Lifted and missing tabs
Thunderstorm gusts and hurricane remnants break the seal strip, the tab flaps, and the next storm takes it off. A lifted tab rarely leaks the first week.
Wind damage →
Fayetteville · Cumberland County · the Sandhills
Roof repair and replacement in Fayetteville, planned around storm season and closing day.
Leaks, wind and hail damage, emergency tarps, VA and pre-sale roof inspections, architectural shingles, standing seam metal and flat roofs, for Fayetteville, Hope Mills, Spring Lake, Raeford and the Sandhills towns around Fort Bragg. A roofer climbs up, goes into the attic, and hands you photos and a written price before anything is scheduled.
Free roof checks · Photos of every problem · Written price before scheduling · Insured roofers
The storms this roof has to answer toYear
- 1996Hurricane FranGusts up to 79 mph reported in Fayetteville while the eye passed over Clinton, about 30 miles east.
- 2011April 16 tornadoEF3 damage between Yadkin Road and the Fort Bragg entrance; about 150 houses destroyed in northwest Fayetteville.
- 2016Hurricane MatthewFourteen inches of rain on a Saturday and eight more Sunday; 40 homes destroyed across the county.
- 2018Hurricane FlorenceThe Cape Fear crested near 61.5 feet at Fayetteville, higher than it rose for Matthew.
- 2023June 26 hailQuarter-size hail reported about eight miles from the city late that night.
Every one of these left roofs that looked fine from the street and leaked by the next rain. We check from the attic up.
Free roof checkOn the roof and in the attic, with photos of every bruise, lifted tab, cracked boot and soft spot we find
Price in writingMaterials, labor, tear-off and any decking listed line by line before a date goes on the calendar
Insured crewsRoofers carry general liability and workers' compensation; the certificate is yours before anyone climbs
Paperwork handledPermit questions, adjuster meetings, VA and FHA repair lists and closing-date letters
Selling, buying or moving on orders
Three rules that decide whether a roof holds up a Fayetteville closing
Thousands of households move in and out of the Fort Bragg area every year, and a lot of those sales run through VA and FHA loans. Their appraisers have written rules about roofs. So does North Carolina, for anyone signing a roofing contract after a storm.
VA
Keep water out, with life left
The VA's minimum property requirements say the roof covering must “prevent entrance of moisture” and provide “reasonable future utility, durability, and economy of maintenance.” When a defective roof already carries three or more layers of shingles, every old layer comes off before the new roof goes on.
FHA
Two years, three layers
HUD's guidance for FHA appraisals says the roof should have a remaining physical life of at least two years and accepts at most three layers of existing roofing. If there are more than two layers and repairs are needed, the old roofing has to be removed.
NC
Five days after a denial
Since October 1, 2024, most residential roof contracts in North Carolina have to give you five business days to cancel after your insurance claim is denied; NC-licensed general contractors are excluded. The seller can't begin work or collect money in that window, apart from emergency work to stop further damage.
Roofing work
What we fix, replace and inspect
Roof repair
Lifted tabs, missing shingles, cracked vent boots, failed flashing and worn valleys fixed and photographed.
Repairs and prices →Leak repair
Traced from the attic, not guessed from the ceiling stain, then sealed at the source.
Find the leak →Roof replacement
Full tear-off, decking checked sheet by sheet, synthetic underlayment, new flashing and ventilation.
New roofs →Storm damage
Wind, falling pine limbs and wind-driven rain, documented for the adjuster and repaired.
After a storm →Hail damage
Every hit chalked and photographed, soft metals checked, and a plain read on repair or replace.
Hail checks →Emergency tarping
Water coming in tonight? A battened tarp to hold until the roof can be repaired properly.
Tarp it now →Roof inspections
A free look from the attic up, with a photo report you can hand to a buyer, agent or lender.
Inspections →VA and PCS inspections
Built around report dates and closing dates, with the VA and FHA roof rules in mind.
VA roof checks →Metal roofing
Standing seam for farmhouses, porches and owners who would rather not reroof again.
Metal roofs →The local numbers
Four figures that shape roof work around Fayetteville
$40,000The line in North Carolina law for both a building permit exemption on single-family work and a general contractor licence; a typical reroof falls under it
47 in.Average yearly rain in Fayetteville, with July the wettest month, so a small flashing gap gets tested often
5 daysBusiness days you have to cancel a residential roof contract after an insurance claim is denied, under the law that took effect October 1, 2024
393,812People in the Fayetteville metro living in 167,233 housing units, many of the homes built between 1975 and 2000
What fails here
The four problems we find most on Cumberland County roofs
Wind
Hail
Bruised shingles
Hail knocks granules off and cracks the mat underneath. Once a roof has taken hail, it is far more likely to have a claim the next time hail falls.
Hail →Flashing
Boots, walls and chimneys
Rubber vent boots crack in the sun, step flashing pulls loose at a wall, and chimney counterflashing lets go. Most leaks start at one of the three.
