LaFayette Roof & Leak
Gilmer County, Georgia

Wind damage repair in Gilmer County

Wind damage usually does not remove shingles. It breaks the adhesive seal strip underneath and leaves them lying flat, so the roof looks untouched from the ground and takes water at the next driving rain. This is the single most common storm-related leak call, and the most commonly missed, because there is nothing to see until someone runs a hand under the tabs and finds they lift without resistance.

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What the job involves

  • Hand-testing tabs across all elevations for seal failure
  • Inspection of ridge caps, which fail first in wind
  • Check of flashing and edge detail for lifting
  • Documentation distinguishing wind damage from age

Signs you need it

  • Shingle tabs that lift by hand without resistance
  • Missing ridge caps after a storm
  • A leak starting within weeks of high winds

Why roofs fail in Gilmer County

Gilmer County sits in the Blue Ridge foothills, which puts it in a different roofing climate from most of Georgia. The mountains get real freeze-thaw cycling: water works into a hairline gap in flashing during the day, freezes overnight, expands, and opens the gap a little wider. Repeat that through a Gilmer County winter and a joint that was watertight in October is leaking by March. Ice at the eaves is the other one — meltwater running down a warm roof refreezes over the cold overhang and backs up under the shingle course, which is how water ends up inside a roof with no visible damage at all. Steep pitches shed snow well but make access harder, and older stock here runs to standing-seam and pressed metal, which fails at the fastener rather than the panel.

Questions about wind damage repair in Gilmer County

The shingles are all still there. Can it still be wind damage?

That is the usual presentation. Wind breaks the seal strip without removing the shingle, so the roof looks intact and leaks at the next heavy rain. Nothing is visibly missing.

Will insurance cover it?

Wind damage is generally a covered sudden-and-accidental event. The difficulty is proving it is wind rather than age, which is why hand-testing and photographs taken soon after the storm matter.

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Call (706) 696-1888
Call (706) 696-1888