Tonight: active water, contained
If water is actively coming in, your job tonight is containment, not roofing.
- Bucket and towels under the drip. Move electronics, books, and furniture out of the splash zone.
- Bulging ceiling? Drain it on your terms: small screwdriver hole at the center of the bulge, bucket underneath. It saves the drywall around it.
- Water near light fixtures or outlets: don't use them, and switch off that circuit at the panel.
- Photograph and video everything with timestamps. Future you (and possibly your insurer) will thank present you.
- Call us at 971-376-8722. Active leaks get priority scheduling, usually within a day or two.
Tonight: what NOT to do
Do not get on the roof. We mean it. A wet roof in the dark injures homeowners every storm season, and there is nothing up there tonight worth it. Tarping, sealing, and diagnosis all work better (and safer) in daylight, done by people wearing harnesses.
Also skip the midnight sealant run. Wet surfaces won't take sealant anyway, and a smear of mastic in the wrong place complicates the real repair.
This week: active but contained
A slow drip you've contained, a stain that grew after the last storm, shingles in the yard with no inside water yet: these are this-week problems. The structure isn't at risk overnight, but every storm widens the opening.
Book a free assessment, send us photos if you've got them, and keep the bucket on duty. Our guides on ceiling stains and missing shingles cover the homework you can do from the ground.
This season: the watch list
Old stains that don't grow, moss on the shaded slope, debris in the valleys, a roof past its fifteenth birthday that hasn't been looked at: nothing here needs a call tonight. All of it belongs on a list with a date attached, because watch-list items are how next winter's 'tonight' problems get made.
The efficient version: one free inspection clears the whole list at once, and our maintenance program keeps it cleared. For everything leak-shaped, the Roof Leak Guide is the map.