Creased shingles
A crease is a hinge. The mat is fractured even though the shingle is still sitting on the roof, so it fails on a schedule you do not control. We mark every one of them.

Wind does not have to strip shingles off your roof to ruin it. It breaks the seal strip and creases the shingle at the fold, leaving a roof that looks fine from the driveway and leaks four months later.
After a wind event we get on the roof, not just under it, because the damage that costs you money is the damage you cannot see from a ladder or a drone photo.
Wind pressure lifts the shingle tab, breaks the factory seal, then drops it back down looking normal. That shingle is now a flap. The next storm takes it, or water tracks under it into the decking. We check the field, the rakes, the ridge, and every piece of flashing, and we photograph all of it on CompanyCam so you have proof before you ever call your carrier.
A crease is a hinge. The mat is fractured even though the shingle is still sitting on the roof, so it fails on a schedule you do not control. We mark every one of them.
Wind gets under step flashing, counterflashing, and drip edge and works it loose. That is where the water goes first, long before the field of the roof gives up on you.
Photos, video, slope notes, and dates go into one CompanyCam link. Your adjuster sees the same file we do, which shortens the argument considerably. The file stays stored indefinitely.
Speed matters after wind, but so does getting the scope right the first time. Here is what happens between your phone call and a roof that is dry again.
Four questions. You get a straight read on whether this is a repair, a replacement, a gutter job or an insurance claim, and where to go next.
We cover Northern Virginia and the Fredericksburg area out of two offices. Search for your town, or pick it off the list to see the map and the local page.
No match in our service area. Call (703) 347-6482 anyway, we travel for larger jobs.
We get on the roof and photograph what we find before we quote. You see the same evidence we do.
One crew for the roof, the siding and the gutters, so nobody is blaming the other trade.
Virginia license 2705155080, CertainTeed ShingleMaster certified, fully insured on every job.
Photos and video through the whole install on CompanyCam, stored indefinitely, with a link that is yours to keep.
Yes, and that is the common case. Wind breaks the adhesive seal and creases the shingle mat without moving it anywhere. From the ground the roof looks untouched. Six months later you have a stain over the dining room and a claim that is harder to file because the storm date is old.
Often, yes. Wind is a covered peril on most Virginia homeowner policies. What decides the claim is documentation. We inspect for free, photograph everything, and hand you a file your adjuster can work from. We do not discount insurance claims restoration work, so the scope you get is the scope the money is for.
It is a crime. Paying or waiving a homeowner deductible on an insurance claim is fraud in Virginia, and it puts you on the hook, not just the contractor. The same goes for signing an assignment of benefits. That paper hands your claim rights to a company you met yesterday. Do not sign it.
We prioritize roofs that are actively letting water in. Our Springfield and Fredericksburg offices cover Northern Virginia and the Fredericksburg area, so a truck is usually not far. The inspection is free and there is no obligation to use us afterward.
Then we repair part of the roof. Matching an older shingle is never perfect, and we show you the difference before we start rather than after. If your shingle is discontinued or it is three tab, we talk about the whole slope, because a patch on a dying roof is money you spend twice.
Every town we cover has its own page with local detail. Pick yours.
The things worth checking on any roofer, all in one place, so you can compare us against anyone.
Virginia contractor license 2705155080 and full insurance on every job. Look the license up at DPOR before anyone starts work on your house, us included.
Look up a Virginia licenseYour estimate names every product and spells out our workmanship coverage before you sign. As a CertainTeed ShingleMaster, we install to the spec the manufacturer warranty actually requires.
How our warranty worksApply online in a few minutes. Seeing your options is a soft check that does not affect your credit score, and we go over the monthly number with you at the inspection.
See financing optionsWe document storm damage before you call your carrier and meet the adjuster on the roof with the evidence. Never sign an assignment of benefits, and your deductible is yours.
How a roof claim worksSee the project gallery, every photo from a real job, documented on CompanyCam.
Clogged gutters back water up under the first course of shingles, rot the fascia and feed ice dams. Keep them clean on a schedule and the roof edge stays dry. Ask about adding the Annual Gutter Cleaning Plan to your roof project.
Free inspection, free written estimate, and a CompanyCam link with every photo we took up there. Call (703) 347-6482 and we will tell you exactly what we see.
Tell us what you are seeing and we will get back to you to set a time.