Wind and Storm Damage Repair in Burlington

Usually the same day, often within a few hours, since we roll out from North Service Road. After a storm that’s hammered the whole region, we triage: open roofs and active leaks jump the line, cosmetic damage waits a bit. Either way you’ll get a real arrival time from us, not a hopeful one.

Wind, hail and falling trees, yes, that’s standard on most Ontario policies, and so is water that came in through an opening the wind created. Where it gets tricky is water that seeped in at ground level or backed up through the drains. Those live under separate overland water and sewer backup endorsements. We document exactly which one happened at your place, because that wording decides the claim.

This one surprises people. If the tree didn’t damage anything, removal often isn’t covered, or it’s capped at a small limit, and debris rules vary by policy. If it landed on a structure or it’s blocking your driveway, that’s usually a different story. Send us a photo and we’ll give you a straight answer before anyone spends a dollar.

If water’s actively coming in, call us first. Your policy actually requires you to prevent further damage, and that’s exactly what emergency tarping is, so it’s claimable. Then open the claim. We’ll hand you the photos and documentation the adjuster needs.

After a serious blow, yes. Lifted shingles settle back down and hide, flashing strains without tearing, and the first evidence is often a ceiling stain months later, when the claim gets harder to tie back to the storm. The inspection is quick and gives you documentation dated to the event. Cheap insurance on your insurance, basically.

Both, start to finish, and that’s the point. Most emergency board up outfits hand you to a roofer, who hands you to a drywaller who’s never met either of them. We’re an HCRA licensed builder, so the tarping, drying, roofing, siding, drywall and paint all run as one job under one project manager.

Emergency tarping and board up usually land in the hundreds to low thousands, depending on size and how hard your roof is to get at. Full repairs are all over the map because scope is, which is why everything gets a written Xactimate estimate before repair work starts. On an insured loss, you typically pay your deductible and the insurer covers the approved rest.

We’ll get as close as today’s products allow, and when a discontinued product genuinely can’t be matched, we document that for your insurer. Matching disputes come up on half the storm claims in Ontario, and adjusters have standard ways of settling them. You’ll know your options before anything gets ordered.

Everything, from a safe distance. All four sides of the house, debris where it landed, closeups of the damage, and any room with water in it. Don’t delete the blurry ones either. We add professional documentation when we arrive, but your timestamped photos from the day of the storm are gold.

While we’re up there anyway, we’ll flag the cheap fixes worth doing: that maple hanging over the roof line, flashing on its last legs, the fence section that’s one gust from gone, sump and downspout issues. What you do with the list is your call, but you’ll have it in writing.