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If your roof is leaking or you can see damage from the ground, do not wait for the next band of rain. Call our 24/7 dispatch line and a crew will roll within minutes. We handle the photos, the install, and the claim file all in one visit.
A tree limb through your roof at 11 p.m. or a hailstorm that just shredded half your shingles cannot wait until Monday morning. We run emergency roof tarping st louis homeowners can actually reach — a real dispatch line, 24/7 service, and a 2-hour response window with a crew on site before the next band of rain rolls through. Top Quality Exteriors has tarped roofs from Creve Coeur to Chesterfield through every kind of Missouri storm, and we know how to stop the bleeding fast so water damage does not turn into a mold or insurance claim.
Tarping is not a roof repair. It is a heavy-duty temporary cover that buys you time for the real fix while keeping insulation, drywall, and personal property dry. Our crews carry commercial-grade poly tarps, lath strips, sandbags, and the experience to anchor them on steep slopes without making the underlying damage worse. Once the tarp is secured, we transition you straight into emergency roof repair in Creve Coeur or a full claim — no second contractor visit, no lost photos, no gaps in the timeline insurance carriers love to use against you.
A real roof tarp is not a Home Depot blue poly sheet thrown over a hole. We install heavy-duty contractor-grade tarps anchored with lath strips screwed into solid decking, with sandbags weighting the perimeter and the edges run a minimum of four feet past the damaged area on every side. On a steep Creve Coeur or Ladue pitch we tuck the upslope edge under the next course of shingles where possible, so wind cannot peel the cover back during the next storm. The tarp itself buys you roughly two weeks of weather protection — long enough to schedule a proper inspection, file the claim, and get permanent repairs scheduled without water soaking the deck. After hail, straight-line winds, or a tree-impact event, that two-week window is also when insurance documentation matters most. Our team photographs the damaged slope before the tarp goes on, marks the impact points, and hands the file to our claim team so nothing gets lost between the tarp call and your storm damage roofing in Creve Coeur review.
When the call comes in, every minute matters. Here is how our dispatch team and crews move from your first phone call to a fully secured tarp on the roof, with photo documentation and a claim file already started before we leave the property.
Your call hits our live dispatch line, day or night. We gather the address, the kind of damage, and any safety concerns. A lead is rolling toward your property within minutes.
A tarping crew arrives at your home within two hours across most of the St. Louis metro. We park, check the safe path up, and walk the perimeter before any ladder hits the gutter.
The lead climbs the slope, photographs the impact area, and measures the run needed for a full overlap. We mark the tarp size and locate sound decking to anchor the lath strips.
We unroll the heavy-duty tarp, anchor it with lath strips driven into sound decking, and weight each edge with sandbags. The upslope side tucks under shingles to block wind lift.
Before we leave, our team hands you a date-stamped photo set and starts the insurance file. You get the next inspection scheduled and a direct line to your dedicated project lead.
The reason our 2-hour roof tarp response works in Creve Coeur, Ladue, and Chesterfield is that we keep crews staged in the metro and run a true 24/7 emergency dispatch — not an answering service that calls you back Monday. After a major St. Louis hailstorm or severe thunderstorm, every roofer in the region gets calls; the difference is whether the company can actually put a crew on your roof while the leak is still active and the next band of rain is on the radar.
Speed alone is not enough. Our tarp crews carry GAF training, commercial-grade tarps rated for sustained wind, and the lath-strip-and-sandbag anchoring system that holds through 50 mph gusts. A bad tarp job — nailed straight through good shingles or weighted with bricks — can do more damage than the original leak. Every install is documented with date-stamped photos before, during, and after, so the file is ready when the insurance adjuster shows up to write the scope.
Most emergency roof tarp installs in the St. Louis metro run between $1,000 and $2,000, depending on the size of the damaged area, the pitch of the roof, and whether we are responding overnight or in the middle of a multi-storm cycle. Non-emergency tarping — same crew, same materials, just scheduled during normal business hours — runs roughly 40 percent less. The biggest cost drivers are slope steepness, tarp square footage, and how much lath and fastener work is needed.
Here is the part that matters: if your tarp is the result of a covered peril like hail, wind, or a tree-impact event, your homeowner policy almost always pays for it under loss-mitigation language. Insurance carriers want you to stop secondary damage, because mold and rotted decking are far more expensive to fix than a tarp install. We submit the tarp invoice straight to your claim along with the photo set, and most Creve Coeur homeowners pay only their deductible.
Every credential we carry is a commitment to quality, safety, and your peace of mind — on every project, in every state we serve.
