Roof Repair
Targeted leak repair and 24 hour emergency tarping across Glendale and the Valley.
Kellum Roofing repairs tile, shingle, flat and foam roofs across Glendale, Scottsdale, Phoenix and the surrounding Valley, and we offer 24 hour emergency response when a roof opens up mid monsoon. Repair is the service where a roofing company's honesty gets tested, because the contractor is the only one who knows whether you actually need a new roof. Owner Jeremy Kellum built this company partly because of how often that gets abused. If your roof needs a repair, we quote a repair.
What a Leak Is Actually Telling You
A ceiling stain almost never sits directly beneath the hole. Water enters at a penetration, a flashing, a valley or a lifted tile, runs along the underside of the deck or down a rafter, and drops through at whatever low point it reaches first. That can be fifteen feet from the entry point and in a different room entirely. This is why chasing a leak from inside the house is unreliable and why a proper repair starts on the roof, working backward from the stain to the actual failure. It is also why the cheap fix that somebody applied to the visible wet spot two years ago did not hold. It was not sealing the place where water was getting in.
The Repairs We Do Most in the Valley
Flashing failures. Where the roof meets a wall, a chimney, a skylight or a parapet, the waterproofing depends on metal flashing and its detail work. Flashing is where most leaks in this market originate, and it is the thing most often installed badly. Cracked, slipped or broken tile. Foot traffic from an air conditioning tech, a satellite installer or a previous roofer breaks tile. Wind shifts it. A single broken tile exposes underlayment to direct sun and rain. Penetration leaks. Plumbing vents, exhaust fans, swamp cooler curbs, conduit and solar mounts all punch through the roof, and every one of them is sealed by a boot, a collar or a flashing that has a shorter service life than the roof does. Rubber pipe boots in particular do not survive Arizona ultraviolet for long. Valley problems. Valleys concentrate water and debris. They clog, they back up, and monsoon rain then gets driven uphill under the roofing material. Wind damage. Monsoon outflow lifts shingles and shifts tile, and the damage is often not visible from the ground.
24 Hour Emergency Roof Repair and Tarping
When water is actively coming into a house, the priority is stopping it, not scheduling an estimate. We provide around the clock emergency response across the Valley during monsoon season. We get out, tarp and secure the roof, stop the water intrusion, and then come back to do the permanent repair once conditions allow. This sequencing matters financially. Interior water damage compounds fast. Saturated drywall, wet insulation that no longer insulates, damaged framing and the mold that follows can cost several times what the roof repair itself would have. A tarp at midnight is cheap. A remediation contractor in three weeks is not. Call (480) 258-0925. If it is an emergency, say so.
When We Will Tell You to Replace Instead
We will not take money for a repair that is not going to hold. If your underlayment has failed across the roof rather than at one spot, if you are getting leaks in several unrelated locations, if the shingles are broadly curled and bald, or if the roof is already at the end of its documented service life, a repair is a temporary patch on a system that is finished. In those cases we say so and quote a tile roof replacement or a shingle roof replacement instead. Conversely, when a homeowner has been told by someone else that they need a full replacement and we can see that they do not, we say that too. Both conversations happen here regularly.
Why Repairs Fail the Second Time
Most repeat leaks we get called out to were not misdiagnosed so much as under-repaired. Sealant applied over a failed flashing instead of replacing the flashing. A tile set back down without addressing the underlayment tear beneath it. A pipe boot smeared with roofing cement rather than swapped out. Every one of those buys a season and then the customer is back where they started, having paid for nothing. Repairs done properly cost more than a tube of caulk and last considerably longer. That is the entire difference.
Roof Maintenance and Monsoon Prep
The most cost effective roof work in Arizona is the inspection you do before monsoon season rather than during it. Clearing valleys and scuppers, checking and replacing aging pipe boots, resetting shifted tile, and reflashing anything that is starting to open up are all small jobs in April and emergencies in August. If it has been several years since anyone looked at your roof, that is the call to make now. We inspect for free.
Not sure what your roof needs?
Get a free inspection with photos from a licensed Glendale roofer. Call (480) 258-0925 or request an estimate online.
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We walk the roof, photograph what we find, and give you a written estimate, often the same day.
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Built to endure
Arizona heat.
BBB Accredited
Accredited Business since 2024.
Licensed, Bonded, Insured
Arizona ROC 352782, Specialty Dual.
Locally Owned
Based in Glendale. Not a franchise and not an out-of-state storm chaser.
Manufacturer Warranties
Underlayment warranties from 10 to 30 years.
had some roof shingles blow off my roof .. called Kellum Roofing over 4th of july weekend they diagnosed provided an estimate and fixed my roof within 4 days !! highly recommend them !!