Manor very likely does not require a permit to re-roof a house, and that is not the selling point it sounds like. Manor Sec. 3.03.055 exempts repairs and remodeling unless structural supports are removed or modified, floor space is added, or a plumbing or electrical permit is needed. No permit means no city inspector — Manor's own inspection list has no dry-in, no nail inspection and no roof final. In Manor, the contractor you pick is the only quality control your roof will ever get.
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Everything off, decking inspected, bad sheathing replaced and counted on the invoice. In a city with no roof inspection, the open-deck photographs we take are the only record anyone will ever have of what was under your shingles.
Manor is still on the 2015 I-Codes, adopted by Ordinance 165E in 2016. Its only residential amendments are the jurisdiction name and the Table R301.2(1) design criteria, so the unamended 2015 IRC governs underlayment, layer counts, re-cover, sheathing, fastening and drip edge. The 2015 text differs from the 2021 and 2024 editions, which is why an out-of-town estimate can be built on the wrong assumptions.
Self-adhering membrane at valleys and every penetration, synthetic underlayment across the field, new metal rather than sealant over old metal, and an honest look at whether the attic actually breathes. Note that Manor's design table says weathering moderate where its neighbors say negligible.
74% of Manor's housing went up in 2010 or later, so most roof problems here are workmanship rather than wear: high or overdriven nails, a missing or reversed starter course, underlayment lapped wrong, drip edge left off at the rake. Naming the defect matters, because a roof still inside a manufacturer warranty may be somebody else's problem to fix.
Manor Sec. 3.03.058(4) bars roofing materials producing reflective glare beyond a property line, requires new metallic roof surfaces that do to be painted, and says samples shall be provided to the building official with no building permit issued until the material is approved. How that reads on an unpermitted re-roof is genuinely unsettled, so we raise it with the city rather than assume either way.
Weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturdays 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sundays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with no heavy equipment on Sundays at all. The rule reaches 600 feet past the city line. We work inside it, which sometimes means telling you a Sunday finish is not available.
Squares, pitch, penetration count, visible deck condition and the ventilation the roof actually has. A written number for the roof in front of us, not a per-square figure from a satellite image.
On a Manor roof, most of which are under fifteen years old, the first question is whether we are looking at storm damage or at installation defects. We will tell you which, because if it is a defect you may have a claim against a builder or manufacturer that costs you nothing.
Manor Sec. 3.03.055 appears to exempt a straightforward re-roof, and six months of the city's own permit reports show no roofing permit type. But Manor moved permitting to GovWell in May 2026, so we confirm with Permitting at (512) 272-5555 extension 4 for your job. Note that decking work touching structural supports flips the answer.
Tear-off and dry-in the same day, then decking, underlayment, metal, field, ridge, and a walk-through with you. Because no inspector is coming, you get the photographic record instead — open deck, underlayment, penetrations, finished field.
Laminated asphalt is what nearly every Manor roof is. On a 2014 builder roof the upgrade that matters is the assembly, not the brand: a full starter course, matching hip-and-ridge, correct fastening and ventilation calculated rather than estimated.
Manor's defining storm event is a roof blown off a residence on 9 June 2019 with an 81 mph gust logged the same evening. Uplift failures start at the eave, the rake and the ridge, and they start with fastening. We nail to the manufacturer's high-wind schedule here as a matter of course.
Metal changes the arithmetic for an owner planning to stay, and it suits the larger lots out toward the county. The local wrinkle: Manor's ordinance requires new metallic roof surfaces producing glare beyond a property line to be painted, so the finish is part of the specification.
Five years on our labor for a full replacement, written and specific about what it covers, handed over at the end of the job rather than promised on a doorstep.
Install a complete manufacturer system — starter, field, ridge and underlayment from one line — and the manufacturer's system warranty applies in your name, with the registration and documentation handed to you.
Open-deck photographs, the sheathing replacement count, the products installed and the written scope. In a city that does not inspect roofs, this file is the proof — for you now, and for a buyer's inspector later.
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Probably not. Manor Sec. 3.03.055 provides that a permit is not required for repairs and remodeling unless structural supports or supporting walls are removed or modified, floor space is added, or a plumbing or electrical permit is required — and a shingle-for-shingle re-roof does none of those. Six months of the city's own published permit reports contain no roofing permit type at all, which points the same way. Two cautions: decking replacement that modifies structural supports flips the answer, and Manor moved permitting to GovWell in May 2026, so we confirm with the city rather than state it flatly.
It saves you a fee and it removes your only outside check. Manor's code lists foundation, frame and final inspections and no roof stage at all — no dry-in, no nail inspection, no roof final. On an unpermitted re-roof no city inspector sees the work at any point. That is the most important thing to understand about hiring a roofer here, and it is why we photograph the open deck, the underlayment and every penetration before they are covered. Ask any bidder what record you will be left with.
The 2015 International Residential Code, adopted by Ordinance 165E in August 2016. Manor's only residential amendments are the jurisdiction name and the Table R301.2(1) design criteria, so everything about roof coverings, underlayment, layer counts, re-cover, sheathing, fastening and drip edge comes from the unamended 2015 text. Hutto is on the 2024 edition and Leander on 2021. The differences are real in the underlayment and high-wind fastening provisions, which is why a quote written for a Hutto roof does not simply transfer.
Manor's table reads Wind Speed 90 MPH with no qualifier, alongside roof snow load 5 PSF, weathering moderate, frostline depth 12 inches, termite moderate to heavy, decay slight to moderate and a winter design temperature of 28. We will not label that 90 as ultimate or nominal, because the ordinance does not and the 2015 table's column is an ultimate-wind-speed column. It is also not directly comparable to Leander's 115 mph. In practice we fasten to the manufacturer's high-wind schedule, which exceeds either reading, and that is the right answer in a town where NOAA has a roof blown off a house on record.
Usually a defect rather than wear. 74% of Manor's housing was built in 2010 or later, so almost nothing here is old enough to age out — the ACS shows literally zero units built in the 1990s. What fails on a nine-year-old roof is workmanship: nail placement, a missing or reversed starter course, underlayment lapped the wrong way, drip edge omitted. We diagnose by name because if it is a defect you may have a warranty claim against a builder or manufacturer rather than a bill from us.
More than its neighbors, oddly, but not on competence. Manor charges $50 for building contractor registration — the only city around here that charges anything — and requires a surety bond or escrowed deposit before any permit issues plus published liability minimums of $100,000 per person, $300,000 per accident and $100,000 property damage. But none of that is a roofing license, Texas issues no state roofing license, and on an unpermitted re-roof the bond and insurance provisions have no permit to attach to. Ask for a current certificate of insurance directly.
Between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and without heavy equipment. Manor has the most specific work-hour rule in the area: weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturdays 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sundays 9:00 to 5:00 with no heavy equipment used at all, and any deviation requiring a permit from the city manager. The rule follows you 600 feet past the city limits into the ETJ. Practically, a Sunday in Manor is a hand-work day, so we schedule the tear-off and the dump trailer for a weekday.
Less than the advertising suggests, and we would rather be accurate. Manor's own named reports in the eleven-year NOAA record number seven, of which only two are hail and the largest was an inch. Manor is a wind story: the defining entry is a Travis County Emergency Management report of a roof blown off a residence on 9 June 2019, with an 81 mph gust logged that evening. Big Travis County hail has fallen nearby — three inches at Pflugerville on 24 September 2023 — so it is not impossible here, just not the pattern.
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