There is a stain on my ceiling but no active drip. Is it urgent?

It is worth looking at. A stain means water has been getting in, and the damage to the deck and insulation is happening whether or not you can see a drip. Catching it while it is a flashing repair is considerably cheaper than catching it after the sheathing has gone soft.

Will a repair match my existing shingles?

Usually closely, rarely perfectly. Shingles weather, and manufacturers change color blends over the years. On a repair in a visible spot we will tell you honestly how close the match will be before we start.

Do you repair roofs you did not install?

Yes. Most of our repair work is on roofs installed by someone else.

Roof repair

Most leaks are not the shingles. They are the flashing, the chimney, a skylight curb, or a valley — and finding out which one is the whole job.

Diagnosis before quoting

Water rarely enters a roof directly above the stain on your ceiling. It gets in somewhere higher up, travels along a rafter, and drops where it runs out of somewhere to go. Quoting a repair from the inside of the house is guessing.

We get on the roof and find the entry point. Sometimes that means a small repair to a valley or a length of step flashing. Sometimes it means telling you the roof has five years left and a repair now is the sensible spend.

We will tell you when it is not a replacement

The uncomfortable truth about roofing is that a replacement is worth a great deal more to the contractor than a repair. Honest pricing is one of the things customers raise most often in our reviews, and this is where it gets tested.

If your roof needs a repair, we will quote you a repair.

Storm and limb damage

New England storms take shingles off, drop branches through roofs, and pull gutters away from fascia. We handle emergency and same-season repairs, including the tarping that stops the damage getting worse while a proper repair is scheduled.

One of our customers had a limb come through the roof and had it handled the same day by a crew member named Gus. That kind of call is normal work for us, not an exception.

Common questions

There is a stain on my ceiling but no active drip. Is it urgent?: It is worth looking at. A stain means water has been getting in, and the damage to the deck and insulation is happening whether or not you can see a drip. Catching it while it is a flashing repair is considerably cheaper than catching it after the sheathing has gone soft.
Will a repair match my existing shingles?: Usually closely, rarely perfectly. Shingles weather, and manufacturers change color blends over the years. On a repair in a visible spot we will tell you honestly how close the match will be before we start.
Do you repair roofs you did not install?: Yes. Most of our repair work is on roofs installed by someone else.

Work like this

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Tear-off and staging
Skylight replacement

Need roof repair?

Tell us what the roof is doing and we will come and look at it. Free estimate, no obligation, and a straight answer about what the job actually needs.

$500 off a complete roof installation

Applied to your estimate for a full roof replacement.
$100 off any roof repair

Applied to your estimate for repair work of any size.
Offers cannot be combined. Not valid on work already completed.

Call us: (617) 244-9901
Email: residential@newtonroofing.com
Office hours: Mon–Sat, 7am–7pm

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