Roofing Companies in Plano, Texas

Plano checks more than shingles

Most Plano TX roofing companies already know the drill here: the city wants a permit for the re-roof, a contractor that is registered with Building Inspections, and a final inspection that does not stop at the shingles. The inspector goes into the attic.

That attic visit is the part homeowners rarely hear about. According to the City of Plano, the final roof inspection confirms that vent pipes through the roof are in place, that the rafters are in position, and that the water heater and furnace exhaust vents were reinstalled properly. A tear-off crew working fast can bump a gas flue out of its collar. If it is not reseated, exhaust can stay in the attic or the house instead of leaving through the roof.

So when you compare roofers in Plano, you are comparing more than shingle prices. You want a company that files for the permit under its own registration, shows up on the city's list, and treats the attic as part of the job.

DFW Expert Roofers is not one of those companies. It is a free phone line. An automated assistant answers, asks about your roof and your part of Plano, and transfers the call to an independent roofing company, owned locally, which handles the inspection, the estimate and the work.

June 13, 2012. The National Weather Service office in Fort Worth reported that storms that evening pounded parts of Dallas, Collin and Fannin counties with hail as large as baseballs. Numerous cars and houses were severely damaged, and the agency said early estimates put the cost near $900 million, which would make it one of the costliest hailstorms ever in Texas.

Spring 2016. Four years later, NBC 5 reported that Plano took the brunt of a hailstorm that damaged hundreds of homes and thousands of cars. CoreLogic's review of that spring's Texas hail, published by Insurance Journal, estimated $35.8 million in losses from the March 23 Plano storm, with stones of 1.5 to 2 inches falling along a swath of nearly 50 miles from near Lewisville to east of Wylie.

Storms like these are why many Plano roofs have been replaced more than once, and why a ten-year-old roof here can carry hits from more than one season. A bruise from one storm may not leak until the next one.

After hail, the order matters. Take pictures from the lawn and from inside the rooms, and open the claim with your insurer before any permanent repair. A roofer can show you what it found and be there when the adjuster comes, but the claim is yours. Texas law keeps it that way by barring a contractor from serving as the public adjuster for a home where it does, or may do, the work.

Expect a roofer's contract paid with insurance money to include a notice that you owe the deductible. That notice is required. A Plano roofer who offers to "eat" or "work in" the deductible is offering to break the law, and the insurer can ask you for proof you paid it.