Top-Rated Emergency Roof Tarping, Roof Leak & Ceiling Leak Repair Team in Sterling Heights, Macomb Township & Shelby Township, Macomb County, Michigan, On Site in 25 Minutes

When a roof leak puts water through your ceiling, the first job is to stop more water from coming in. Prime Restoration tarps the roof first, 24 hours a day, then takes care of everything the water did inside: the attic, the insulation, the ceiling, the walls and the floors. We are a top-rated, highly local team with three Macomb County offices in Sterling Heights, Macomb Township and Shelby Township, and a crew is typically on site in 25 minutes.

We cover the whole job. Emergency roof tarping and board-up after storm, wind, hail or tree damage. Water extraction and drying in the attic and the rooms below. Ceiling leak repair, from a stained patch to a ceiling that came down. The permanent roof leak repair is scoped and scheduled as part of the same job, so you deal with one company and one phone number. Family water damage restoration business since 1988, Michigan Residential Builder license #262500492, and customer service that our 5.0 Google rating speaks for.

An emergency roof tarp is heavy, UV-rated polyethylene laid over the damaged area and run past it on every side, then fastened through wood battens into the roof deck so wind cannot get under it. On a damaged section near the ridge we carry the tarp over the ridge to the other slope, so water runs off the top instead of under the edge. Where a tree or limb punched through the deck, we board the opening first and tarp over the boards.

We tarp as soon as the roof is safe to stand on. In lightning, high wind or ice, the crew works inside first: extracting water, opening drain holes in a bulging ceiling under control, setting dehumidifiers and protecting your contents, then goes up the moment conditions allow. A tarp protects the house for the weeks it takes to scope, approve and schedule the permanent repair.

When the ceiling leaks tells you more than where it leaks, because water runs a long way along rafters and the roof deck before it drips.

Older houses mean older roofs, older flashing and attics insulated to older standards, which is where ice dams start. This table ranks our three Macomb County office cities by the share of homes built before 1980 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2019 to 2023), with each city's published roofing permit rule.

Median year built is a fair stand-in for how many roof cycles a neighborhood has been through and how its attic was insulated. Mount Clemens (1955), Eastpointe (1954), St. Clair Shores (1957) and Center Line (1959) have the oldest housing in the county, which is where plaster ceilings and under-insulated attics turn winter melt into ice dam leaks.

An ice dam forms when heat escaping into the attic melts the snow on the upper roof. The meltwater runs down to the overhang, which sits outside the heated house and stays below freezing, and refreezes into a ridge of ice. The next melt pools behind that ridge and works up under the shingles. It comes through the ceiling along exterior walls, in closets on outside walls and around recessed lights, often on a clear day.

When a roof is replaced in Michigan, the 2015 Michigan Residential Code calls for an ice barrier, two layers of underlayment cemented together or a self-adhering membrane, from the edge of the eave to a point at least 24 inches inside the exterior wall line (MRC R905.2.7.1). Muskegon Charter Township's roofing handout even asks installers for photos of the ice barrier. On a replacement roof, ask to see those photos before the shingles go on.

We clear the leak path at the eaves, extract the water, pull wet insulation where it is soaked, dry the ceiling and walls, and use a thermal camera to show you where heat is getting into the attic. Fixing that air leak is what stops the next one. Our ice dam prevention guide covers the rest.

Prime Restoration is the contractor for roof leak water damage insurance claims across Macomb County. A storm claim moves fastest when the record is clear from day one, so we photograph the roof damage and the tarp, the attic and every wet ceiling and wall, log moisture readings on every visit, and write an itemized Xactimate estimate for the tarping, the drying and the repairs inside. Your carrier decides coverage. You decide the claim with your carrier. We make sure the adjuster has what they need.

Report storm damage quickly and keep receipts for anything you buy to protect the house. Our insurance claims guide walks through the steps, and 0% APR financing helps with a deductible.

For larger and high-value homes, from estates in Washington Township and Shelby Township to lakefront homes along Lake St. Clair, we pack out and protect contents, match plaster, millwork and finishes, and keep one project lead on your job from the tarp to the last coat of paint.