Every Roofing Service We Offer in Detroit, MI
One team for every roofing job in Detroit — from full roof replacement to insurance claim help.
Detroit Roof Pros handles residential and commercial roofing projects across Detroit and southeast Michigan. From full roof replacement to insurance claim help, every service below is handled by our own team and backed by our workmanship guarantee.
Start on the Detroit Roof Pros homepage, read what people in Detroit say on our about page, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe what you need in your own words.
Our Roofing Services in Detroit, MI
Full Roof Replacement
A tear-off here is not one decision. It is one decision per roof plane, and the thing that decides it is what sits under the sheathing: a walk-in attic you can stand in, or a bedroom ceiling three inches away.
Roof Leak Diagnosis & Repair
Half the roof planes on a Detroit bungalow have no attic above the ceiling, so there is nowhere to stand with a torch and watch water arrive. The evidence is in the plaster instead, and reading plaster is a skill.
Storm Damage Restoration
After a line of storms crosses the river, the calls that matter most are the ones where a ceiling is already wet. On a house with living space directly under the deck, interior damage starts within hours rather than days.
Hail Damage Assessment
Most of the Detroit roofs we get called to inspect for hail turn out to have none. Saying that first is the honest version of this page, and it is why we will usually talk a caller out of a claim rather than into one.
Wind Damage & Edge Repair
A dormered story-and-a-half carries far more linear feet of exposed edge per square of roof than a ranch does. Every dormer adds two rakes, two returns and two valleys.
Roof Inspections, Inside and Out
Every inspection here produces one drawing before it produces an opinion: a simple plan of the roof with each plane labelled attic above, finished space above, or unheated porch. Nothing else we tell you afterwards makes much sense without it.
Asphalt Shingle Roofs
Asphalt is the right covering for very nearly every house in this city, and the interesting decisions are not about brand. They are about what the shingle is being nailed into, and how many layers are already sitting up there.
Metal Roofing & Standing Seam
Metal earns its place on this housing stock in specific spots and not everywhere. We fit a great deal of it on porch roofs, bay tops and rear addition decks, and we talk most homeowners out of a full standing seam reroof on a dormered bungalow.
Tile Roofing
We will usually decline this job, and we would rather explain why once, clearly, than quote it and let somebody else find the problem later. Putting clay or concrete tile on a typical Detroit house is a structural question before it is a roofing question.
Flat & Low-Slope Roofing
The low-slope roofs on this housing stock are small, and most of them sit directly over a finished room with a plaster ceiling and no cavity worth speaking of. That, and not the membrane on top, is what makes them fail early.
Roof Coatings & Sealing
We will not coat your shingle roof. There is a small, real, useful market for roof coatings in this city and asphalt shingles are not part of it, so this page mostly exists to explain what we say no to, and why we say it.
Roof & Rafter-Bay Ventilation
This is the page where we most often disagree with the last contractor who was here. A ridge vent cut into a story-and-a-half roof with no continuous path beneath it does not ventilate anything, and in some houses it makes matters worse.
Skylights
We replace a lot of skylights and we install very few new ones, particularly in a finished half-story. If you have come to this page wanting more light in an upstairs bedroom, read the next two paragraphs before you decide anything.
Gutters & Downspouts
Detroit bungalows carry short eaves. Many overhang the wall by a foot or a little more, which puts everything the roof sheds within inches of the brick and, far more to the point, within inches of the basement wall below it.
Fascia & Soffit
There is a specific failure hiding on thousands of houses in this market and you cannot see it from the ground. Perforated aluminum soffit panels were fitted over the original solid wood soffit in the seventies and eighties, and nobody cut the wood.
Chimney Flashing
Detroit brick chimneys usually run up through the middle of the house rather than outside it, which means the chimney passes directly through the finished half-story. A chimney leak here shows up on a bedroom wall, not in an attic nobody visits.
Emergency Tarping
Two things are true about tarping a Detroit bungalow. The planes are steep and short, which makes anchoring awkward, and there is no attic under half of them, which means water reaches your ceiling in minutes rather than in hours.
