Addison is 4.4 square miles that runs on commercial roof. Only 12.6% of its housing is single-family detached, and 2.8 million square feet of 1970s industrial sits around the airport. Flat-roof work is the job here.
Addison is unlike anywhere else we work. Of 11,369 housing units, just 1,437 are single-family detached — 12.6%. Another 5,262 units sit in buildings of fifty or more. Four out of five occupied homes are rentals. The town's own comprehensive plan says the majority of its land area is non-residential, that less than 5% of it is undeveloped, and that only eight acres in the entire town are undeveloped land zoned residential.
What that means for roofing is simple: most of Addison's roof area is low-slope commercial, and a lot of it is old. The comprehensive plan states that the majority of the town's 2.8 million square feet of industrial space was built in the 1970s and is considered lower quality by the commercial real estate industry, and that much of the office corridor along the Tollway dates to the 1980s. Fifty-year-old built-up and modified bitumen roofs on buildings that have been patched for decades are exactly the work we do.
Addison's storm profile is wind-first. Within ten miles, NOAA has logged 105 thunderstorm-wind reports on 48 days since 2010, with gusts to 96 mph — more wind reports than Heath or Lucas and with higher peaks. The Addison Airport weather station is itself the source for much of the record, including a measured 71 mph gust on March 13, 2019. On May 28, 2024, a spotter reported a roof torn from a commercial building at Keller Springs and Midway. Hail here is frequent but generally smaller, running one to two inches, with a three-inch stone at Carrollton in June 2018 as the outlier.
One correction worth making: the October 2019 EF3 did not hit Addison. Its track ran about four miles south, through the Walnut Hill Lane corridor in Dallas.
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View Residential Roofing →TPO, EPDM, modified bitumen, and metal systems for businesses and property managers. Maintenance plans available.
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View Roof Repair →Full tear-off and replacement with manufacturer warranties up to 50 years. Flexible financing available.
View Roof Replacement →Honest, no-pressure assessments for storm damage, pre-sale, and annual maintenance — written report included.
View Free Roof Inspection →Residential maintenance plans from $24.99/month. Annual inspection, priority scheduling, 10% repair discount.
View Roof Maintenance →In a town where most roof area is commercial, you want a contractor whose commercial division is the main one. We run TPO, EPDM, modified bitumen and metal systems, hold manufacturer certifications that let us issue no-dollar-limit warranties up to 20 years, and work with property managers on multi-building portfolios. On 1970s industrial we are usually assessing whether a tear-off, a recover or a phased capital plan is the honest answer.
105 thunderstorm-wind reports within ten miles since 2010, peaking at 96 mph, and the airport's own weather station logging a 71 mph gust. On a low-slope roof wind damage starts at the perimeter — lifted edge metal, backed-out fasteners, membrane billowing at a failed termination bar. It is invisible from the parking lot and it is what turns into a leak in the next hard rain. That is what we inspect for here.
Addison's buildings are dense with rooftop HVAC, and its development code lets equipment and parapets exceed height limits when screened — so there is a lot of it up there. Curb flashing and pitch pans around that equipment are the most common leak source we find, and a mechanical contractor cutting into a warrantied membrane can void the manufacturer's coverage outright. We handle the roofing side of those penetrations and file the alteration notifications.
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No. The NWS survey tracks the EF3 from northwest Dallas east through the Harry Hines and Walnut Hill corridor, Marsh Lane and Midway, then Northaven Road, ending near Richardson. Its closest approach to Addison was about four miles. The nearest tornado to actually touch near Addison was a small EF0 in Farmers Branch on June 16, 2019, which tore part of the roof off a YMCA building on Valley View Lane.
Usually you cannot tell from the ground, which is the problem. On a low-slope roof, wind damage starts at the edges — loosened or lifted edge metal, fasteners backing out, the membrane pulling at a termination bar, seams beginning to peel. None of it leaks immediately. It leaks two months later during a heavy rain, by which point water has been tracking through the insulation. An annual inspection after storm season is cheap compared to a wet roof assembly.
Yes, and every contractor has to be registered with the town before starting work — roofers register under the General category, currently $75, valid one year. Residential reroof permits are a flat $75; commercial building permits are calculated on valuation, so a large flat roof will be materially more. Addison's building code also lets the Board of Appeals revoke a contractor's registration for chronic failure to secure permits or inspections.
Yes, and in Addison we usually have to. Between the restaurants, the office corridor and the airport businesses, most of these buildings cannot shut down. We schedule tear-off and dry-in in sections so no area is ever left open, stage around parking and access, and can work nights or weekends when the tenant mix requires it. The town allows after-hours inspections for that reason.
That is the right question to ask, and the answer depends on how wet the assembly already is. We core-sample to find out whether the insulation below the membrane is saturated. If it is dry, a recover can be a legitimate ten-to-fifteen-year decision at a fraction of tear-off cost. If it is wet, a recover just seals the water in and you will pay twice. We will show you the cores either way.
Call us at (469) 936-7663, or request your free estimate online — most inspections are scheduled within 24–48 hours.
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