Water coming in now
If a roof is actively leaking, call. A phone call gets a real answer faster than anything else on this website.
Emergency work is about stopping the water and limiting what it damages. That usually means getting the roof made safe and watertight first — a tarp, a temporary patch, clearing a blocked drain — and doing the permanent repair once the weather allows and the roof is dry enough to work on properly.
Before anyone gets there
- Move what you can out from under it, and get a bucket under the drip.
- If the ceiling is bulging and holding water, put a container underneath and pierce the low point with a screwdriver. Releasing it deliberately does far less damage than a ceiling coming down.
- Switch off power to any circuit near the water.
- Photograph everything before you clean up — inside and out — for your insurer.
- Do not get on the roof yourself. Wet shingles and wet membrane are extremely slippery, and most roofing injuries happen in exactly these conditions.
Emergency service is offered, and Google lists the business as open 24 hours. What is deliberately not promised anywhere on this site is a guaranteed response time — because whether someone can be on your roof in two hours depends on the weather, the queue and how many other roofs are leaking in the same storm. You will get a straight answer on the phone about when James can actually be there.
Customers on this kind of work
J. Parker replaced my roof on short notice during the holidays. The job turned out to be more than anticipated, since there were 4 layers of shingles that needed to be removed. J. Parker finished the job in one day, staying late because rain was forecast the next day.
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James will come and look at it properly, tell you what he finds, and put the price in writing. Estimates are free and there is no sales pitch.
Roof leaking right now? Call (215) 837-9135 — the phone is faster than a form.