Metairie Roof Pros provides professional emergency tarping in Metairie, LA for residential and commercial properties across Jefferson Parish. Tarping is triage and it should be treated that way. It is not a repair, it is not free of consequences, and on a documented roof it can destroy evidence that is worth more than the tarp. So we do it in a specific order.
First the camera, then the tarp. Wide shots of every elevation, close shots of the actual breach, and a photograph of the roof as the storm left it before anybody walks on it. Once a tarp is down, nobody can tell what was storm damage and what was made by the crew that arrived afterward, and your adjuster will be reading the same ambiguity you are.
Then the fasteners, which is the part people never think about. A tarp has to be held down, and holding it down means driving something through the roof. On a sealed roof deck those fasteners go through the secondary water barrier that the whole assembly depends on. We record where each penetration went, so the reroof crew knows what to open up and the evaluator knows what was done and why.
Where we can, we avoid the field entirely and anchor to battens run over the ridge, weighting and screwing at the ends rather than nailing through the middle of a slope. It takes longer in bad conditions and it leaves a repairable roof behind instead of a perforated one. On a steep or badly damaged roof that is not always possible, and we will tell you which we did.
The honest part. If your leak is a slow drip you can catch in a bucket for two days, do not let anybody tarp it. A tarp on a mostly sound roof in Metairie summer weather does more harm than the drip does, and in the week after a storm the crews knocking on doors are not all crews. Some are simply people with a truck and a roll of poly.
We tarp for our own customers and for people who call us cold, and we quote it as a flat item rather than as a hook into a reroof contract. Nobody should be signing a replacement agreement at nine at night with water coming in. Get it dry, get it photographed, and make the real decision in daylight.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — geo-tagged photographs of bare roof sheathing, 8D ring-shank deck nails shot against a tape measure, attic-side nail spacing photographs between consecutive trusses, taped sheathing seams beneath a wide-roll underlayment, twenty-six gauge galvanized drip edge replaced new on every tear-off, self-adhered starter strip bonded to the eave metal — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Metairie and nearby communities including New Orleans, Kenner, Marrero, LaPlace.
What We Handle
Everything our emergency tarping in Metairie covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of emergency tarping work in Metairie, LA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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- emergency roof repair
- storm tarp jefferson parish
- temporary roof cover metairie
- 24 hour roof tarping metairie la
- blue tarp roof install
- board up roof damage
- emergency roof leak metairie
- hurricane tarp service metairie la
- roof tarping cost metairie
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Metairie services.
Materials, equipment and how we do emergency tarping
The difference between emergency tarping that lasts and emergency tarping that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with geo-tagged photographs of bare roof sheathing, 8D ring-shank deck nails shot against a tape measure, attic-side nail spacing photographs between consecutive trusses, taped sheathing seams beneath a wide-roll underlayment, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Metairie job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in Jefferson Parish means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do emergency tarping outside Metairie
Metairie Roof Pros covers Metairie and the surrounding communities of Jefferson Parish. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Emergency Tarping in New Orleans, LA — Orleans Parish, population 383,997
- Emergency Tarping in Kenner, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 66,448
- Emergency Tarping in Marrero, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 32,382
- Emergency Tarping in LaPlace, LA — St. John the Baptist Parish, population 28,841
- Emergency Tarping in Slidell, LA — St. Tammany Parish, population 28,781
- Emergency Tarping in Terrytown, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 25,278
Start on the Metairie Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Metairie Chooses Metairie Roof Pros
- ✓We wait for the permit to issue before anything comes off, because Act 422 of 2025 made starting early a licensing violation rather than a scheduling shortcut
- ✓The deck stays open long enough to photograph properly, from above with a tape measure and from inside the attic, so the attachment can be proved later
- ✓You receive the same file the parish receives, organized by address, so the record survives whichever contractor you use next
- ✓We quote the plain reroof and the documented FORTIFIED version side by side, with the evaluator's hold points already written into the schedule
The standards behind emergency tarping
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The emergency tarping work we do in Metairie follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every emergency tarping project in Metairie gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free emergency tarping free estimate in Metairie, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.