56,870 Dallas homes were built before 1950. That is not a statistic — it is board decking with gaps, cut-rafter framing, four generations of nail holes, and often slate or tile somewhere in the history.
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The bulk of the market, specified to Dallas's adopted 115 mph three-second gust under the 2021 IRC. On pre-war housing the shingle is the easy part — the decking and ventilation beneath it are the job.
Dallas's pre-war neighbourhoods carry real slate and tile, some of it original. Replacing in kind, matching a discontinued profile, or making an honest recommendation about a compatible alternative is a different trade from running composition shingle.
UL 2218 Class 4 products in a county that logs 66 hail days a decade. Many Texas carriers discount for Class 4 — worth pricing against your own policy before you decide rather than after.
Standing seam on whole roofs and accent sections, with panel, clip and flashing detailing engineered rather than assumed. In a Landmark district the material choice is part of what the Certificate of Appropriateness approves.
On a 1920s Dallas bungalow the deck is 1x6 boards with gaps, the framing is cut rafters, and the ventilation was designed for a house without air conditioning. All three need addressing, and all three are invisible until the roof is off.
Chimney and wall flashing, valley metal, and the porch and addition roofs under 2:12 that need a membrane rather than a shingle. Pre-war Dallas houses are full of those transitions and they are where the leaks live.
Before anything else on an older Dallas house. A Landmark Historic District — Swiss Avenue, Munger Place, Winnetka Heights, Junius Heights and the rest — requires a Certificate of Appropriateness approved before work begins. A Conservation District — Lakewood, the M-Streets, Kessler Park, Greenway Parks — does not. Getting this wrong costs weeks.
With 56,870 Dallas homes built before 1950, the decking condition, the framing and the ventilation are the actual job. None of it is visible from a satellite image or from the kerb, and all of it changes the number.
How much board decking is included, what happens if we find more, what flashing is being replaced rather than reused, what ventilation is being specified, and how the low-slope sections are being handled. On pre-war housing this is where a bid is either honest or a placeholder.
Permit pulled — Dallas prices it at 0.009525 times valuation under $60,000 — and nothing concealed before inspection, because the city charges $200 per trade for that. Photographic record of the deck and dry-in handed to you at closeout.
Dimensional, UL Class A, rated to Dallas's adopted 115 mph three-second gust. The standard across the city's post-war and production housing, with a colour range wide enough to satisfy most conservation-district expectations.
Genuine slate, clay and cement tile is ordinary rather than exotic in the older Dallas neighbourhoods. Replacing in kind, matching a discontinued profile, or specifying a compatible alternative is skilled work — and in a Landmark district it is what the Certificate of Appropriateness is approving.
A reinforced mat tested to UL 2218 Class 4, in a county that recorded 4.00-inch hail at Cedar Hill in June 2023. Frequently eligible for a Texas carrier discount, which is worth checking before you choose.
Written, on our installation, separate from the material warranty. Our building has not moved since 2019 — which is what makes a workmanship warranty worth having.
On qualifying architectural and impact-rated systems, subject to installation to the published specification — including the ventilation requirements that most denied warranty claims actually turn on.
We come back and check sealant, flashing, boots and ridge before your first full Dallas storm season has passed.
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It depends entirely on which kind, and Dallas has both. In one of the 21 Landmark Historic Districts — Swiss Avenue, Munger Place, Winnetka Heights, Junius Heights, Lake Cliff, Peak's Suburban Addition, Tenth Street, South Boulevard/Park Row — you need a Certificate of Appropriateness approved before the work, reviewed by staff, the neighbourhood and the Landmark Commission. In one of the 17 Conservation Districts — Lakewood, the M-Streets, Kessler Park, Greenway Parks — there is no Certificate of Appropriateness required for a re-roof.
Lakewood is Conservation District #2, not a Landmark Historic District — and the distinction is the whole answer. Conservation districts set neighbourhood architectural standards but do not put a re-roof through Certificate of Appropriateness review. Lakewood homeowners are regularly told by out-of-area contractors that they need historic approval they do not actually need, which costs weeks for no reason.
Board decking — typically 1x6 with gaps between boards rather than sheet goods — cut-rafter framing, several previous coverings' worth of fastener damage, ventilation designed for a house that predated air conditioning, and often slate or tile somewhere in the roof's history. With 56,870 Dallas homes built before 1950, this is the normal finding here, not the exception.
Yes, and in Dallas that is not a niche question. The pre-war neighbourhoods carry real slate, clay tile and cement tile, much of it original. Replacing in kind, matching a discontinued profile, or recommending a compatible alternative honestly is a different skill from running composition shingle — and inside a Landmark district the material choice is part of what is being approved.
115 mph ultimate design wind speed, three-second gust, under the 2021 IRC adopted by Ordinance 32424 on 28 March 2023. That governs the fastener schedule, the starter course, and the ridge and rake detailing on your roof.
Dallas uses a formula rather than a flat fee — 0.009525 times the declared valuation for work under $60,000. Starting before the permit issues means the fee shall be doubled, and there is a further $200 per trade concealment fee where work gets covered before inspection. On a roof that means decking and underlayment buried under shingles the inspector never saw.
NOAA logged 202 hail reports across 66 distinct hail days in Dallas County from 2015 to 2025 — eighth in Texas and 42nd nationally by hail days. April is the peak month with a real secondary September cluster. The largest stone in that window was 4.00 inches at Cedar Hill on 12 June 2023.
Yes. We are headquartered at 601 N 1st Street in Garland, which puts East Dallas and the Lakewood, M-Streets and Munger Place neighbourhoods about twenty minutes away, and we run the whole city daily for both residential and commercial work.
Free inspection, honest scope, real warranty. Most service work scheduled within 24–48 hours.
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