Leaks →Age
1990s shingles running out
Shingles laid in the 1990s are reaching 25 to 30 years. Curling, granules in the gutters and dark streaks are the signs they are close.
Is it time? →
A roofer from here
Most roofing companies selling in Fayetteville drive in from the Triangle.
Look at who advertises for roof work here and the addresses are mostly Raleigh, Durham, Apex, Garner and Smithfield, an hour or so up I-95 or US 401. That works fine until a storm hits all of central North Carolina at once and the crews stay closer to home. We work Cumberland County and the towns around it, and nothing else.
Roofs here take a specific beating. Hot, humid summers bake the shingles and wear the granules off with UV. About 47 inches of rain a year finds every weak spot in flashing and valleys. Inland thunderstorms bring hail, which now rivals hurricanes as one of the most expensive weather threats in the Carolinas, and in some years a hurricane's remnants come through with wind-driven rain. Add the longleaf and loblolly pines that drop limbs and needles on half the roofs in town, and you get the jobs we see most: lifted tabs, clogged valleys, cracked boots and bruised shingles.
Then there is the calendar. Fort Bragg moves thousands of families a year, with orders peaking in spring. When a house is listed with weeks to spare, a roof that fails a VA or FHA appraisal can hold up the sale. We schedule around report dates, write repair letters lenders can read, and tell you straight whether a repair will carry the sale or the roof needs replacing.
More about us →From call to clean-up
How a roof job runs with us
1
You call or fill in the form
Tell us what you see: a stain, shingles in the yard, a hail night, a closing date. Calls are picked up around the clock.
2
A roofer comes out
On the roof, in the attic and along the gutters. Every problem gets photographed, and you see the photos.
3
The price, in writing
Repair or replacement, materials named, tear-off and decking listed, any permit on its own line. Nothing is scheduled until you agree.
4
Done, swept and photographed
The crew magnets the yard and driveway for nails, hauls the old roof away, and you get after photos with the paperwork.
Where we work
Fayetteville, the towns around Fort Bragg, and out into the Sandhills
Every part of Fayetteville, from Haymount and the older neighborhoods near downtown to the subdivisions spreading west toward Fort Bragg and south toward Hope Mills. Spring Lake and the Pope Field side of the post, Eastover and Stedman to the east, Raeford and Hoke County to the west.
North into Harnett County for Anderson Creek, Lillington and Dunn; west into Moore County for Southern Pines, Pinehurst and Aberdeen; up to Sanford in Lee County and down I-95 to Lumberton. Pinehurst and parts of Fayetteville have historic-district review, and gated communities such as Anderson Creek Club may have rules of their own; we sort out who needs to see the shingle color before it is ordered.
See every town →Common questions
What Fayetteville homeowners ask before they call
What does a new roof cost in Fayetteville?
HomeAdvisor's national figures put an asphalt shingle replacement at $8,000 to $24,000 for a 2,000-square-foot roof, about $12,300 on average, or $4.25 to $12.25 a square foot. Where your house lands depends on how many layers come off, how much decking is soft, the pitch, and whether it is one story or two. We give you the number in writing after we have been on the roof and in the attic. The replacement cost guide breaks it down.
We have PCS orders and a VA buyer. Will the roof pass?
The VA appraiser looks for a roof that will “prevent entrance of moisture” and still has “reasonable future utility, durability, and economy of maintenance.” If a worn-out roof already has three or more layers of shingles, VA rules say all of them come off before the new one goes on. FHA buyers bring their own test: about two years of remaining life. Call as soon as the orders land and we will tell you which side of that line your roof is on. More on the VA and PCS inspection page.
Do I need a permit to reroof in Fayetteville?
North Carolina's statute G.S. 160D-1110(c) lets most single-family work of $40,000 or less skip the building permit, and roof replacement is not on its list of exceptions. Structural work is: if rafters or decking framing need repair, a permit comes into it. Rules can differ by office, so we check with the inspections office for your address before we start. The permit guide has the details.
Hail came through last night. How do I know if the roof was hit?
From the ground you usually can't. Look at the soft metals first: dents in gutters, downspouts and vent caps tell you hail of real size fell. On the shingles, hail leaves dark bruises where the granules were knocked loose. We walk the roof, circle each hit in chalk and photograph it, at no charge. See hail damage repair.
Can I back out of a roof contract if insurance says no?
Yes. Since October 1, 2024, North Carolina law gives you five business days to cancel most residential roof contracts after your insurer denies the claim (work by NC-licensed general contractors is excluded), and the seller can't start work or take payment in that window except emergency work to stop more damage. A contract signed at your door also carries a three-business-day cancellation right. We put both in writing.
Will someone actually pick up at 2 a.m.?
Yes. Calls to (910) 838-9505 are picked up at every hour, your details are taken down, and a roofer calls back. If water is coming in, say so first and a tarp crew is lined up for the earliest safe window.