Lake Charles Premium Roofing provides professional emergency tarping in Lake Charles, LA for residential and commercial properties across Southwest Louisiana. We tarp with battens like everybody else, because on a shingled slope in wind there is no other method that holds. What we do differently is write down every hole we make and come back to deal with it. In this parish that is not a small distinction.
The method itself is standard and it works. Roll the tarp over the ridge so the seam sits high, lay 1x4 furring strips along the edges, wrap the tarp once around each strip so no fastener goes through bare fabric, and screw through strip, tarp and shingle into the deck at a foot on center. The strip spreads the load so the tarp does not tear out around every screw in the first squall.
The cost of that method is dozens of fresh penetrations in your sheathing, and Southwest Louisiana knows exactly what those cost. Around six thousand area homes were still under cover when Delta came ashore on October 9, 2020, forty-three days after Laura. Many of them were tarped, re-tarped after Delta pulled the first one loose, and then permanently roofed straight over the whole undocumented record.
So we photograph the layout before a screw goes down, mark every batten run on a sketch of your roof with dimensions off the ridge and rake, and hand you a copy. When the permanent roof goes on, whether we do it or somebody else does, that sketch tells the tear-off crew which sheathing to inspect and which fasteners to pull and seal. Without it nobody knows, and that is how this parish ended up where it is.
On a slope that has already lost its shingles down to bare deck we do something different and better. A self-adhered modified bitumen dry-in, rolled directly onto the sheathing and sealed at the laps. It sticks instead of screwing, it is genuinely watertight, it will hold for months rather than weeks, and it becomes part of the permanent assembly later instead of a row of holes in it.
If you are on a ladder with a tarp in your hands right now, take it over the ridge and tie it off there rather than to the gutter, and do not drive nails through it without battens. And photograph the whole layout on your phone before you climb back down.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — batten-screw penetrations, 7/16-inch OSB roof sheathing, 1x4 furring battens, self-adhered modified bitumen dry-in, 24-gauge snap-lock standing seam, Kynar 500 PVDF coil coating — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Lake Charles and nearby communities including Sulphur, Moss Bluff, DeRidder, Jennings.
What We Handle
Everything our emergency tarping in Lake Charles covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of emergency tarping work in Lake Charles, LA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- emergency roof tarping Lake Charles
- storm tarp install
- blue roof tarp
- temporary roof cover
- batten tarp method
- self adhered dry in
- emergency roof repair
- 24 hour roof tarp
- tarp until reroof
- hurricane roof tarp
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Lake Charles services.
Materials, equipment and how we do emergency tarping
The difference between emergency tarping that lasts and emergency tarping that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with batten-screw penetrations, 7/16-inch OSB roof sheathing, 1x4 furring battens, self-adhered modified bitumen dry-in, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Lake Charles job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in Southwest Louisiana means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do emergency tarping outside Lake Charles
Lake Charles Premium Roofing covers Lake Charles and the surrounding communities of Southwest Louisiana. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Emergency Tarping in Sulphur, LA — Calcasieu Parish, population 21,809
- Emergency Tarping in Moss Bluff, LA — Calcasieu Parish, population 12,522
- Emergency Tarping in DeRidder, LA — Beauregard Parish, population 9,852
- Emergency Tarping in Jennings, LA — Jefferson Davis Parish, population 9,837
- Emergency Tarping in Prien, LA — Calcasieu Parish, population 7,745
- Emergency Tarping in Oakdale, LA — Allen Parish, population 6,692
Start on the Lake Charles Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Lake Charles Chooses Lake Charles Premium Roofing
- ✓We inspect from inside the attic before we get on the roof, because in this parish the evidence that decides your scope is on the underside of the sheathing.
- ✓Your quote separates deck work from roof work with a per-sheet price in writing, so a soft panel is a number you already agreed to rather than a change order.
- ✓We charge for inspections and never credit them against a job. That is the only way the report stays a report instead of a sales document with photographs.
- ✓One manufacturer's system, ordered in a single production lot, with the lot numbers handed to you on the invoice so your warranty registration actually goes through.
The standards behind emergency tarping
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The emergency tarping work we do in Lake Charles follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every emergency tarping project in Lake Charles gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free emergency tarping free estimate in Lake Charles, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.