On April 27, 2026 the National Weather Service logged hail in Fate large enough to leave holes in a metal roof near the Brookshires. If it went through metal, it went through a shingle roof without slowing down.
Fate is fifteen miles east of our Garland shop and one of the fastest-growing towns in Rockwall County. NOAA has logged 79 hail reports across 33 separate days within ten miles since 2010, with April carrying twelve of them — more than a third of the total in one month.
The April 27, 2026 report is the one worth reading in full. The NWS wrote that the exact hail size was unknown, but the hail was large enough to leave holes in a metal roof on a property near the Brookshires. A separate report logged ping pong to hen egg sized stones near Fate at 2.25 inches. And the surrounding record is worse than the in-town numbers suggest: the April 3, 2012 EF3 touched down less than six miles away with three injuries and $15 million in damage, and the December 26, 2015 EF2 at Copeville, roughly eight miles out, caused 119 injuries and two deaths.
One thing genuinely sets Fate apart. The city's roofing permit application asks you to state the color of the new shingles and the total square footage being replaced. That is unusual in North Texas. It means a color change is a declared item rather than a surprise your neighbors notice, and it means the permit record carries the actual scope of the job. We fill it out properly.
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View Roof Maintenance →The city's residential roof permit application specifically asks for the color of the new shingles and the total square feet being replaced. Most cities ask for neither. It is a small thing that tells you Fate pays attention, and it means we settle color with you up front rather than delivering whatever the supplier had on the truck that morning.
Fate requires general contractors to register annually at $75 and to file a certificate of liability insurance naming the city, at $100,000 with $300,000 personal injury. There is no separate roofing category, so your roofer registers as a general contractor. It is a checkable credential and worth checking before you sign anything.
When NOAA records hail punching through a metal roof in your town, the honest conclusion is that every asphalt roof under that swath took damage whether or not it is leaking yet. We inspect for mat fracture and bruising rather than only for obvious holes, and we photograph and count per square so an adjuster has something real to work from.
Don't see your question? Call us at (469) 936-7663 — we're happy to talk it through.
Fate runs separate residential and commercial roof permit types through its online portal, but the published fee schedule is not reachable publicly — so rather than guess, we confirm the current figure with Building Inspections at 972-771-4601 before quoting you. What we can tell you is that a permit expires in 180 days if no work has been performed, and remains valid through completion once work begins.
Because Fate tracks it. The city's residential roof repair permit specifically asks you to note the color of the new shingles and the total square feet being replaced. Practically it means your color choice is a decision made before the job rather than after, and if you are in an HOA it is worth aligning the two before either one is submitted.
NOAA logs 79 reports across 33 separate days within ten miles since 2010 — roughly two hail days a year. April is the peak by a wide margin with twelve of those days. Severity is what stands out rather than frequency: four separate days produced stones of 2.75 inches or larger within ten miles.
Fate's growth means most housing here is relatively new, so this is a first-replacement market rather than a fourth-roof one. A builder shingle installed fifteen to twenty years ago is approaching the end of its rated life, and one that has been through the 2016 and 2026 hail events may be there sooner. A free inspection tells you where yours sits rather than guessing from the year.
Yes — Fate is about fifteen miles from our shop at 601 N 1st Street in Garland, and we are in Rockwall, Royse City and Heath regularly. That is a normal service radius for us rather than a special trip, which matters most when you need a callback on a warranty item two years from now.
Call us at (469) 936-7663, or request your free estimate online — most inspections are scheduled within 24–48 hours.
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