Step 1: Contain the water indoors
Move furniture, electronics, and valuables out of the drip zone. Place buckets or large pots under active drips — lay a towel in the bucket to deaden the splatter. If a ceiling bulge is forming, that’s trapped water: carefully puncture it with a screwdriver over a bucket to release it in a controlled way rather than letting the drywall collapse.
If you can safely reach the attic, lay plastic sheeting to channel drips away from insulation and toward a collection point. Every gallon you intercept is drywall and flooring you save.
Step 2: Protect what the water touches
Turn off power to any wet light fixtures or outlets at the breaker — water and electricity are the real emergency here. Move rugs, and if carpet is wet, pull it back and aim fans at the area once the leak stops.
Document everything with photos and video, including the leak in action. If this becomes an insurance matter, contemporaneous evidence is invaluable.
Step 3: Do NOT go on the roof
Wet roofs are treacherous, and FL storm conditions make it worse. DIY tarps thrown from a ladder in the rain rarely seal properly and often cause more damage — or injuries. Interior containment is your job; the roof is ours.
Similarly, don’t start tearing into drywall hunting the leak’s source. You’ll expand the repair scope without finding the entry point, which is usually feet away from the stain.
Step 4: Call a professional — now, not Monday
Active leaks don’t pause for business hours, and neither do we: our call representatives are available 24/7 for emergencies. An emergency visit stops the water with proper temporary sealing, then schedules the permanent fix.
When you call Roof Leak Repair Contractors at (888) 974-0663, tell us where the water is showing, whether it’s active now, and what the roof looks like from the ground — we’ll dispatch accordingly.
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