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If wind or hail just tore into your roof, do not wait for the ceiling to give — the sooner a tarp goes down, the smaller your interior loss gets. Call our 24/7 Emergency Response line and a St. Louis crew will be on the way inside the hour.
When a storm rips shingles off your Dutchtown two-flat or peels open a parapet-bound flat roof in Soulard, water starts spalling interior brick and soaking plaster within hours. Top Quality Exteriors runs a 24/7 Emergency Response line for emergency roof tarping in St. Louis so a crew shuts the leak down before your finishes and framing go with the roof deck itself. After the May 16, 2025 EF3 tornado tore roofs off roughly 5,000 city homes in one afternoon, that speed stops being a marketing line and becomes the difference between a repair and a gut.
Our tarps are heavy-duty 6-mil poly, fastened with lath strips and ring-shank nails, sandbagged along the parapet, and lapped to shed water past torn membrane or missing shingles. Once the leak is stopped, we scope the permanent repair with you and coordinate the storm damage roofing in St. Louis claim from the same visit. Every truck carries roll roofing, plastic cement, step flashing, and a moisture meter so we can log interior readings for your adjuster and mark hidden pockets right there.
Tarping a flat roof behind a brick parapet in Tower Grove East is a different animal from tarping a pitched gable in Holly Hills, and our crews handle both every storm season. On the low-slope side, we anchor the tarp above the coping stones so wind cannot lift the leading edge, run sandbags along the parapet, and detail the field lap so runoff clears the scupper or drain instead of pooling behind the wall. On pitched brick bungalows in Bevo Mill and The Hill, we fasten through lath strips into sound decking, avoid brittle 1920s slate where it still holds, and keep the tarp taut so ice storms and freeze-thaw cycles do not chatter fasteners loose overnight. Every dispatch carries roll roofing, plastic cement, and step flashing on the truck for interim emergency roof repair in St. Louis where a tarp alone will not hold. When the May 2025 tornado hit Fountain Park and The Ville, we were staging tarps out of the shop by dawn and coordinating with adjusters on-site.
When you call our after-hours line, we move fast, document everything for your carrier, and treat your home like the leak is in our own basement. Here is exactly how a St. Louis tarping call unfolds from first ring to a dry ceiling.
We answer the emergency line day or night, grab your address, and roll a truck within the hour. I confirm roof type and access before we leave. Your ETA hits your phone en route.
On site, we walk the roof, mark torn membrane, missing shingles, and punctured decking. I photograph parapet coping failures for the file. Tarp square footage is sized right there.
We lay 6-mil poly with a shed lap above the failure, screw lath strips through the tarp into sound decking, and sandbag every parapet edge. Ring-shank nails hold on pitched roofs.
Once the exterior is dry, we walk top-floor ceilings, attic decking, and wet plaster for hidden pockets. I mark drywall bulges and log moisture readings for the claim file today.
Before the truck rolls, we hand you a scoped estimate for permanent repair or a full replacement build. I coordinate with your adjuster and set the follow-up meeting on the spot.
Top Quality Exteriors is a BBB Accredited Business with an A+ rating, licensed in Missouri and Illinois, and backed by 7+ years of industry experience across the St. Louis metro area. Our 52+ team members carry general liability and workers compensation on every truck, which matters when a crew is walking a wet brick parapet at 2 a.m. in Fountain Park after a straight-line wind event has stripped the neighborhood roof-first without any warning.
We hold Owens Corning Preferred Contractor status and are a James Hardie Alliance Program Member, so when a tarp turns into a full replacement, product warranties stay intact from the moment the crew lands on your roof deck. Every workmanship job we finish carries a 36-Month baseline warranty, with extended coverage up to Lifetime on select systems, and our tarping documentation folds straight into your storm damage restoration in St. Louis claim file.
Emergency tarping in the city typically runs $1,000 to $2,000 depending on roof pitch, total square footage, and how many parapet edges need sandbagging on a two-flat, rowhouse, or brick bungalow. Non-emergency board-ups scheduled inside normal business hours land roughly 40% below that, since we are not paying a crew overtime to hit a Lafayette Square address at midnight during peak hail and tornado season here in the metro.
The good news is that most homeowner policies cover emergency tarping as loss mitigation, since it prevents a much larger interior claim from mold growth, decking rot, or plaster loss. We document every step with photos, moisture readings, and a written scope so your adjuster approves the mitigation line without any pushback. A tarp buys you roughly two weeks of dry time — enough to line up permanent repair, materials, and permits with the City Building Division here.
Every credential we carry is a commitment to quality, safety, and your peace of mind — on every project, in every state we serve.
