Roofing Companies in Indianapolis, IN

The DBNS Homeowner's Building Permit Guide says re-roofing generally needs a permit, issued as a Structural Renovation Permit with no plans required when nothing structural changes. The guide also exempts replacing an existing roof when a listed contractor does the work and follows the city's notice and posting rules, as long as the roof shape stays the same, no heavier covering is used, no rafters or significant decking are replaced and no heat-applied roofing is installed; owner-occupants may also lay one new layer of shingles over a single existing layer themselves. Confirm with DBNS before work begins. Questions go to the City of Indianapolis Department of Business and Neighborhood Services (DBNS). Most roofing contractors in Indianapolis pull the permit for you; confirm this in your written estimate.

Indianapolis has hot, humid summers and cold winters with roughly 26 inches of snow a season, and fast temperature swings in March and April put repeated freeze-thaw stress on roofing. Spring and summer thunderstorms are frequent and can bring hurricane-force straight-line gusts, tornadoes and large hail. An April 2006 hailstorm with golf-ball to baseball-size stones led to about 177,000 claims across central Indiana for ruined roofs, gutters and other damage, and golf-ball hail struck the city's northwest side again in April 2013. Common problems local roofers see include severe spring and summer thunderstorms, damaging straight-line winds, tornadoes and winter snow and ice.

Calls are connected with roofing companies that serve Indianapolis, including Broad Ripple, Irvington, Butler-Tarkington, Lockerbie Square, Herron-Morton Place and Old Northside, and nearby areas such as Carmel, Fishers and Beech Grove.

If damage is limited to a small area, a repair is usually enough. If the roof is near the end of its life, has widespread storm damage or keeps leaking, replacement is often the better value. A local roofer can inspect it and give you a written estimate for both.