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For emergency roof repair, the roof is inspected and photographed first, and the scope and price come in writing.
Roofers Hotline is a roofing company for emergency roof repair in Chicago and 34 towns across Cook, DuPage and Will counties, on one phone number, (855) 512-1072. Someone answers at any hour, and the estimate is written down before any work begins.
This area is in the very high band for storm inspection, with 97 hail reports within 15 km of the city center since 2000.
A tarp or temporary dry-in covers the opening so water stops entering your home. The metro averages 34.4 inches of precipitation a year in the 1991 to 2020 normals at the Midway airport station, so rain is never far off. Call to get the cover on before the next one.
Branches and broken material come off the roof so the damage can be seen and nothing else gets punctured. Cook County logged 131 damaging wind events since 2015, and wind is what drops limbs. Call once a storm has passed and the debris is on your roof.
Shingles and flashing that wind has loosened are fastened down so the next gust does not tear off more. With 36 tornadoes in the county record since 2015, another storm can follow. Call to have lifted sections secured now.
The visit includes photographs of the damage that you can keep with your records. Hail of up to 2.75 inches appears in the county record, and clear photos show what the storm did. Deductibles are never waived or rebated. Call and ask for the photographs.
How the job runs, call by call, is explained under how emergency roof repair works.
In Chicago, 77% of homes were built before 1980 and the median home dates to 1952, by Census estimates for 2019 to 2023. Roofs on houses that old often have worn flashing, thin decking and layers of past repairs, so a storm can open a leak fast. Roofers Hotline handles emergency roof repair here: tarping or a temporary dry-in to stop water coming in, then a written estimate before any work starts for the permanent fix. Call 24 hours a day when a branch, wind or hail has damaged your roof, and get the tarp on before the next rain.
Cook County logged 36 tornadoes and 131 damaging thunderstorm wind events since 2015, which is a different pattern from hail alone. Wind lifts shingles and flashing on older roofs and drops branches on them, so the damage often sits in several spots instead of one. Because the housing here is old, the visit usually checks the decking around the opening before anything is covered. The written estimate then separates the temporary dry-in from the permanent repair, so you know what each step involves. Call to book the visit.
For 180 ZIP codes in the metro, metal roofing here is one call away, with the visit described step by step.
Sources: NOAA Storm Events (Cook County); OpenFEMA declarations (Cook County); NOAA SPC reports. Updated October 2026.
After a wind or tornado-type storm in Chicago, the two signs to look for are shingles or flashing lifted or missing, and water stains or dripping inside. Branches on the roof come with the same storms. Stay off the roof. Photograph the damage from the ground and from inside, move belongings away from the drip and catch water in a bucket. Then call for a tarp before the next rain arrives.
Costs
| Job | Range | Per unit |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency tarping (storm stop-gap) | $200–$1,200 | per job |
| Roof leak repair | $500–$1,900 | per job |
| Roof repair, moderate (a section, valley or underlayment) | $1,200–$3,600 | per job |
| Roof repair, major (decking, structure, a whole plane) | $1,800–$18,200 | per job |
Full roof cost breakdown for this metro.
Typical range for this metro, built from published ranges and the local labor index (1.30); a written estimate depends on pitch, layers and decking.
Not a quote: typical 2026 ranges from published cost guides and Census County Business Patterns 2022 payroll data; your written estimate depends on pitch, layers and decking.
Source: published 2026 cost guides (RoofVista, Fixr, Bob Vila, Today's Homeowner) and Census County Business Patterns 2022 roofing-contractor payroll.
Roofers Hotline also handles Chicago roof leak repair here, with photographs taken before any estimate is written.
Why call
Hail reports within 25 km of Chicago come mostly between April and October, with June the busiest month, so storm season is when emergency calls peak. Federal disaster declarations that include the county number 22 from 1967 to date, and the most recent was on September 20, 2024. Call as soon as a storm passes and the roof is damaged, because a tarp is quicker to place while the weather is calm. You get an inspection, a written estimate before work starts, and the repair. Call now.
Homeowners outside this metro center can open our coverage of Cicero, about 4 miles out, for the same service and the same written estimate.
Illinois licensing: Illinois requires roofing contractors to hold a statewide roofing license from IDFPR. Look up any license at Illinois IDFPR.
Questions
Move belongings away from the leak and catch the water, but do not go on the roof. Photograph the damage from the ground and from inside the house. Then call Roofers Hotline for emergency tarping so the opening is covered before the next rain.
Cook County logged 178 hail events of one inch or more and 131 damaging wind events since 2015. Add 36 tornadoes in the same record and older roofs take repeated hits. Call after any storm that lifts shingles or drops branches.
A tarp or temporary dry-in covers the damaged section so rain stays out until the permanent repair is done. The written estimate then explains the repair scope once the roof is dry. Call and ask what your roof needs before the next storm.
Illinois requires roofing contractors to hold a statewide roofing license from IDFPR. Look up any license at Illinois IDFPR before work begins. Call Roofers Hotline for emergency roof repair here and ask for the written estimate first.
Another question homeowners here ask is How long does a roof last?, from across the metro.
Our guide to hail and storm damage claims goes deeper, from the same county storm and housing records. See also our local guide to the roof problems seen most here, written from the same county storm and housing records.
Takes about a minute. Tell us the ZIP code and what the roof is doing, and a local roofer calls you back to book an inspection and written estimate.
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