Family-Built Roofing in Mandeville, the Northshore & Baton Rouge

South Louisiana asphalt reroof pricing typically runs in the range of $5 to $12 per square foot installed, depending on roof complexity (hips, valleys, pitches), product selection (architectural shingle vs. Class 4 impact-resistant vs. standing seam metal), and whether decking replacement is needed underneath. The fastest way to get a real number is our Instant Roof Quote tool (Roofle) — it uses satellite imagery and our local pricing to generate a ballpark in under a minute. The in-person inspection refines the scope and locks the final price in writing.

Outside named-storm events: same-day or 24-hour response for active leaks; 48-hour scheduling for non-urgent post-event inspections. During active named-storm events: we are on roofs within 48 hours of landfall in the projected path. Call (225) 819-3742 — a real person answers during business hours and the AI receptionist captures urgent calls overnight and during storms.

FORTIFIED is a roof construction standard from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) designed to withstand hurricane winds, severe thunderstorms, and hail. There are three tiers — FORTIFIED Roof, FORTIFIED Silver, and FORTIFIED Gold — with progressively stronger building practices. In Louisiana, the state Fortify Homes Program offers up to $10,000 toward a FORTIFIED-certified roof for income-qualified homeowners, and most LA insurance carriers offer a 5% to 30% premium reduction for FORTIFIED-certified properties. Epic Roofing is on the LA-approved contractor list with 30+ FORTIFIED roofs already installed.

Most Louisiana carriers offer a 5% to 25% wind/hail deductible reduction for Class 4 impact-resistant shingles. The exact discount depends on your carrier (State Farm, Allstate, Louisiana Citizens, National General, USAA, and others each have different programs). Pull your declaration page and look for the wind/hail deductible line — that is where the discount applies. We can talk through whether the upgrade math works for your specific situation.

We can document the loss correctly and submit a supplement where the scope of damage exceeds the adjuster's initial assessment. We are not public adjusters — that is a separate licensed profession in Louisiana — but we walk every adjuster meeting we are invited to, document with drone imagery, and submit Xactimate scope corrections where the field findings warrant. The carrier still makes the coverage decision; we make sure they are looking at the full picture.

Honest answer: depends on the shingle product, the slope orientation, the visible granule loss, and what we see in the attic. We have told plenty of South Louisiana homeowners that their fifteen-year-old roof has another five years in it. We have also told plenty of twelve-year-old roofs that they are past saving. The free retail inspection — drone plus attic check — gives us the data to tell you up front which it is.

Three-tab shingles are the older single-layer product — typically rated for 20 to 25 years and increasingly hard to source. Architectural (sometimes called dimensional) shingles are the modern multi-layer product — typically rated for 30 to 50 years depending on the line, with substantially better wind performance. In South Louisiana, we install architectural shingles on every reroof unless the homeowner has a specific reason to use three-tab. Atlas Pinnacle Pro and CertainTeed Landmark Pro are the architectural lines we install most often.

Yes — GoodLeap and Hearth are our two financing partners. Both offer soft-pull pre-qualification that will not affect your credit. A typical $20,000 reroof on a moderate-term financing plan runs roughly in the $250 to $400 per month range depending on credit profile and term length. Apply at /financing or call us and we will walk you through it.

Be careful. The pattern after every named storm: out-of-state contractors blanket the Northshore offering "free roofs" and pushing every homeowner into an insurance claim. Many of them are gone six months later, leaving substandard work and voided manufacturer warranties behind. If a contractor pressures you to sign before you have had time to think, that is your answer. Local Louisiana roofers who are still here a year after the storm are the ones to call.

We document the loss, walk the adjuster meeting when invited, and submit supplements where the scope of damage exceeds the initial assessment. We are not public adjusters, and we are not filing the claim on your behalf — that is a different licensed profession in Louisiana, and any contractor offering to "handle your claim" or "waive your deductible" is operating outside the law. Our role is to be the expert in the room who can explain what the adjuster is looking at and what the documentation should show.

Our workmanship warranty covers installation defects on the roof system we install — separate from the manufacturer warranty on the shingles themselves (which we register on your behalf at the factory). Workmanship warranty term: five years, transferable to the next owner if you sell the home.

Three signals usually point to replacement instead of repair: (1) the roof is past 20 years old and the shingles show widespread granule loss, (2) you have leaks in more than one location that are not traceable to a single failure point like a boot or a flashing detail, or (3) the decking underneath shows significant rot from the attic side.

Three signals usually point to repair: (1) a single failure point that is clearly identifiable, (2) the roof is under 15 years old with good remaining service life, or (3) the damage is isolated to one slope from a specific event. The inspection tells us which one applies to your specific roof.