Wind takes a Dix Hills roof apart from the edges — the eaves, the ridge, the gable ends, the flashing — and takes siding off the face that took the gusts, and then the rain that follows goes into the sheathing and the wall behind. Alec's Construction tarps and boards the same day where we can reach you, finds the wet sheathing that a cosmetic patch would cover up, and rebuilds the roof, the siding and the gutters on one scope with the interior, working out of the yard on Barton Avenue in East Patchogue.
What a Storm Does in Dix Hills
Dix Hills is the high wooded middle of the Town of Huntington, on the moraine with no water anywhere near it, and a nor'easter here is the biggest trees on Long Island coming down on some of its biggest houses. The lots are half-acre to two-acre, the housing is 1960s to 90s colonials, splits and contemporaries, and the oak, tulip and hickory left standing when the subdivisions went in are now eighty and ninety feet tall over two-storey roofs. When a saturated week and a strong gust bring one over it lands across rafters and a ridge sized for snow, not for that. The long driveways and the private roads mean a tree down across the drive can keep a crew out until it is cut.
Two-Storey Roofs Under the Oaks
Colonials and splits under mature oaks take the wind and the tree at once: limbs punch through the roof, the ridge lifts, and the siding on the windward gable end peels from the top. Second-floor ceilings and the attic insulation take the rain until the tarp is on, and the roof repair and the interior go on one scope.
What Wind Does to a Roof Here
Shingles lift at the eaves and the ridge first, where the wind gets under them. Once a course goes, the ones above it follow, and the rain that comes after the wind goes through the exposed underlayment into the sheathing, the attic insulation and the ceilings below. Flashing at chimneys and sidewalls pulls loose. Gutters and fascia peel off the eaves and take the drip edge with them. A roof that "just lost a few shingles" is usually wet under a wider area than the missing shingles show.
What Wind Does to Siding
Vinyl unlocks and sails off in panels from the windward face and from the corners. The housewrap behind it tears, and the sheathing behind that takes rain until the panels are back. Cedar and clapboard split at the fasteners. The repair is not the panels; it is the wrap and the sheathing behind them, dried and checked before anything goes back on.
The Order of Work
Photographs as found. Tarp and board the same day where we can reach you. Wet insulation and sheetrock out from under the leak. Sheathing opened where it is wet and replaced where it has to be. Then the roof, the flashing, the siding, the gutters and the interior on one scope, the cause corrected so the new work stays dry.
The Claim
Wind damage to a roof or siding is a homeowners claim. Storm damage is separated from wear on the scope — the carrier pays for what the wind did, not for a roof that was at the end of its life — and where a roof is more storm than wear, the scope says so with the photographs to show it. We meet the adjuster at the house. Many coastal New York policies carry a separate deductible for named storms; the figure is on your declarations page.
Building Department in Dix Hills
Dix Hills files with the Town of Huntington at Town Hall on Main Street in Huntington. Emergency work to make the house safe and dry does not wait for a permit; the permanent repair is filed once the scope is agreed.
Free walkthrough in Dix Hills. Call or text (631) 312-7441. Tell us whether the roof is open, whether a tree is on the structure and whether there is water inside, and we bring the right equipment on the first trip.
Frequently Asked Questions
A big oak is on the second-floor roof of my Dix Hills colonial. Can we stay downstairs?
Not until the structure has been checked, and often not at all until it is off. A roof holding a full oak can move when the tree is cut or in the next gust, and the load goes down through the second-floor walls into the rooms below. Stay out, photograph it from the ground, and call. We tell you honestly on the first visit whether the house is safe to sleep in.
Can you tarp the roof today?
Where we can reach you safely and the roof can be walked, yes, that is what the first visit is for. A tarp is a temporary measure to stop the water while the damage is documented and the permanent repair is scoped.
Will insurance pay to replace the whole roof or just the missing shingles?
It depends on what the wind did and what the adjuster sees. Where the damage is scattered across the roof, or the shingles that are left cannot be matched or will not seal, a full replacement is often the right scope and often the approved one. Where the damage is one section, it is a section. We write the scope from the photographs and meet the adjuster at the house.
The siding is gone on one side. Can you match it?
Sometimes, and when we can we do. Vinyl profiles and colours go out of production, and a house that lost a full face often gets that face re-sided in the closest match rather than patched with panels that do not match. What is behind the panels matters more: the wrap and the sheathing get dried and checked before anything goes back on.
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Also Serving Dix Hills
- Attic Insulation in Dix Hills — air sealing, baffles and R-49 depth
- Basement Finishing in Dix Hills — egress, ceiling height and moisture
- Bathroom Remodeling in Dix Hills — full gut renovations
- Fallen Tree Removal & Roof Repair in Dix Hills — tree off the house, roof supported and repaired
- Flood & Water Damage Cleanup in Dix Hills — wet material out, drying metered
- Garage Conversion in Dix Hills — turning the garage into living space
- Gutter Installation in Dix Hills — seamless gutters, fascia and drainage
- Hurricane & Storm Damage Repair in Dix Hills — trees, flooding, cleanup and repairs
- Interior Painting in Dix Hills — the right work for the cold months
- Kitchen Remodeling in Dix Hills — cabinets, counters and layout
- Roofing in Dix Hills — tear-offs, repairs and storm damage
- Storm Debris Removal & Cleanup in Dix Hills — trees, building debris and hauling
Work With Alec's Construction
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