Guides
Before you book roofing work
Most of the money wasted in this trade goes on the wrong scope. A full replacement where a forty-dollar stack boot would have done it. Or a fourth repair on a roof with three leaks and two years left. These are written so you can work out which one you are looking at before anybody quotes you.
- Roof replacement cost Measured 2026 Ontario pricing, why the same house needs a different roof in Stratford than in Chatham, and the five things that actually move the number. What it costs Updated Aug 2026
- Storm damage claims Photograph it, then tarp it, then claim — in that order. What an adjuster is looking for after a storm, and why a tarp before photographs costs you the claim. Something is wrong Updated Aug 2026
- Why ice dams form Snow melts on the warm part of the roof and refreezes at the cold overhang. Find where the heat is getting in, or you are buying one thaw at a time. Something is wrong Updated Aug 2026
Talk to a Woodstock roofing contractor
Three things get us most of the way there: which town you are in, roughly when the roof was last done, and what you are actually seeing — a stain on a ceiling, granules in the eavestrough, shingles on the lawn on Sunday morning. That is usually enough to tell you whether this is a repair, a claim, or a roof that has quietly reached the end, without anybody driving anywhere.