Porches came up on the first call, and around Marion there are a lot of them — older houses with front porches that have been holding up the same roof since before anybody reading this was born.
The usual story on an older porch is that the deck and the steps have gone soft while the roof above them is fine. That is a rebuild, not a teardown: the roof gets temporarily supported, the rotten framing and decking come out, new posts and footings go in, and the roof comes back down onto something that will hold it.
Posts that have wicked water up from the deck, railings that move when you lean on them, and steps that are the wrong rise are the three things most likely to get somebody hurt. They are also the three cheapest things to put right.
A porch roof is a small roof with a lot of flashing, and it is usually the first part of a house to leak. It can be shingled to match the main roof or run in metal, which on a low-pitch porch is often the better answer.
Or send the details through the form — photos of the problem help more than anything else you can write.
These come up on the same buildings, and it is the same crew either way.
Tear the old roof off, look at what is underneath, and put a new one on that is built to sit there for decades.
Roof Replacement
Standing-seam and exposed-fastener metal on houses, churches, barns and commercial buildings. Fifty years instead of twenty.
Metal Roofing
Single-ply membrane on low-slope and flat commercial roofs, with the building still open and running underneath.
Commercial & Flat RoofingCall or text (740) 251-8742 and describe the job — a roof, a porch, a whole exterior, a commercial flat roof. Photos help. You will get a straight answer about what it needs and what it does not.