Roof Repair
Missing shingles, lifted edges, failed flashing and limb damage on Winston-Salem roofs, handled by an independent local roofer.
Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Clemmons, Lewisville, Rural Hall, Lexington and Oak Ridge
Storm wind, a leak or a tired roof in Winston-Salem? Call and reach a local roofer.
Shingles in the yard after a thunderstorm, a limb across the ridge after an ice storm, a brown ring spreading on a bedroom ceiling, a roof that has simply run out of years. Call (833) 751-2102, say what you can see from the ground, and you are put through to an independent roofer who works in your part of the Triad.
- Roof repair and full replacement
- Storm wind, leaks and fallen limbs
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24Winston-Salem-area towns and neighborhoods listed, all within 25 km
1977Median year built reported for Winston-Salem homes
60-70 mphGusts cited in severe thunderstorm warnings for Forsyth County
249,545Winston-Salem residents at the 2020 census
Today in Winston-Salem
Summer thunderstorm wind, winter ice and humid Piedmont weather decide which roof problems show up in Winston-Salem from week to week.
Winston-Salem & Forsyth County
Local roofing you can reach by phone
Winston-Salem Roofing at a glance
Winston-Salem Roofing is a call line for roof repair and replacement in Winston-Salem and 23 nearby towns and neighborhoods across Forsyth County and the Piedmont Triad. You describe what you see, and the call is connected to an independent local roofing contractor, who inspects the roof, sets the price and does the work. A roofer comes when one is free.
Roofs in the Triad take punishment from two directions. Severe thunderstorm warnings for Forsyth County have cited gusts of 60 to 70 mph and quarter-size hail, with damage to roofs, siding, outbuildings and trees, and winter brings freezing rain that loads limbs until they come down. The hot, humid summers do their own slow work too: July is the muggiest month, with an average high of 87 F, and it has the most days with rain.
Then there is age. The median home in Winston-Salem was built in 1977, and the city counts about 14,555 houses from the 1950s, 12,194 from the 1960s, 15,546 from the 1970s and 18,059 from the 1980s. A great many of those roofs are on a second or third covering, or are overdue for one.
Nobody at the other end of this line sells one brand of shingle. Winston-Salem Roofing puts you through to an independent roofing contractor, and that contractor looks at the roof, writes the quote and carries out the work. Ask for the price in writing before anything starts, and ask who holds the licence or classification for the job so you can check it with the state yourself.
- How it works
- A call line that connects you with an independent local roofing contractor, who does the work
- Service area
- Winston-Salem and 23 nearby areas within 25 km, from Kernersville and Clemmons to Lexington and Oak Ridge (Forsyth County, plus parts of Stokes, Davidson, Guilford and Davie counties, NC)
- Address
- Winston-Salem, NC 27101
- Permits
- Re-roofing needs a building permit in Winston-Salem; roofs in historic districts such as West End and Old Salem may need a Certificate of Appropriateness. Confirm with the permit office
- Pricing
- Set by the roofer; published estimates run from about $4 to $7.50 per square foot for asphalt shingle, and the on-site quote controls
- What it covers
- Roof repair and replacement, leaks, flashing, chimneys, gutters, storm and wind damage, inspections
Services
Roofing services for homes and buildings in Forsyth County and the Triad
Pick a service for symptoms, process and typical cost, or call and describe what you hear and see.
Roof Replacement
A new roof on a Winston-Salem home: the permit step, published price estimates and what to ask an independent roofer before you agree.
Asphalt Shingle Roofing
Installing, replacing and caring for asphalt shingle roofs on Winston-Salem homes, where humidity and algae shape the wear.
Roof Leak Repair
Tracing and fixing roof leaks on Winston-Salem homes, from ceiling stains to flashing, vent pipes and worn shingles.
Emergency Roof Tarping
A temporary cover over storm-damaged roofing in Winston-Salem until a permanent repair can be scheduled.
Storm Damage Roof Repair
Assessing and repairing wind, limb, hail and tree damage to Winston-Salem roofs after thunderstorms and winter storms.
Hail Damage Roof Repair
How hail bruises and cracks shingles, what a Winston-Salem roofer checks, and when a few repairs are enough.
Wind Damage Roof Repair
What 60 to 70 mph gusts do to roofs around Winston-Salem, and how lifted, creased or missing shingles get repaired.