Commercial Roofing
The commercial work here is mostly older brick: two-story storefronts with flats above, small industrial buildings, church halls, and mixed-use blocks along the avenues. Almost all of it is low slope sitting over occupied space, which keeps our approach broadly consistent with the houses we work on.
Insurance Claim Help
On claims, the single most useful thing we do is talk somebody out of filing. Age-related deterioration is not a covered peril on any policy we have read, and a claim filed on a worn roof usually ends as a denial with an inspection attached to your record.
What each of our services covers in Detroit
Open any service to see exactly what is included before you call.
Full Roof Replacement
A tear-off here is not one decision. It is one decision per roof plane, and the thing that decides it is what sits under the sheathing: a walk-in attic you can stand in, or a bedroom ceiling three inches away. Data Driven Detroit, working from Assessor records and the Motor City Mapping survey, describes the typical house in this city as a brick, one to one-and-a-half story single family home built in 1937.
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- reroofing
- tear-off roofing
- story-and-a-half roof replacement
- board sheathing re-decking
- dormer roof replacement
- architectural laminate shingles
- brick bungalow roof replacement
- plane-by-plane replacement
- roof replacement cost Detroit
- roof replacement permit Detroit
Roof Leak Diagnosis & Repair
Half the roof planes on a Detroit bungalow have no attic above the ceiling, so there is nowhere to stand with a torch and watch water arrive. The evidence is in the plaster instead, and reading plaster is a skill. Water entering a rafter bay does not fall straight down.
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- ceiling stain diagnosis
- knee wall leak
- rafter bay water tracing
- dormer leak repair
- flashing leak repair
- staged hose test
- plaster ceiling water stain
- shingle repair
- emergency leak repair
- condensation vs leak
Storm Damage Restoration
After a line of storms crosses the river, the calls that matter most are the ones where a ceiling is already wet. On a house with living space directly under the deck, interior damage starts within hours rather than days. That reorders the work.
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- roof storm restoration
- emergency roof repair
- wind and rain damage
- interior water protection
- dormer storm damage
- brick chimney storm damage
- board sheathing repair
- storm roof inspection
- same day dry in
- documented storm damage report
Hail Damage Assessment
Most of the Detroit roofs we get called to inspect for hail turn out to have none. Saying that first is the honest version of this page, and it is why we will usually talk a caller out of a claim rather than into one. Southeast Michigan gets hail.
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- hail roof inspection
- hail bruising shingles
- test square hail
- granule loss age
- impact rated shingles
- UL 2218 class 4
- hail claim denied
- soft metal hail evidence
- roof hail assessment
- hail repair Michigan
Wind Damage & Edge Repair
A dormered story-and-a-half carries far more linear feet of exposed edge per square of roof than a ranch does. Every dormer adds two rakes, two returns and two valleys. Wind finds edges, so geometry decides where this house fails.
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- shingle blow off repair
- dormer corner repair
- rake edge repair
- starter strip replacement
- ASTM D7158 wind class
- six nail fastening pattern
- lifted shingle repair
- gable end wind damage
- hand sealing shingles
- wind damage inspection
Roof Inspections, Inside and Out
Every inspection here produces one drawing before it produces an opinion: a simple plan of the roof with each plane labelled attic above, finished space above, or unheated porch. Nothing else we tell you afterwards makes much sense without it. The reason is practical rather than theoretical.
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- pre purchase roof inspection
- plane by plane roof report
- moisture meter plaster
- knee wall inspection
- remaining roof life estimate
- board sheathing condition
- attic vs finished space
- dated photo roof report
- roof certification inspection
- home sale roof inspection
Asphalt Shingle Roofs
Asphalt is the right covering for very nearly every house in this city, and the interesting decisions are not about brand. They are about what the shingle is being nailed into, and how many layers are already sitting up there. Detroit decks are usually square-edge 1x6 boards laid tight, sometimes with quarter-inch gaps that opened as the wood dried over eighty winters.
