Tulsa roofing done by people who actually live here.

Tulsa sits in the center of the hail belt. April through June is peak season, and most years the metro takes at least two significant hail events. Some years it is five or six. The damage is not always visible from the ground, which is why a drone inspection matters more here than almost anywhere else in the country.

Midtown homes in Brookside, Maple Ridge, and Florence Park carry original decking from the 1950s and 1960s. When it is time for a new roof on these houses, the decking question matters more than the shingle question. Rotten OSB or skip-sheathing under architectural shingles is a ticking clock. We pull up sections during every midtown inspection to check deck integrity before quoting.

South Tulsa is different. The 74133 and 74137 zip codes have newer builds from 2005 through 2018. The shingles are usually fine. The flashing details are where builders cut corners during the construction boom. Pipe boots, valley transitions, and wall-step flashing are the failure points we see most on south Tulsa roofs under 15 years old.

East Tulsa has mid-century housing stock that is often on its third or fourth roof. Ventilation is the weak point. Many of these homes have inadequate soffit intake and a single ridge vent doing the work of four. The roof cooks from the inside out, and no shingle brand survives that.

The hail corridor runs through west Tulsa and Sand Springs, but major events hit the whole metro. Storms that track from the southwest through Jenks and into midtown produce the largest claim volumes in our market. We track storm paths in real time and deploy crews to the hardest-hit zip codes the next morning.

One more thing Tulsa homeowners overlook: south-facing slopes age faster. Summer heat hits 105 degrees here. A south-facing roof plane can reach 170 degrees on a July afternoon. That accelerates granule loss and shortens shingle life by three to five years compared to north-facing slopes on the same house.

The storm chaser
problem in Tulsa.

After every significant hail event in Tulsa, the out-of-state plates show up. Trucks with Texas, Kansas, and Arkansas tags park outside neighborhoods with fresh damage, and crews go door to door offering “free inspections” that are really just sales pitches. They incorporate an LLC in Oklahoma, work the season, and dissolve it by December.

The pattern is always the same. A company called something like “Tulsa Roofing Pros LLC” files with the Secretary of State in April, runs jobs through September, and disappears before the warranty is ever tested. When you call the number two years later because a pipe boot is leaking, nobody picks up.

AE Roofing is the opposite of that. Our crews are vetted professionals who live in Tulsa. Our office is here. Our families are here. When you call in three years because something does not look right, we answer the phone and we come back. That is the point of hiring local.

Tulsa storm
timeline.

Tulsa averages 3 to 5 significant hail events per year, with peak activity from April through June. The metro sits in the heart of Tornado Alley, and severe storms regularly produce hail ranging from quarter-size to baseball-size.

Recent notable events have produced widespread roof damage across midtown, south Tulsa, and east Tulsa. After each major event, we deploy inspection crews to the hardest-hit zip codes within 24 hours. If you are not sure whether your roof was affected, call for a free inspection. We will tell you the truth about what we find.

Broken Arrow

Rapid eastward growth across BA Expressway.

Owasso

Premium residential market.

Jenks

Mix of older Riverwalk-area homes and newer southwest development.

Sand Springs

Older housing stock, structural and decking concerns common.

Catoosa

Mix of residential and commercial near industrial corridor.