Roof Flashing Repair
Why leaks start at flashing on older Winston-Salem rooflines, and what repairing walls, valleys and vent boots involves.
Chimney Flashing and Repair
Why chimneys leak where they meet the roof, and what resetting flashing, crickets and counter flashing involves in Winston-Salem.
Gutters and Drainage
How gutters and downspouts handle Winston-Salem rain, what tree debris and ice do to them, and what repair or replacement involves.
Roof Moss and Algae Treatment
What the dark streaks and green patches on Winston-Salem shingles are, why soft washing is recommended, and when treatment stops being enough.
Historic District Roofing
Re-roofing in West End, Old Salem and other historic districts can need a Certificate of Appropriateness before work starts.
Flat and Low-Slope Roofing
Membrane roofs on porches, additions and commercial buildings need drainage detail that shingle roofs never do.
Metal Roofing
Standing-seam and panel metal roofs for porches, barns, outbuildings and rural homes around the Triad.
Skylight Repair and Installation
Skylight leaks are mostly flashing and curb failures; a new opening is a structural change that needs a permit with plans.
Roof and Attic Ventilation
A roofer looks at intake and exhaust, insulation and moisture sources so the attic can move heat and humidity out.
Roof Inspection
A roofer's look after a storm or before buying an older house gives a condition picture; no insurance outcome can be promised.
Ice Storm and Snow Roof Damage
Trees and limbs on roofs, damaged gutters and wet ceilings after freezing rain and snow in the Piedmont Triad.
Why homeowners call us
Why Winston-Salem Roofing
Written for Piedmont weather
Thunderstorm wind, limbs after freezing rain, humid summers and a snowy stretch that runs from about the end of November to mid-March all shape the pages here. The advice is for a Triad roof, not a generic one.
A roofer who works your side of the county
A Craftsman bungalow in the West End, a 1970s brick ranch near Hanes Mall and a barn roof out toward Belews Creek are different jobs. The call is put through to a roofer who serves your town.
Straight about historic districts
Replacing a roof in West End, Old Salem or another district can involve a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Forsyth County Historic Resources Commission. The service and guide pages explain that before you choose a material.
Licensing described, not claimed
North Carolina issues no roofing licence of its own. Larger projects fall under the general contractor licence, and this site explains how to ask a roofer what applies and check it with the state board.
Prices as estimates only
Published estimates for an asphalt shingle roof here range from about $4 to $7.50 per square foot installed. They differ by source, so the roofer's written on-site quote is the number that counts.
Plain about what this is
This is a call line. It does not do roofing, does not settle insurance claims and cannot promise an arrival time. What it does is save you the search when a roof problem will not wait for you to find a contractor.
How it works
From phone call to fixed, in four steps
Look from the ground, then call
Note where the stain, drip or damage is, and take a few photos from the yard or the street. Stay off the roof, above all when it is wet, iced over or littered with limbs.
Tell the line your town and what you saw
Give your town, your ZIP and whether water is coming inside. That is enough to connect you with a roofer who serves your area.
The roofer inspects and quotes
An independent roofer looks at the roof, says whether it is a repair, a temporary cover or a replacement, and puts the price in writing. A visit happens when a roofer is free, and no arrival time is promised on the call.
You check, then you decide
Ask about the licence or classification, the building permit and who pulls it, and any historic district review. Read the contract, then agree. The roofer carries out the work and answers for it.
What should you do first when water is coming through a Winston-Salem ceiling?
Move belongings out of the drip, put a bucket under it and photograph the stain. Stay clear of a bulging ceiling and of wet light fixtures. Do not climb onto a wet roof. Then call, because the opening is usually above and uphill of the stain, not over it.
Water on a ceiling rarely sits under the hole. It can run along the underside of the roof deck or down a rafter for several feet before it drips, so a stain in a bedroom may be fed by flashing at a chimney or a valley higher up the slope. In a house of the 1950s through 1980s that has already been re-covered once, a lifted shingle or a dried-out vent boot is a common starting point.
A temporary cover, when it is safe to put one on, buys time until the roof is dry enough to repair properly. The emergency roof tarping page explains what that involves, and roof leak repair covers how a roofer traces the source.
