A repair company has every incentive to keep repairing. We do not have that problem: replacement work goes to Premium Roofing, the same company, the same crews and the same phone number. So the answer you get is the one that is right for the roof.
That is the question underneath every other one. A roof that failed at one detail is a repair. A roof that is failing everywhere at once is not, however small the leak looks today.
The right call when the roof has years left and the problem is local.
The right call when a repair would be money spent twice.
Asphalt shingles, two-ply SBS torch-on, TPO, EPDM, tile and metal all have different lives and fail in different ways. A leak at year eight on a torch-on roof and a leak at year twenty-two on a shingle roof are not the same conversation, even if the stain looks identical.
We walk the whole roof, not just the wet spot. If the boot that split is the only tired detail up there, that is a repair. If every sealant joint is cracked, the laps are lifting along the whole parapet and the granule is gone from the south slope, the leak you noticed is just the first one.
Soft spots, delamination and rot change the answer completely. A repair over a bad deck is a patch on a patch. Where there is attic access we look from below as well; stained or wet sheathing over a wide area means the roof has been leaking longer than anyone knew.
A roof that has been patched three times in the same area is telling you something. So is a roof carrying a layer of somebody else's sealant over every detail. Repair history is the best predictor of whether the next repair will hold.
It is impossible to decide between a repair and a replacement without a number for the replacement. So here is the one Premium Roofing has confirmed, as a range, with what moves it.
Pitch and how many storeys up, how many layers come off, the condition of the decking once it is exposed, access for the crew and the bin, and how many penetrations and valleys there are to flash.
The range is for sizing the decision. The actual number comes after someone has stood on the roof, and it is flat-rate once it is written down.
As a guide, $5,500 financed over ten years at 13.99% APR is roughly $85 a month before the admin fee. Terms and the full details are on Premium Roofing’s financing page.
Torch-on, TPO and EPDM replacements and layovers are priced by hand after a site visit, because the assembly, insulation and drainage vary too much for a per-square range to be honest.
The rule of thumb we use: if the repair is a small fraction of the replacement and the roof has years left, repair. If repairs are stacking up towards the cost of a new roof, or the roof is near the end of its life anyway, replace, and put the repair money towards it.
Replacements at Premium Roofing ↗Tell us what you are seeing and we will come and find out what is causing it. Estimates are free, written down, and honest about whether the roof is worth repairing.
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