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Repair or replace: how to decide
The line between a sensible repair and money spent on a roof that is already finished.
Get quotes instead
Three questions, up to three contractors, nothing charged.
Your request is in.
We are matching it now against roofing contractors working in Villa Park and the surrounding area.
- Today, usually within the hour. The first contractor calls or texts the number you gave us. ASAP requests go out first.
- Up to three of them, no more. We cap it at three so you can compare without your phone melting.
- They come and look. Estimates are given after somebody has been on the roof, not over the phone.
- You decide, or you do not. There is nothing to cancel and nothing to pay us.
If you do not hear anything today, check your voicemail and spam folder — contractors often call from a mobile number.
The test that matters
Everything turns on remaining life. A repair on a roof with a decade left is money well spent. The same repair on a roof with two years left is a deposit on the replacement you are about to buy anyway.
When repair is clearly right
Damage confined to one area, a covering that is otherwise sound and flexible, and a cause you can point at — a cracked pipe boot, a length of failed flashing, wind that took a dozen shingles. Fix it and move on.
When it is clearly not
Leaks appearing in unrelated places, granules leaving in quantity, shingles that crack when walked on, or a third repair in two years. At that point the covering has reached the end of its service life and repairs stop compounding.
The middle
Most houses are somewhere in between, which is why two contractors can honestly disagree. Ask each for a remaining-life number and the reason behind it. When two of the three independently say the same thing, that is your answer.