- Contain it: a bucket or a tarp-covered floor under the drip, and furniture moved out of the way.
- Record it: dated photos of the stain, the room and the weather, taken from the ground and the floor.
- Stay safe: keep off the roof, and keep people out of a sagging ceiling.
- Call: describe where the stain is and when it started, and say whether it only shows in wind-driven rain.
Which Winston-Salem storms leave roofs needing work?
Summer thunderstorms are the main one: Forsyth County warnings have cited 60 to 70 mph gusts and quarter-size hail. Winter ice storms matter too, since freezing rain in February 2021 and a winter storm in February 2026 put trees down across the Triad, and remnants of Hurricane Helene did the same in September 2024.
Wind lifts and creases shingles along edges and ridges, and falling limbs puncture the roof outright. Warnings for Forsyth County have named Winston-Salem, Lexington, Thomasville, Kernersville and Clemmons, so the damage pattern is not confined to one side of town. After a storm, look for shingle pieces in the yard, bare patches on the slope, gutters hanging loose or a limb resting on the roof.
Whether a roof has hail damage is a question for a roofer on the roof, not for a guess from the lawn, and whether an insurer pays is a question for the insurer. The pages on storm damage roof repair, wind damage roof repair and hail damage roof repair explain what a roofer checks. The guide to roof damage after a Forsyth County storm covers photos, tarping and what to ask before signing.
Does a Winston-Salem roof replacement need a permit?
Yes. Re-roofing requires a building permit in Winston-Salem, while patching or replacing a few shingles typically does not. Published permit guides estimate $90 to $360 and about a week for a re-roof. Confirm the current rule and fee with the permit office that covers your address.
A homeowner who owns and occupies the house may do the re-roof personally without hiring a contractor, but most people hire one. Where the work is done by a contractor, ask who pulls the permit and whether its cost is in the written quote. Structural changes such as dormers, pitch changes and skylights need engineered plans, which published guides put at $225 to $900 and about two weeks.
The Forsyth County Inspections Division sits at 100 E. First Street, Suite 328, in downtown Winston-Salem, and the right office for a house outside the city limits depends on the address. The guide on whether you need a permit to replace a roof goes through the cases. Those fee figures are aggregator estimates, so treat them as a starting point.
Why do older Winston-Salem houses so often need flashing work?
Chimneys, valleys, dormers and wall joints are where a roof changes direction, and the metal flashing there fails before the shingles do. Older houses in the West End, Ardmore and Buena Vista have more of those joints, brick chimneys and complex rooflines than a simple ranch house does.
The West End Historic District has 508 contributing buildings put up from about 1887 to 1930, in Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival and Craftsman styles, and Buena Vista is known for Italian Renaissance and Tudor houses. Rooflines like that have many places for water to find a seam. Repairs there are often about flashing and masonry edges rather than the shingle field.
See roof flashing repair and chimney flashing and repair for what a roofer looks at, and repair or replace the roof on an older Winston-Salem home for how to weigh the choice.
Service areas
Serving Winston-Salem and all of Forsyth County
Downtown & West End (Winston-Salem)
ZIP 27101
Ardmore & Hanes Mall area (Winston-Salem)
ZIP 27103
Buena Vista & Reynolda (Winston-Salem)
ZIP 27104
North Winston-Salem
ZIP 27105
Southeast Winston-Salem
ZIP 27107, 27127
Northwest Winston-Salem (Reynolda Road corridor)
ZIP 27106
Walkertown
ZIP 27051
Bethania
ZIP 27010
Wallburg
ZIP 27373
Pfafftown
ZIP 27040
Kernersville
ZIP 27284, 27285
Rural Hall
ZIP 27045
Clemmons
ZIP 27012
Lewisville
ZIP 27023
Germanton
ZIP 27019
Belews Creek
ZIP 27009
Tobaccoville
ZIP 27050
Advance
ZIP 27006
King
ZIP 27021
Welcome
ZIP 27374
Colfax
ZIP 27235
High Point (northwest edge)
ZIP 27265, 27261, 27264
Lexington
ZIP 27293
Oak Ridge
ZIP 27310
Winston-Salem, NC 27101 · 25 km service radiusCall (833) 751-2102
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We also cover many smaller communities across Forsyth County. Check your ZIP.
