Replacing decking is what triggers a permit in Fort Worth. So a contractor who tells you the whole deck must come off is also telling you they now need a permit — and one who quietly leaves bad sheathing avoids one.
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Everything off, so the sheathing is seen. Fort Worth's own guidance confirms 3/8-inch plywood or OSB remains compliant at 24 inches on centre with a 24/0 span rating — so we replace what is genuinely bad and keep what is sound, and show you the photographs for both.
That is the trigger in Fort Worth. If decking comes out, a permit is required and an inspection follows. We pull it rather than quietly leaving bad sheathing to avoid the paperwork — which is the shortcut the rule accidentally rewards.
Intake and exhaust balanced to the attic volume. The requirement most denied shingle warranty claims actually turn on, and one nobody will check for you on a shingle-only job here.
Synthetic underlayment, a proper starter course, and ridge and rake detailing built to Fort Worth's adopted figure rather than to a regional average borrowed from a 115 mph neighbour.
Fairmount's standards are mandatory and specific, and Mistletoe Heights, Carver Heights, Morningside, Garden of Eden and Stop Six Sunrise Edition are also designated. We prepare and carry the Certificate of Appropriateness.
Deck, dry-in, valleys, flashing, fastening and finished field. On the large share of Fort Worth replacements that get no inspection, this file is your only durable evidence.
How many squares, how much decking is included, what happens if we find more, what flashing is replaced rather than reused, and what ventilation is specified. In a city with no inspector on most of this work, the written scope is doing the inspector's job.
Six city-designated districts carry published, mandatory standards, and a Certificate of Appropriateness is required before work. In Fairmount that reaches material, metal profile, gutters, rafter tails and skylights. We settle it first.
Nothing opened wider than we can dry in the same day. Deck repairs photographed before they vanish under underlayment, and the whole property protected and magnet-swept each evening. Weekend starts no earlier than 9:00 a.m. within 300 feet of a home.
Manufacturer warranty registered including the ventilation compliance most denied claims turn on, and the photographic record delivered at closeout — the document you will show a buyer, an inspector or an insurer in six years.
Dimensional, UL Class A, specified to Fort Worth's adopted 105 mph. The default across the far-north growth ring and the post-war south side alike.
UL 2218 Class 4 in the county with more hail days than any other in Texas — 91 in eleven years, with 5.00-inch hail at Mansfield in June 2023. Frequently eligible for a Texas carrier discount.
Fairmount requires original tile and slate to be maintained, permits composition shingle as in-kind replacement, prohibits R-panel and rib panel on houses, and allows standing seam only on secondary slopes under 4/12.
Written, on the installation. In a city that does not inspect most residential re-roofs, the continuity of the company behind the warranty is the entire safeguard — ours has run from the same building since 2019.
On qualifying systems installed to the published specification, including the ventilation requirement most denied warranty claims hinge on.
We return and check sealant, flashing, boots and ridge before the next April peak — because no city inspector will.
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The moment decking is replaced. A tear-off and re-cover with shingles only requires no building permit and gets no inspection. If any decking comes out, a permit is required and an inspection follows. That is a genuinely unusual rule and it is worth understanding, because it creates an incentive to leave bad sheathing in place.
Not automatically — most Fort Worth decks genuinely are fine, and the city's own guidance confirms 3/8-inch plywood or OSB remains compliant at 24 inches on centre with a 24/0 span rating. But you should expect photographs either way. A contractor who says the deck is sound and shows you pictures of it is doing the job. One who says it without opening anything is guessing, and one who insists the whole deck must go without showing you rot is selling.
105 mph, from Fort Worth's 2021 amendment package adopted as Ordinance 25383-03-2022 and effective 1 April 2022. That is lower than several Tarrant County neighbours, which still carry 115 mph — so detailing built for one is not correct for the other.
Most Fort Worth single-family replacements are one to two days for tear-off, deck and install, with the roof dried in the same day it is opened. Weekend work cannot begin before 9:00 a.m. within 300 feet of a home, so a weekend day is shorter than a weekday here.
Fairmount's published standards are mandatory. Original tile and slate must be maintained. Composition shingle is permitted as an in-kind replacement. Metal shingles are allowed only where they accurately replicate the original in appearance, scale and texture. R-panel and rib panel metal are prohibited on residential structures, and standing seam is permitted only on secondary slopes under 4/12. Vinyl and plastic gutters are prohibited, the original gutter profile must be maintained, and exposed rafter tails may not be boxed in or removed.
The city-designated districts include Fairmount, Mistletoe Heights, Carver Heights, Morningside, Garden of Eden and Stop Six Sunrise Edition, and a Certificate of Appropriateness is required before work begins. Elizabeth Boulevard, in the Ryan Place area, is also designated — worth confirming your exact boundary, because being one street off changes the answer.
The case in Fort Worth is about as strong as anywhere in Texas. Tarrant County logged 91 distinct hail days from 2015 to 2025 — the most of any county in the state and twelfth in the nation — and 12 June 2023 produced 5.00-inch hail at Mansfield. Many Texas carriers discount for a UL 2218 Class 4 product; get the actual number from your carrier and we will show you the price difference.
We document the damage, meet the adjuster on the roof and supply the scope. What we will not do is promise an approval or inflate a scope so your deductible disappears. On a mid-2000s Fort Worth roof the honest answer is sometimes ordinary end-of-life replacement rather than a claim, and we will say so.
Free inspection, honest scope, real warranty. Most service work scheduled within 24–48 hours.
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