Emergency tarp over a damaged roof section on a Long Island house

Alec's Construction handles hurricane and storm damage in East Patchogue, Suffolk County — fallen trees, flooding and water damage, roofs and siding torn open, the cleanup and the rebuild — as one job from the first tarp to the finished repair, working out of the yard in East Patchogue. If the roof is open, a tree is on the house or there is water inside, call or text (631) 312-7441 rather than fill in the form, and tell us what you are looking at.

What a Hurricane Does in East Patchogue

This is our own hamlet — the yard is on Barton Avenue — and we know exactly which streets flood because we drive them. South of Montauk Highway, East Patchogue runs down to Bellport Bay on low ground between the Swan River and Hedges Creek, and a surge comes up both waterways and across the marsh at the same time. The capes down there had crawl spaces and slab additions that took water in 2012 and were rebuilt fast; a second storm finds the shortcuts. North of Montauk the houses are on higher ground and the damage is wind: shingles lifted at the eave, siding peeled from the gable ends, and the oaks along the older streets coming down across driveways and service drops.

Surge From the Bay

On this part of the South Shore the water is the storm. A south or southeast wind pushes the Great South Bay up every creek and over every bulkhead at once, and the streets south of Montauk Highway take it into crawl spaces, slab additions and first floors built at grade. It is salt water, and salt water is a different cleanup from rain: everything electrical it touched is replaced rather than dried, the sheetrock and insulation below the water line come out, and the framing is dried with equipment and metered before it is closed. It is also a separate claim — a flood policy, not the homeowners policy — and we scope it separately from the wind damage on the same house.

What We Handle After a Storm

  • Fallen or damaged trees — the tree on the roof, the limb through the porch, the leaner against the wall. Structural check first, then removal in the right order, then the repair.
  • Flooding and water damage — surge, rain that came in through the roof, the basement that filled. Wet material out, real drying equipment in, moisture measured before anything is closed.
  • Interior and exterior storm damage — roofing, siding, windows, soffits, gutters, ceilings, walls, floors and insulation.
  • Storm cleanup and debris removal — cut, haul and clear, so the repair crew can get to the house.
  • Repairs to damaged areas — from a tarp on the first day to the finished rebuild, one crew, one scope, one point of contact.

The Order of Work

  • Make it safe. Nobody goes under a tree on a roof or into a room with a sagging ceiling until it has been looked at. Downed lines are the utility's, and they get called first.
  • Photograph everything as found. Before a limb is cut or a wet carpet is pulled. This is what both claims rest on.
  • Stop the water. Tarp the roof, board the openings, pump and pull the wet material that will grow mould if it stays.
  • Dry and document. Drying equipment in, moisture readings taken and kept.
  • Write the scope line by line with the photographs attached, storm damage kept separate from wear, wind damage kept separate from flood damage.
  • Rebuild to the agreed scope, and correct what let the storm in so it does not repeat.
Restoration crew at a storm-damaged Long Island house

Homeowners Policy, Flood Policy and the Hurricane Deductible

Wind damage, and the rain that came in through it, is a homeowners claim. A tree on the house is a homeowners claim, and most policies pay something toward removing that tree, up to a limit that varies by policy. Water that rose — from the bay, a canal, a creek or a river — is a flood claim under a separate flood policy, whether National Flood Insurance Program or private, and the homeowners policy generally excludes it. Many coastal New York policies also carry a hurricane deductible that is a percentage of the dwelling coverage rather than a flat figure, and it applies when a named hurricane triggers it. We do not adjust claims; we document and scope the damage so the adjuster sees what the storm did, and we tell you which of the three buckets each item belongs in before you file.

Building Department in East Patchogue

East Patchogue files with the Town of Brookhaven, not the Village of Patchogue — a distinction that costs people weeks when they get it wrong. Emergency repairs to make the house safe and dry do not wait for a permit. The permanent repair that follows — structural work, re-roofing, electrical — is permitted work like any other, and we file it once the scope is agreed.

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By the job in East Patchogue: Tree Removal · Flood Cleanup · Storm Debris · Storm Roof & Siding

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast can you get to a house in East Patchogue after a storm?

Faster than anywhere else on our board, because the yard is here on Barton Avenue. When a storm clears we go out to look at our own properties first and then straight to the calls, and East Patchogue is a few minutes in any direction. If the roof is open, tell us that on the phone and we bring the tarps on the first visit rather than coming back for them.

Is a fallen tree covered by insurance?

A tree that falls on the house, the garage or another covered structure is the classic covered peril under a standard homeowners policy, and most policies also pay something toward removing that tree, up to a limit that varies by policy. A tree that fell in the yard and hit nothing usually is not covered. We photograph the tree where it lies before anyone cuts it.

Do I need a permit for storm repairs?

Not for the emergency work. Tarping, boarding, shoring, pumping and drying make the house safe and do not wait for a permit. The permanent repair — structural work, re-roofing, electrical, anything that changes the building — is permitted work like any other job, and we file it once the scope is agreed with the carrier.

Do you remove the tree and repair the house, or do I need two companies?

One call. Where a tree is on a structure the removal and the repair are the same job — the tree has to come off in an order that does not drop the roof, and the roof has to be supported and covered as the weight comes off. We coordinate the removal, do the structural repair, the roofing, the interior and the cleanup, and write it as one scope.

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