Storm Damage Roof Repair in Orlando

Our headquarters is on Carder Road in Orlando, so the crews answering Central Florida storm calls are based here rather than dispatched from elsewhere. In an active storm week we triage — homes actively taking on water go first. When a permanent repair isn't safe yet, we tarp the same day and return once the weather clears.

Most Orlando storm damage isn't visible from the ground. The metro's problem is repetition rather than one big event — hundreds of wind-loading cycles across a summer break the seal strips while the shingles stay in place and look untouched. The reliable tells are indirect: granules at the downspouts, and leaks that only appear in blowing rain.

It does, and Florida sees more lightning per square mile than any other state — Vaisala named Four Corners, on this metro's edge, the most lightning-struck community in the United States in 2022. A direct strike can hole the covering and the deck or track along vent stacks and wiring. It is an immediate call, and the roof gets tarped before anything else.

Yes — Winter Park, Apopka, Lake Mary, Oviedo, Sanford, Kissimmee, Winter Garden and the rest of Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake and Volusia counties. We've served 180+ Florida communities from the Orlando office since 1993.

Storm-chasing crews follow weather into Central Florida and leave when the work dries up, which is a problem when a warranty question comes up two years later. Check for a Florida state licence, a local address you can actually visit, and a history in this metro that predates the storm. Universal has operated from Carder Road since 1993 — licences CCC057165 and CBC1258484.

It depends on how much roof needs covering and how safely it can be accessed. We quote before we do it, and the inspection that determines what's needed is free. Tarping is temporary — it stops water entering. The permanent repair gets scoped separately once the full extent is visible.