September 23, 2026 – PRESSADVANTAGE –
Big Easy Roofing in Metairie has opened a roof flashing repair service across Jefferson Parish, targeting the junctions where the company said most leaks actually begin. Roof leaks rarely start in the open field of a roof. They start where the roof meets something else, at a chimney, a sidewall, a valley or a skylight.
The service covers chimney flashing, including the step, apron and counter flashing that work together at a masonry chimney, along with step flashing where a roof plane meets a vertical wall, apron flashing at eaves, valley metal, skylight flashing and pipe boots. Each of those details depends on metal lapped in a specific order. When the order is wrong, or when sealant has been used in place of properly lapped metal, water travels behind the flashing and surfaces on a ceiling well away from the point where it entered.
According to the company, failures follow a small number of patterns. Counter flashing that was surface mounted and caulked instead of let into a mortar joint releases as the sealant ages. Step flashing that was face nailed through its exposed face leaves fastener holes in the drainage path. Valley metal that was cut short at the eave dumps water behind the gutter. Big Easy Roofing said each of those conditions is repairable without touching the surrounding roof.
Aluminum step and apron flashing is used on standard runs. Copper is used at chimneys and on the older housing stock in Old Metairie where an owner requests it, both for durability and to match existing metalwork. The company said the service covers all Metairie neighborhoods, including Bucktown, Lake Vista and the corridors along Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Metairie Road.
Work begins with a free inspection that traces the leak back to its source rather than treating the stain on the ceiling as the location of the problem. The assessment is photographed, and the owner receives a written scope with fixed pricing before a crew is scheduled. The company said most flashing repairs take two to four hours and are completed within the same week they are quoted.
Big Easy Roofing in Metairie said the service exists because flashing failures are frequently handled as full roof replacements. A roof with sound shingles and failed step flashing does not need to come off. It needs the metal corrected, at a fraction of the cost and in an afternoon rather than a day.
Reused flashing is the most common problem the company reports finding on Metairie roofs that were replaced within the last decade. Metal already at the end of its life when the shingles around it were torn off continues to fail on its original schedule, now beneath a roof the owner believes is new. The company said pipe boots follow a similar pattern, hardening and splitting under sun exposure years before the roof around them needs attention.
“Somebody sees water on a bedroom ceiling and the first quote they get is for a whole new roof,” a company spokesperson said. “Sometimes that is the right answer. Very often it is eight feet of step flashing that was face nailed and caulked instead of woven in properly. We would rather find that and say so.”
Every flashing repair carries a workmanship warranty, matched to the original manufacturer coverage on the roof where that coverage remains in force. The company said matching the two matters because an improper repair can void what is left of the manufacturer coverage on an otherwise healthy roof.
Big Easy Roofing in Metairie provides residential and commercial roofing services across the New Orleans metropolitan area. Its work includes roof inspections, leak detection, roof repair and replacement, gutter and downspout installation and repair, ventilation, soffit installation and repair, roof coatings, and storm damage assessment and emergency response. The flashing repair service is available for scheduling now in Metairie and throughout Jefferson Parish, with free inspections offered ahead of any written scope.
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For more information about Big Easy Roofing – Metairie, contact the company here:
Big Easy Roofing – Metairie
Jose Yoder
(504) 800-8196
info@bigeasyroofing.com
