Memphis Premium Roofing provides professional emergency tarping in Memphis, TN for residential and commercial properties across the Mid-South. Tarping is a same-day service and a two-week product. We say that first because the most common way a Memphis roof gets worse after a storm is a tarp that was left on until it became the leak it was installed to stop.
A tarp fails in predictable ways. UV degrades the poly in a couple of months, wind works at every unsupported edge until it opens a seam, and water finds the low spot and ponds until the weight pulls the whole thing off the fasteners. A tarp is a bridge to a repair. It is not a repair, and it is not a season.
Anchoring it on a Memphis building has one wrinkle worth knowing. You cannot batten a tarp into a brick parapet or a chimney without leaving fastener holes in masonry, and those holes will wick water into the wall for years after the tarp is long gone. So we batten only into wood decking or framing, and where the perimeter is masonry we ballast and strap instead. It takes longer and it does not damage the building.
The order of work is fixed. Photograph the damage before anything is covered, because a tarp installed first hides the evidence an adjuster needs. Then make it watertight. Then scope the repair. Doing that in the wrong order is a documented way to lose a claim you were entitled to. Ballasting rather than battening has also saved owners more in later masonry repair than the tarp itself ever cost.
We tarp roofs. We do not tarp buildings that are structurally compromised. If a limb has taken out rafters, if a masonry wall or parapet has shifted, or if the deck will not hold a person, the right call is to stay off it and get an engineer or the city out. Nobody should climb onto a roof that has become a hazard in order to save a ceiling. A ceiling is replaceable and a roofer is not.
Cost is a flat call-out plus area, stated before we drive, and it is credited against the permanent repair if you use us for it. What we are not going to do is use an emergency to sell a replacement at eleven at night while your ceiling is still dripping. Nothing gets signed at night.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — two 3/16-inch by 1-inch chimney anchor straps at the roof line, twelve-inch strap embedment into a masonry chimney, roof-deck subdiaphragm crossties in the perimeter bays, parapet height-to-thickness bracing ratio, wall anchors at six-foot maximum spacing, out-of-plane wall anchorage at 42 pounds per square foot — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Memphis and nearby communities including Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Millington.
What We Handle
Everything our emergency tarping in Memphis covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of emergency tarping work in Memphis, TN. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Memphis 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 two 3/16-inch by 1-inch chimney anchor straps at the roof line, twelve-inch strap embedment into a masonry chimney, roof-deck subdiaphragm crossties in the perimeter bays, parapet height-to-thickness bracing ratio, 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 Memphis 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 the Mid-South 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 Memphis
Memphis Premium Roofing covers Memphis and the surrounding communities of the Mid-South. 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 Bartlett, TN — Shelby County, population 57,786
- Emergency Tarping in Collierville, TN — Shelby County, population 51,324
- Emergency Tarping in Germantown, TN — Shelby County, population 41,333
- Emergency Tarping in Millington, TN — Shelby County, population 10,582
- Emergency Tarping in Arlington, TN — Shelby County, population 14,549
- Emergency Tarping in Lakeland, TN — Shelby County, population 13,904
Start on the Memphis Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Memphis Chooses Memphis Premium Roofing
- ✓Every proposal states the new covering's dead load in pounds per square foot next to the load of whatever comes off, because Shelby County is a Seismic Design Category D jurisdiction and weight is not a decorative question here.
- ✓Our inspection report includes the chimney's anchorage at the roof line, the parapet's unbraced height and the deck fastening where it meets masonry, three findings that are almost never on a Memphis roof report.
- ✓We tear off rather than overlay, because a tear-off is the only hour in which the chimney straps, the deck fastening and the top of the wall are all visible at the same time.
- ✓We turn down tile on existing stick-framed houses unless a Tennessee-licensed structural engineer has written down what the framing can carry, and we will help you find that engineer.
The standards behind emergency tarping
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The emergency tarping work we do in Memphis 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 Memphis 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 Memphis, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.