Roof leaks and wind-driven rain near Conyers
After a storm, a roof leak in Conyers, GA can appear as a ceiling stain, wet insulation in the attic, or a tarp over a damaged stretch of roof. Is water still getting in? Call (678) 940-8196, explain what the storm did, and ask what the contractor can look at inside.
Work through it
Check for wires and a sagging ceiling before anything else.
Georgia Power's advice is to treat every downed line as live and life-threatening.
Photograph the damage, inside and outside, before temporary repairs.
Georgia's insurance commissioner asks for photographs or video.
Keep every receipt for temporary repairs, such as a tarp.
The same office warns that permanent repairs made ahead of an inspection may lead to a denied claim.
Look at the attic and ceilings from safe footing, not from the roof.
Write down every place you find water.
Call (678) 940-8196, describe the storm damage and where water appeared inside, and a visit can follow.
Following the water from the roof opening to where it appeared indoors.
Reading moisture in the attic floor, insulation, ceiling and walls.
Judging what needs opening so trapped water can drain and the framing can dry.
Planning the drying, and talking through what a temporary cover over the roof does and does not do.
Laying out repair choices, along with the records Georgia's insurance commissioner asks homeowners to keep.
Grade 8 to 10: a downed line, water at a light or outlet, a sagging ceiling or a generator running indoors. Use 911 or the utility first, then call (678) 940-8196 about the interior damage. Grade 4 to 7: a stain is spreading or the attic is wet. Call this week. Grade 1 to 3: a faint mark after one hard rain. Date it, photograph it, and check after the next storm.
For north and central Georgia, the National Weather Service in Peachtree City counts an average of 19 days a year with damaging wind, most often in July. Large hail averages 7 days a year, mostly in April, and tornadoes 6 days, mostly between March and May. All three are regional averages, not counts for Conyers.
Georgia's insurance commissioner asks for photographs or video taken before any temporary repair, every receipt, and a claim filed early. The NAIC suggests a walk through each room to record your belongings. What is covered is the insurer's call, so ask it directly.
It does. Both towns have notes in Covington water damage and Lithonia water damage. Storm water inside a home in the three towns? Call (678) 940-8196 and describe the room.
Dry it, cut it or replace it
A storm leak wets things in a line: roof materials, attic insulation, the ceiling, then the walls and floor below. Among the places the EPA says mold can hide are roof materials above ceiling tiles that got wet from leaks. North Dakota State advises removing and replacing insulation that got soaked.
The roof surface itself is a roofer's job. The wet interior is the part a water damage contractor can look at. Ask both how they would handle the handoff.
Reading the picture
The picture shows a blue tarp held down with wooden battens over a damaged section of shingle roof on a two-story house, with a fallen pine branch in a sloping clay yard and clearing clouds behind. The tarp keeps rain off the opening. It does not dry anything that is already wet.
That is the point of the interior work: the attic floor, insulation and ceiling under that tarp may still be wet after the sky clears.
Habits that cost more
Climbing onto the roof to look.
The attic and the ceilings show most of what a contractor needs to hear.
Walking up to a downed line.
Georgia Power says to call 911 or its outage line so the line can be barricaded, and never to go near it.
Making permanent repairs before an inspection.
Georgia's insurance commissioner warns a claim may be denied.
Running a generator in the garage.
CDC's rule for a generator is the same: never in the home, basement or garage, and 20 feet or more away from any window, door or vent.
Paperwork and licensing questions
Lithonia lists roof among its permit types and links a checklist. Conyers lists a building permit for repairs. Covington enforces the 2024 residential code with Georgia amendments, and Rockdale County says repairs to structures may need permits. The desks and phone numbers are in contractor rules for Conyers.
Sourceschecked 1 Nov 2026