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- architectural laminate shingles
- three tab replacement
- board sheathing nailing
- shingle nail length
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- SBS modified shingles
- shingle color matching
- starter and hip cap
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- R908.3 roof recover
Metal Roofing & Standing Seam
Metal earns its place on this housing stock in specific spots and not everywhere. We fit a great deal of it on porch roofs, bay tops and rear addition decks, and we talk most homeowners out of a full standing seam reroof on a dormered bungalow. The reason is geometry again.
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- standing seam roof
- 24 gauge steel panels
- porch roof metal
- low slope addition metal
- stone coated steel
- concealed clip panels
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- snow retention metal
- metal over board sheathing
- flat lock copper
Tile Roofing
We will usually decline this job, and we would rather explain why once, clearly, than quote it and let somebody else find the problem later. Putting clay or concrete tile on a typical Detroit house is a structural question before it is a roofing question. The arithmetic is not subtle.
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- concrete tile weight
- roof dead load
- rafter capacity 2x6
- structural engineer roof letter
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- stone coated steel alternative
- ground snow load
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- tile roof removal
Flat & Low-Slope Roofing
The low-slope roofs on this housing stock are small, and most of them sit directly over a finished room with a plaster ceiling and no cavity worth speaking of. That, and not the membrane on top, is what makes them fail early.
A typical example is a twelve-by-fourteen rear addition or an enclosed side porch, framed with two-by-sixes at a quarter-inch per foot, the ceiling nailed straight to the underside, insulation stuffed hard into the bay, and nothing above it but sheathing and roofing.
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- low slope addition roof
- porch roof replacement
- modified bitumen roofing
- EPDM residential
- unvented low slope assembly
- vapor control climate zone 5
- dormer top low slope
- ponding water repair
- torch down alternative
- self adhered cap sheet
Roof Coatings & Sealing
We will not coat your shingle roof. There is a small, real, useful market for roof coatings in this city and asphalt shingles are not part of it, so this page mostly exists to explain what we say no to, and why we say it. Start with the no.
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- silicone roof coating
- acrylic elastomeric coating
- metal roof coating
- modified bitumen recoat
- roof rejuvenation spray
- ASTM D6083 coating
- dry film thickness mils
- flat roof coating cost
- coating over shingles
- roof sealing services
Roof & Rafter-Bay Ventilation
This is the page where we most often disagree with the last contractor who was here. A ridge vent cut into a story-and-a-half roof with no continuous path beneath it does not ventilate anything, and in some houses it makes matters worse. Ventilation is a path, not a product.
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- ridge vent story and a half
- rafter bay baffles
- knee wall air sealing
- net free ventilating area
- unvented roof assembly
- class II vapor retarder
- soffit intake blocked
- cathedral ceiling ventilation
- condensation on sheathing
- attic ventilation Michigan
Skylights
We replace a lot of skylights and we install very few new ones, particularly in a finished half-story. If you have come to this page wanting more light in an upstairs bedroom, read the next two paragraphs before you decide anything. In a bungalow the sloped ceiling is the rafter bay, and that bay is the only insulation standing between you and a Michigan February.
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- skylight replacement
- leaking skylight repair
- deck mounted skylight
- curb mounted skylight
- skylight flashing kit
- solar tube installation
- skylight shaft insulation
- condensation on skylight
- skylight at reroof
- dormer skylight
Gutters & Downspouts
Detroit bungalows carry short eaves. Many overhang the wall by a foot or a little more, which puts everything the roof sheds within inches of the brick and, far more to the point, within inches of the basement wall below it. That geometry is the whole argument for taking gutters seriously on this housing stock.
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- downspout extensions
- aluminum gutters
- hidden hanger gutters
- gutter replacement cost
- narrow eave overhang
- basement water gutters
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- fascia mounted gutters
- downspout discharge distance
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Fascia & Soffit
There is a specific failure hiding on thousands of houses in this market and you cannot see it from the ground. Perforated aluminum soffit panels were fitted over the original solid wood soffit in the seventies and eighties, and nobody cut the wood. So the house has vents that vent nothing at all.
