How long does a roof replacement take?
The roof itself is usually one day. A typical single-family tear-off and re-roof starts at first light and finishes the same evening, with cleanup included. What takes longer is everything around it: on an insurance job, the inspection, the claim, the adjuster appointment and the material order add weeks, and after a large regional hail event they add more.
The day itself
Material is usually delivered the day before or first thing in the morning, either loaded onto the roof or stacked on the drive. The crew arrives early, because the second half of a Texas afternoon in July is not when anybody wants to be tearing off.
Tear-off comes first and it is the loud part. Then the decking gets inspected and any rotten sheets replaced, then underlayment, then flashing, then the shingles go up the slopes, then ridge and ventilation. The magnet sweep and the walkthrough close it out.
What pushes it into a second day
Two layers to remove rather than one. A steep pitch that needs jacks and harnesses. A large decking replacement nobody could have counted in advance. A roof cut up with enough valleys and penetrations that the flashing detail outlasts the field work. Rain that arrives at the wrong hour.
A crew will not leave a roof open overnight. Where a second day is needed, the exposed sections get dried in before they go.
The weeks either side on an insurance job
The inspection is the fast part. After that you file the claim, the carrier assigns an adjuster, and the adjuster appointment gets scheduled. Then the scope comes back, the paperwork gets checked, colors get chosen and material gets ordered.
In an ordinary month that whole sequence runs a few weeks. In the month after a hail core crosses a metro area it runs considerably longer, because every adjuster and every crew in North Texas is working the same storm. That is a fact about the trade rather than about any one company, and an answer that promises otherwise is not worth much.
Related questions
Do I need to move my cars?
Yes. The drive is needed for material and for the dumpster, and it is where debris lands during tear-off.
What about my landscaping?
Tarps go down over beds and shrubs under the eaves. Say at the estimate if there is something fragile so it can be planned around.
Can the work happen while I am out?
Most homeowners are at work for it. What is worth being there for is the walkthrough at the end.
What happens if it rains mid-job?
Work stops and the open sections get dried in. Nothing gets left open to weather overnight.
