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A tarped roof and downed tree limbs under a heavy storm sky

Storm & Ice

Storm Damage & Ice Dam Removal Across Chicagoland

Chicagoland weather works both shifts: summer downbursts that drop limbs through roofs, and February ice dams that push meltwater under the shingles and down the inside of your walls. Either way the playbook is the same — stop the intrusion now, dry what got wet, repair what broke.

01The Scope

Emergency response through repair

Storm calls start with making the building weather-tight: tarping, board-up, and emergency water extraction, day or night. Then moisture mapping — storm water travels inside walls and shows up two rooms from the hole, and finding all of it is the job.

Ice dams get steamed off safely — no hacking at your shingles with a hatchet — and the interior side gets the same drying and repair standard as any water loss. If attic insulation or ventilation caused the dam, we'll show you, so it doesn't rebuild every winter.

Wind, hail, and fallen-limb damage get documented to insurance standards and repaired, roofline to drywall, by one crew.

A two-story home the morning after a storm, an emergency tarp stretched over one roof slope and branches on the lawn
A heavy ice dam and icicles overhanging a brick home — a real Flash ice dam call

02Recent Storm & Ice

Different houses, same standard.

Steaming an ice dam off a roof on a night call — real job photo
Hurricane-wrecked pool enclosure on a storm response job
Snowbound home with ice damming at the eaves before removal
Tarped roof at dusk after emergency storm work
Icicles loading a roof edge before steaming
Night storm response in a client's neighborhood
Roof work in progress after storm damage
Snow-covered home at dusk on a winter response call
Roof crew working a storm-damaged home, seen from the street
Emergency tarp secured over a storm-damaged roof

03Response & Timeline

Emergency tarping and extraction same-day. Repairs scoped and scheduled in writing after the storm assessment.

04Insurance & Cost

Storm and ice dam losses are classic homeowner's-policy territory. We document the damage the way adjusters need it and bill the carrier directly.

Assessments are free, and the scope is documented in writing before work starts. No pricing games.

05Get Help

Tell us what happened.

Active emergency? Skip the form and call — the line is answered around the clock: (630) 823-0406

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