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- soffit replacement
- aluminum soffit over wood
- blocked soffit intake
- rafter tail repair
- vented soffit panels
- net free intake area
- wood soffit rot
- eave repair Detroit
- capping fascia aluminum
- soffit vent installation
Chimney Flashing
Detroit brick chimneys usually run up through the middle of the house rather than outside it, which means the chimney passes directly through the finished half-story. A chimney leak here shows up on a bedroom wall, not in an attic nobody visits. That has a consequence worth stating out loud.
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- step and counterflashing
- mortar reglet flashing
- chimney cricket
- abandoned chimney removal
- chimney crown repair
- chimney leak bedroom wall
- brick chimney tuckpointing
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- chimney saddle
Emergency Tarping
Two things are true about tarping a Detroit bungalow. The planes are steep and short, which makes anchoring awkward, and there is no attic under half of them, which means water reaches your ceiling in minutes rather than in hours. So the first call we make on site is often about the inside of the house rather than the roof.
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- storm tarp service
- temporary roof repair
- interior water containment
- self adhered dry in
- roof tarp cost
- same day emergency roofing
- steep roof tarping
- board sheathing tarp anchor
- after hours roof repair
- shrink wrap roof
Commercial Roofing
The commercial work here is mostly older brick: two-story storefronts with flats above, small industrial buildings, church halls, and mixed-use blocks along the avenues. Almost all of it is low slope sitting over occupied space, which keeps our approach broadly consistent with the houses we work on. That means we ask the same question we ask on a bungalow.
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- TPO membrane roofing
- modified bitumen commercial
- storefront roof repair
- parapet wall flashing
- roof maintenance program
- core cut moisture survey
- tapered insulation crickets
- EPDM repair
- mixed use building roof
- commercial roof replacement Detroit
Insurance Claim Help
On claims, the single most useful thing we do is talk somebody out of filing. Age-related deterioration is not a covered peril on any policy we have read, and a claim filed on a worn roof usually ends as a denial with an inspection attached to your record. So the first visit is a triage rather than a sales call.
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- storm claim documentation
- adjuster meeting roofing
- denied roof claim
- wear and tear exclusion
- supplement request roofing
- test square documentation
- actual cash value roof
- claim or not to claim
- Michigan homeowners roof claim
- roof claim inspection
What Detroit property owners ask us
Which roofing services does Detroit Roof Pros handle?
Everything listed on this page, residential and commercial, across Detroit and southeast Michigan. Work is done by our own crews rather than handed to whoever is cheapest that week, which is the only way the workmanship warranty means anything.
Can I combine more than one service in a single job?
Yes, and it is usually cheaper. Bundling roofing work into one mobilization saves setup, disposal and travel, and it means one crew, one schedule and one written free estimate instead of three contractors blaming each other.
Do you give free estimates for every service?
Every one. We come out, measure, look at the real condition of the work area, and put an itemized free estimate in writing with materials and scope spelled out. No charge, no deposit, and no obligation to book.
What Detroit Customers Say
Third quote we got, and the only one that mentioned the upstairs at all. He pulled the little door behind the knee wall, showed me the insulation jammed against the boards, and explained why the ridge vent the last company sold us was never going to work. We did the baffles and the front planes and left the back for next year.
Called about hail after the storms in June, fully expecting to be told we needed a new roof. Instead he chalked squares on both slopes, counted, and told us there was nothing there and the granules in the downspout were just age. Saved us a denied claim. We used them a year later when the roof actually did need doing.
Our 1926 house has a dormer on the front and the leak was showing up in a closet on the other side of the room. They did a hose test in stages instead of guessing, found the step flashing stopped short at the dormer return, and fixed it for a few hundred dollars. Patched and painted the inspection cut too.
We wanted tile and got a very direct explanation of why the framing would not take it and what an engineer's letter would cost. Ended up with stone-coated steel on the main roof and a soldered pan on the porch deck. Crew stripped in sections so the bedrooms were never open, and they photographed the ceiling cracks before starting.
Service Areas
Detroit Roof Pros serves Detroit, MI and surrounding communities including: