Storm Damage Roofing in Naples, FL

The wind quit around midnight. At first light there is ridge tile on the pool deck, a palm frond wedged in the gutter, and a wet patch spreading across the bedroom ceiling. This site connects you by phone with an independent local roofing contractor who handles storm damage in Collier County.

What the crew does first

The first job is stopping the water. The crew tarps the open section with a tarp fastened at the deck, not held down with bricks, and photographs the damage before and after. Then they walk the whole roof, because the hole you can see is usually not the only damage. Wind lifts tile at the ridges and hips, creases shingles that will fail next month, and breaks the seal on pipe boots and flashings without leaving a mark visible from the ground.

Everything gets written down: which slopes, how many tiles, where the underlayment is torn, whether the plywood is wet. That written scope with photos is what goes to your adjuster.

What to do in the next hour

Photograph everything from the ground and inside before anything is moved. Get wet furniture and electronics out of the room. If a ceiling is sagging, let the water out at the low point with a screwdriver. If the roof is open and a contractor cannot get there today, a tarp from the hardware store secured at the eave is better than nothing, but do not climb a wet tile roof to place it.

Call your insurer to open the claim, and write down the claim number. Keep every receipt for tarping and cleanup; reasonable emergency protection costs are normally part of the claim. Do not sign anything from anyone who knocks on the door in the days after a storm.

What is usually saved and what is not

Displaced tile that is intact goes back on with new fasteners. Cracked tile is replaced from matching stock. Torn underlayment is patched in small areas and replaced across a slope when the tear is long. Wet plywood that dries in a few days is usually kept; plywood that has delaminated is cut out.

A roof with wind damage on every slope, or a roof that was already past its underlayment life, becomes a replacement conversation. A tile roof with sound tile and torn underlayment is often a lift-and-relay job, covered on the tile roofing page. What to document and what to expect from the adjuster is on the insurance claims page.

Collier County notes: the storms that made this a habit

Irma made landfall at Marco Island on September 10, 2017, as a Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and a 142 mph gust in Naples. Everglades City and Chokoloskee took a nine-foot surge. Immokalee lost dozens of mobile homes and saw more than a thousand homes with major damage.

Ian on September 28, 2022, was a surge storm for Naples. The Pier gauge read more than six feet above normal high tide before it failed, water reached second-floor balconies on Gulfshore Boulevard, and Vanderbilt Beach flooded past the road. Roofs took wind on every slope facing the Gulf. Milton on October 9, 2024, brought 60 mph winds, a 5.8-foot storm tide, and power loss for most of the county.

Collier County Emergency Management publishes evacuation zones and post-storm re-entry rules, and a roofing contractor working after a storm has to follow the same re-entry order you do. After every storm, out-of-town crews sweep neighborhoods. Verify a Florida roofing license at myfloridalicense.com before anyone starts, and remember that since January 2023 a contractor cannot take an assignment of your policy benefits.

Calling about storm damage

Have the address, the storm date, your claim number if you have one, and a description of what you can see from the ground: tile on the lawn, a tarp already up, a tree on the roof, water inside. Say whether the home is occupied right now. Call (239) 341-5474.