, and emergency tarping is the standard mitigation. Big Easy Roofing provides a photograph pack with time and geo stamp on the first visit, which the adjuster uses to confirm the tarp was placed before further damage occurred.

Up to 90 days on the Big Easy Roofing tarp warranty. That is normally enough to walk an insurance claim through even a slow adjuster and schedule the permanent repair. Beyond 90 days the tarp can degrade under Louisiana sun and wind, and a re tarp is worth the call if the repair has stalled.

Yes, while conditions permit safe access. The Big Easy Roofing emergency line remains open through the NOAA Atlantic hurricane season (1 June through 30 November) and dispatchers work the queue as soon as wind speed drops below the safe access threshold. Dispatch order follows the safety triage set out on our Metairie storm damage emergency response page, which puts active hazards and compromised structures ahead of everything else.

Two things. Move furniture and electronics away from any active water entry, and place a bucket or plastic sheeting to catch the drip. Do not go on the roof yourself. Photograph the interior water damage before it dries or is cleaned up, because those photographs form part of the claim record and cannot be recreated later.

The permanent scope is written up separately. If the emergency exposes decking or underlayment failure across 50 percent or more of the roof, the work becomes a re roof, Jefferson Parish charges a flat $50 residential re roofing permit fee via MGO Connect, and Big Easy Roofing prices the full replacement against the repair in the same written scope. The homeowner decides which route.

Yes. Big Easy Roofing runs emergency service across all of Metairie, including Old Metairie, Bucktown, the Lake Vista side, and the neighbourhoods along Veterans and Metairie Road. Emergency dispatch also covers Kenner, Harahan, River Ridge and the rest of unincorporated Jefferson Parish.

Yes. TPO, modified bitumen, single ply and built up commercial roofs get an emergency response with a different tarp method than a shingle roof. Emergency access to a strip retail parapet is different from a residential eave, but the same 24 hour line handles the dispatch and the same photograph pack is prepared for the property manager's insurer.