Roof Repair in Harvest
Harvest sits on open farmland northwest of Huntsville, up Hwy 53 past Research Park and north of Madison, and that open ground is why Harvest roofs take more wind and hail than roofs 10 miles south. We repair, document and replace them with the same written pricing as Huntsville, and most Harvest repairs run $300 to $1,800. Storm work is a bigger share of what we do here than anywhere else in the county.
Harvest is unincorporated, which means no city hall and a lot of new rooftops. Thousands of homes went up between 2005 and today along Harvest Road, Capshaw Road and Old Railroad Bed Road, mixed in with older farmhouses and 1970s ranches on acreage that were here when the cotton fields were still cotton fields.
Open ground, wind and hail
Spring fronts come out of the southwest and cross the county line with nothing in the way. The April 27, 2011 EF5 ran through Harvest and Toney, and people here still check the sky in April. Most years the damage is smaller and more frequent: 60 mile an hour straight-line wind that peels the north and west slopes, and hail cores that drop 1 to 2 inch stones on a mile-wide path.
That exposure changes what a roof needs. On a replacement we use six nails per shingle on every slope, not just the steep ones, and a shingle with a 130 mph wind rating. On repairs after a front we reseal the courses around the damage, not just the missing tabs, because the seal strips that lifted and laid back down will lift again.
After hail we chalk and count hits per test square on every slope and photograph the gutters and vent caps, so the insurance file is complete before the adjuster arrives.
A fair number of Harvest roofs date to the 2011 and 2012 rebuild. They went on fast, in a county short on crews, and they are 14 to 15 years old now. Some are excellent. Some were four-nailed with minimal flashing and are showing it. An inspection at $150 to $300 sorts one from the other and tells you whether you are looking at a tune-up or a replacement before the next spring does.
Out here we also tell people to look at the gutters and the mailbox after a storm, not just the roof. Dented gutters, a split vent cap or a mailbox flag full of dings are the easiest evidence that hail was large enough to matter, and insurers accept them as collateral proof.
Subdivisions and older farm homes
The subdivision roofs are the 2005 to 2015 builder installs: architectural shingles on most, 3-tab on some of the earlier streets. They are hitting 10 to 20 years, and the issues are split pipe boots, nail pops and wind-creased tabs. A 2,000 square foot two-story out here is 14 to 18 squares and replaces for $7,000 to $11,000 in architectural shingles.
The farm homes and older ranches are a different job. Longer eaves, older flashing, sometimes a metal roof over a shop or a porch addition. Chimney reflashes run $600 to $1,500 and exposed-fastener metal gets a screw-and-seal for $800 to $2,000. These roofs usually have decking that needs a careful look before anything goes on top.
One advantage of the subdivisions: the builder used the same two or three shingle colors on an entire street, so a wind repair on a 2012 Harvest roof usually matches well. We note the manufacturer and color on the first visit and keep it on file for the next one.
Services in Harvest
Storm damage and tarping, with the documentation an adjuster needs. Roof replacement with full tear-off and a line-item scope. Repairs for leaks, flashing and boots, usually in one visit. Metal roofing on homes and outbuildings. Inspections for the steady turnover of Harvest homes tied to Arsenal moves.
Harvest is about 25 minutes from our Huntsville base and carries no travel charge.
Nearby
Madison is directly south across Hwy 72. Toney and Monrovia share Harvest's storm track to the north and west. Meridianville is east along the county's northern tier. All of them are covered from Huntsville on the same schedule.
Send a photo from Harvest
Describe the damage, add a photo, and include a cross street. During storm weeks open decking and active leaks are tarped first, and we work north Madison County by severity.