Arlington runs its own contractor registration regime, and skipping the permit costs $650. It is also one of the few cities around with no Sunday work prohibition — which matters more than it sounds when weather compresses a schedule.
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Specified to Arlington's 115 mph ultimate design wind speed, with the fastener schedule, starter course and ridge and rake detailing that number implies — not to Fort Worth's 105 next door.
UL 2218 Class 4 products in the county with more hail days than any other in Texas. Many Texas carriers discount for Class 4 — worth pricing against your own policy before you decide.
Arlington did not invent local rules here — the two-layer limit and tear-off triggers at R908 and the sheathing provisions at R803 apply as published. Everything we tell you about layers and decking can be checked against the code.
Chimney and wall flashing, valley metal, pipe boots and vents. Where the large majority of roofs actually leak, and the line items a cheap bid quietly reuses instead of replacing.
Intake and exhaust balanced to the attic volume, and a proper membrane rather than a shingle on porch and patio sections under 2:12 — a common failure point on cheap Arlington re-roofs.
Within 300 feet of a residence, 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in summer, with the stop time at 6:00 p.m. in winter. No Sunday prohibition, which gives us a genuine seventh day when weather compresses a schedule.
Decking condition, ventilation adequacy, flashing and the low-slope sections. None of it is visible from a satellite image, and all of it changes the number.
Arlington requires contractor registration under its own Construction Chapter regime, and re-roofing without a permit costs $325 plus a $325 investigation fee. We hold the registration and pull the permit — and you can ask any bidder to evidence both.
How much decking is included, what happens if we find more, what flashing is replaced rather than reused, and what ventilation is specified. Surprises on a re-roof are almost always scoping failures rather than discoveries.
Nothing opened wider than we can dry in the same day, deck repairs photographed before they disappear, manufacturer warranty registered, and the photographic record handed over at closeout.
Dimensional, UL Class A, specified to Arlington's 115 mph ultimate design wind speed. The standard across the city's post-war and 1980s–2000s housing.
A reinforced mat tested to UL 2218 Class 4, in the county with more hail days than any other in Texas. Frequently eligible for a carrier premium discount worth pricing first.
Most Arlington houses have at least one section under 2:12 — a porch, patio cover or addition — where a shingle will not hold. Those get a proper membrane flashed into the steep-slope field.
Written, on our installation, separate from the manufacturer's material warranty. Our address has not changed since 2019.
On qualifying architectural and impact-rated shingles, subject to installation to the published specification — including the ventilation requirements most denied claims turn on.
We come back and check sealant, flashing, boots and ridge before the next April peak.
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115 mph ultimate design wind speed, three-second gust, with ice barrier underlayment not required by code. That is worth knowing because Fort Worth, immediately west, adopted 105 mph in its 2021 amendments — two neighbouring cities, ten miles an hour apart, on the same code cycle. A crew detailing every Tarrant County roof identically is getting one of them wrong.
Yes, and skipping it costs $650 — the $325 permit plus a $325 investigation fee equal to the permit. Arlington also requires contractor registration under its own Construction Chapter regime, Article IV Section 4.01(A). Ask any bidder to evidence the registration, not just claim it.
Arlington follows the 2021 IRC as written on this — the two-layer limit and the tear-off triggers at R908 apply as published, with no local rule layered over the top. We recommend a full tear-off in most cases anyway, because an overlay hides the decking from you and from the inspector and shortens the life of the new roof.
Not by code — Arlington's adopted criteria answer the ice barrier question No. We still recommend a self-adhering membrane in valleys and around penetrations on most roofs, because those are where leaks actually start in North Texas. But that is a recommendation and an upgrade, not a code requirement, and we will not dress it up as one.
Arlington is in Tarrant County, which logged 482 hail reports across 91 distinct hail days from 2015 through 2025 — the most hail days of any county in Texas and twelfth in the United States. One local NWS narrative specifically records skylights, windows and attic vents being broken, and there is a 2.00-inch report near Lake Arlington.
Arlington's record is serious. A 24 November 2020 EF2 tracked 5.05 miles with a 150-yard width essentially through the city, and a 3 April 2012 EF2 carries a $200 million property damage figure in the NCEI record. On Father's Day 2019 straight-line winds of 60 to 70 mph produced what the NWS described as significant loss of roofing across a neighbourhood.
Within 300 feet of a residence, 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. during the summer months, with the stop time moving back to 6:00 p.m. in winter. There is no Sunday prohibition in that section — unusual for this region, and genuinely useful when rain compresses a schedule.
The case in Arlington is about as strong as anywhere in Texas, because Tarrant County records more hail days than any other county in the state. Many Texas carriers discount premiums for a UL 2218 Class 4 product. Call your carrier, get the actual discount on your policy, and we will show you the price difference to weigh against it.
Free inspection, honest scope, real warranty. Most service work scheduled within 24–48 hours.
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