Job stories
Typical jobs around Forsyth County
A brown ring appears on a hallway ceiling in a 1970s brick ranch in North Winston-Salem
- What homeowners notice
- After a July thunderstorm the owner of a one-story brick house notices a brown ring spreading on the hallway ceiling. It has not dripped, but the stain is a little larger each time it rains, and nothing looks wrong with the shingles from the driveway.
- What we do
- A roofer works from the roof once it is dry, follows the stain uphill and checks the plumbing vent boots, the nails along the ridge and any lifted shingle tabs. A cracked or dried-out vent flashing is the usual find on a house of this age, and it is replaced or resealed rather than the whole roof.
- What to expect
- The owner gets a written quote that says what was found, with photographs, and watches the ceiling through the next few storms to see whether the ring has stopped growing.
Shingles end up in the yard after a thunderstorm in a Clemmons subdivision
- What homeowners notice
- Gusts in a severe thunderstorm leave a strip of shingles lying across a back lawn, with a bare patch on the slope facing the wind and a gutter hanging loose at one corner. Nothing is dripping yet, but the owner does not know what the bare patch has exposed.
- What we do
- A roofer inspects the whole roof, not just the bare patch, looking for creased shingles along the ridge and edges, and for any damage to the felt or decking where the shingles tore away. Torn sections are replaced and the gutter is refastened or replaced, with a written list of what was found.
- What to expect
- The owner has photographs and a written description to show an insurer, if one is involved, and the roof is closed up before the next round of rain.
A limb comes down on a Reynolda Road corridor house during a winter storm
- What homeowners notice
- Ice loads a large oak until a limb breaks and lands across the back slope of a two-story house. Shingles are crushed where it hit, a section of decking looks cracked, and water is starting to stain the ceiling of an upstairs room.
- What we do
- A roofer assesses whether the limb can be taken off safely or needs a tree service first, then covers the damaged section with a tarp secured to sound decking so rain stops coming in. The permanent repair is quoted separately once the weather clears and the extent of the damage is clear.
- What to expect
- Water stops entering the upstairs room, and the owner has two things in writing: what the temporary cover cost and what the permanent repair will involve.
Need roofing today?
Call any hour and explain what is going on. You get a clear price before any work starts.
Guides
Answers before you call
How Much Does a Roof Replacement Cost in Winston-Salem, NC?
Published estimates for an asphalt shingle roof in Winston-Salem run from about $4 to $7.50 per square foot installed, and one aggregator puts a 1,500 square foot new roof near $7,800, within a range of $6,100 to $9,500.
Do You Need a Permit to Replace a Roof in Winston-Salem?
Yes.
Does North Carolina License Roofers? What Winston-Salem Homeowners Should Know
North Carolina issues no roofing license of its own.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Who actually does the roofing when I call this number?
An independent local roofing contractor. Winston-Salem Roofing is a call line that connects you with one who serves your town, and that contractor inspects the roof, gives you the price and carries out the work. How the arrangement works is explained on the About page.
Will a roofer come the same day?
Not on any promise from this line. A roofer comes when one is free, and storms can book roofers up for days. Say on the call whether water is coming in, because that helps decide whether a temporary cover comes before the permanent repair.
Is the estimate free?
This line does not set prices, so ask the roofer directly whether there is a charge for the inspection and quote before the visit is booked. Get the price for the work in writing before anything starts, and do not pay in full up front.
Does North Carolina license roofers?
Not as a roofing trade. The state issues no roofing licence of its own, but a project at or over the $40,000 threshold in state law must be done by a licensed general contractor, and local permits apply either way. Ask the roofer what applies and check it with the North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors.
Can you tell me whether my insurance will cover the damage?
No. Whether damage is covered is decided by your insurer under your policy. A roofer can document what he or she finds and give you a written quote, and that paperwork can help when you talk to your insurer, but no outcome can be promised.
Do you cover Kernersville, Clemmons and Lexington?
Yes. Coverage runs about 25 km from downtown Winston-Salem and includes Kernersville, Clemmons, Lewisville, Rural Hall, King, Lexington and Oak Ridge, plus parts of Stokes, Davidson, Guilford and Davie counties. Stokesdale and Jamestown fall just outside, so call with your town and ZIP if you are near an edge.