Afford-A-Pro provides roofing in Collinsville, Alabama, the DeKalb County town on US-11 best known for its Trade Day market. We put on metal and shingle roofs, repair leaks, replace worn roofs and cover the shops and outbuildings around town, starting with a free inspection.
Collinsville is a DeKalb County town of about 2,064 people on US-11, known well beyond the county line for Collinsville Trade Day, the long-running weekly outdoor market. Away from the market grounds it is a small town of homes, small businesses and farmland. The roofs run from older frame houses to brick ranches and metal outbuildings.
Northeast Alabama weather is hard on every one of them. Humid summers age shingles, spring storms drive rain sideways into every seam, and the odd winter ice storm loads up gutters and eaves. Our roofing in Collinsville is about finding the weak spots that weather leaves behind and fixing them properly.
Afford-A-Pro is based in Jasper, Tennessee, and travels to Collinsville for inspections, estimates and roof jobs of any size. Each one starts with a free inspection and a written estimate with transparent pricing. Every Alabama job is covered by our liability insurance and workers' compensation.
Metal or shingle roofs fitted to Collinsville's mix of porch-front ranches, frame houses and in-town brick homes.
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A drip by the chimney, a lifted ridge cap or a patio tie-in that leaks, found with a careful look and repaired right.
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Old layers off, decking checked board by board, then fresh underlayment, flashing and the roof you picked.
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Metal panel, standing seam and low-slope roofs for highway shops, storage buildings and farm structures.
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Free, with notes and pictures covering the roof surface, flashing, gutters, vents, soffits and attic.
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A tarp or stopgap fix after a bad storm, plus photos and a written assessment for your insurer.
Learn More ›Plenty of Collinsville properties have more than a house on them: a garage, a shop, a barn or an equipment shed. Metal roofing makes it easy to put the whole place under one durable roof style that sheds heavy rain and stands up to summer heat.
Ribbed exposed-fastener panel is a strong, practical roof that suits a house as well as a shop, and standing seam gives a cleaner line with its hidden fasteners. Both are explained on our metal roofing page, and we install them for homeowners on Sand Mountain in Fyffe too.
A stain on the ceiling rarely sits right under the leak. Water can run along a rafter or the decking before it shows, so we trace it back to the real opening, whether that is a cracked pipe boot, worn flashing against a wall or a nail that has worked loose.
Once we find it, we repair that point and check the area around it. If the roof is wearing out from one end to the other, we will say so and price both choices for you. Our roof repair page goes into more detail.
When a roof has reached the end of its life, more patching just buys a little time. We remove the old roof down to the decking, replace any soft or rotted sheets, and put down new underlayment and flashing before the new metal or shingles go on.
Most homes are finished in one to three days. Permits and required inspections are handled with the city or the county, depending on where the house sits, the site is cleaned before the crew leaves, and financing options are available. More on our roof replacement page.
Buying an older house in Collinsville, selling one, or unsure after a storm? A free inspection covers the roof surface, flashing, vents, gutters, soffits and the attic when accessible. You get photos and a written assessment to keep, and our roof inspection page lists every item we check.
Spring storms crossing DeKalb County can lift shingles, bend panels or bring down limbs. When that happens, we tarp the damage or make a temporary repair to keep the rain out. Then we document the damage with photographs and a written assessment for your insurance company, keeping in mind that coverage depends on your policy and the cause.
See our emergency roofing page for details. The same storm help is available in Marshall County in Albertville.
Along US-11 and around town you will find shops, storage buildings, metal garages and agricultural buildings. We install metal panel systems, standing seam, and TPO or other flat and low-slope systems, and we handle full re-roofs as well as repairs. The commercial roofing page has details on each.
Tell us what you are seeing, and we come to Collinsville to inspect the roof for free, taking photos as we go.
The estimate arrives in writing with each part of the job priced, from tear-off to trim, and no hidden extras.
Ribbed panel, standing seam, architectural or 3-tab shingles: we lay out the options and you choose the color.
Permit paperwork goes to the city or the county, depending on where the house sits, and we settle the start date together.
The crew strips the roof, fixes soft decking, then installs underlayment, flashing and the new roof.
We look over the finished job with you and leave the yard and driveway clear.
It might, but that comes down to your policy and to what caused the damage. Insurers usually treat sudden storm or wind damage differently from wear that built up over years. We photograph the damage and write up an assessment you can pass to the insurance company, so there is a clear record when the adjuster reviews the claim.
Ask for proof of liability insurance and workers' compensation coverage, and get the estimate in writing with the work spelled out. A good roofer shows you photos of the problem, explains both repair and replacement, and takes care of any permit the job needs. Be wary of anyone who wants a signature before you have had time to think.
It depends on how it came about. A free inspection you set up by calling a roofer is simply a service, and with Afford-A-Pro it comes with photos, a written assessment and no obligation. If a stranger knocks after a storm, ask for proof of insurance and a written estimate before anyone climbs onto your roof.
A leak with a single source, like a cracked pipe boot or a loose strip of flashing, is usually a quick repair. If water has been getting in for a while and the decking underneath has gone soft, that wood has to be cut out and replaced, which adds time. When rain is due before the repair can be finished, we can tarp the area or make a temporary repair first.
Yes. We install ribbed panel and standing seam on barns, shops, garages and sheds as well as on houses. During the free inspection we check whether the existing framing and decking are ready for new panels, so any extra work is in the estimate from the start.
Often it does not, but older houses can hide things like extra shingle layers or soft boards along the eaves. We look for those during the free inspection and list any decking replacement in the written estimate up front. That way the number you see covers what the house actually needs.
"They did a great job replacing the shingles on our roof. I highly recommend them and will use them again in the future."
"Michael and his staff replaced our roof with metal roofing. The company was timely and efficient. They did a great job and cleaned up after they were done. We are very satisfied."
"Very professional, as well as courteous in his conduct. 5 star roof decking replacement and metal roof installation. As a retired contractor I would highly recommend him for your roofing needs."
"Michael installed our metal roof. Was very professional. Did a very good job. Had one little issue that was addressed immediately. Would definitely recommend."
"10/10 service could never recommend this company enough! Michael is always punctual and perfectly providing the best job around!"
"Excellent job. Very polite. Cleaned up the material afterwards and the craftsmanship on my particularly difficult area of my roof is beautiful. Definitely satisfied. 10/10"
"He was professional and did excellent work and done in timely fashion. Did great clean up! Would recommend him highly and would hire him again."
"Thank you Michael for going above and beyond. He will be my roofer to do it right."
"Michael did a great job on our porches and metal roof. Very meticulous and professional. Would definitely recommend."
From Collinsville we also work on Sand Mountain in Fyffe and in Marshall County in Albertville.