Commercial Hail Damage Repair in Metairie, LA

Often you cannot tell by looking, which is the main difference from a house. On a low slope membrane the stone fractures the sheet over unsupported insulation and crushes the board beneath, and the surface can still look sound. The reliable indicators are impact marks on soft metal and on rooftop equipment, and the confirmation is a core cut that shows the membrane, insulation and deck in section.

Estimated ranges across the affected area only, not the whole roof. TPO and PVC run $5 to $12 per square foot, EPDM $4 to $11, modified bitumen and built up $5 to $13, and metal $6 to $14. Each core cut runs an estimated $150 to $400. The depth of insulation being replaced and roof access move the figure more than the membrane type does.

Because it is the only way to see the assembly. A core cut opens membrane, insulation and deck in section at a chosen point, is photographed, and is then patched back to the manufacturer detail. Several are taken across the roof so the result is a map of the damage rather than one reading. The alternative is pricing work on an assumption about what is under the surface.

Infrared reads heat retained by wet material after sunset, so it needs solar loading during the day, a dry exposed surface, low wind and a clear survey window, and ballast, ponding and highly reflective coatings can all make the results unreliable. A nuclear moisture gauge responds to hydrogen and compares counts against a known dry area, works in conditions infrared cannot, and needs a licensed operator because of its radioactive source. Neither reports a percentage of water and neither replaces a core cut.

Do not assume you do not. The parish publishes a roofing exemption for one and two family dwellings only and there is no commercial equivalent. Its minor ordinary repairs clause allows some work without a permit but only with the Building Permits Department's approval, decided case by case rather than automatically. Big Easy Roofing confirms the scope with the parish before work starts.

It should not, provided the repair follows the manufacturer's published detail using their material and meets any other condition in the warranty, which often includes the work being done by an approved contractor. A repair made in the wrong material or by the wrong method is the usual cause of a problem. We quote the compliant method, and where a warranty has already expired we say so plainly.

It is two different findings and they are worth separating. A dented panel with an intact coating and no breach is an appearance question. A dent that has cracked the finish, opened a seam or crushed a fastener seal is a water question and will shorten the life of the roof. We survey panel by panel and record which category each area falls into rather than pushing everything into one.

When the wet crushed insulation has spread past the point where cutting it out makes sense. Isolated wet areas are cut out and replaced. Widespread wet insulation usually has poor drying potential and materially reduced thermal performance, so money spent on repairs is going into a deck that needs recovering or replacing. The moisture map and the core cuts answer this, not the age of the roof.

No, and no Louisiana contractor may. La. R.S. 37:2159.1 prohibits a person performing contracting services from interpreting insurance policy provisions regarding coverage or duties, and from advertising or soliciting as an insurance claims specialist. Those questions go to your insurer or to a licensed public adjuster. What we provide is the physical record and a good faith itemised, detailed estimate. Worth knowing: a public adjuster may not also perform the roofing work on a claim they have processed.

Yes. Big Easy Roofing surveys and repairs commercial roofs across Metairie, including the Veterans Boulevard and Airline Drive corridors and the industrial stock toward the parish line, and coverage extends to Kenner, Harahan, River Ridge, Gretna and the rest of Jefferson Parish.