"Drip Edge is required on all asphalt shingled roofing projects." McKinney wrote that down. It is also the first line item a cheap bid quietly drops, because nobody can see it from the driveway.
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McKinney states it directly: drip edge is required on all asphalt shingled roofing projects. It protects the fascia and the deck edge, it costs money, and it disappears from low bids precisely because nobody can see it. It is in ours every time.
The standard across McKinney's 2000s housing, specified to the adopted 105 mph under the 2024 code family — with the fastener schedule, starter course and edge detailing that number actually implies.
UL 2218 Class 4 products. Collin County recorded 17 days with two-inch-plus hail between 2015 and 2025 against Dallas County's nine, and many Texas carriers discount for Class 4 — worth pricing against your own policy before you decide.
McKinney permits a re-cover over one layer only. Where two coverings are already on the deck it is a full tear-off. We establish which you have before quoting, rather than after the first bundle comes off.
On a 2007-vintage McKinney house the decking is usually sound and the questions are ventilation adequacy and whether the flashing and valley metal have taken storm damage. We look at all of it rather than assuming a newer house is a simple job.
In McKinney's "H" Historic Overlay an in-kind replacement is exempt from Certificate of Appropriateness review, but a material change on a street-visible elevation needs a CoA approved first — roughly ten to thirty days. We establish which before quoting a start date.
McKinney's median build year is 2007, which makes it tempting to assume a newer roof is a simple job. It is not — storm damage on a fifteen-year-old builder-grade shingle is invisible from the ground and it is the most common reason a roof here needs replacing.
An in-kind replacement in the "H" Overlay is exempt from Certificate of Appropriateness review entirely. A material change on a street-visible elevation is not, and that review runs about ten to thirty days. Same shingle back on, no delay; switching to metal on the front slope, plan for a month.
McKinney requires a permit for all roofing projects, with no threshold, at a $200 flat charge. There is no roofing contractor registration here at all, so the permit and the paperwork are the only official record that anything happened.
Full tear-off where required, drip edge at eaves and rakes, deck repairs photographed before they disappear, and the roof dried in the same day it is opened. Photographic record handed to you at closeout.
Dimensional, UL Class A, rated to McKinney's adopted 105 mph. The standard across the 2000s housing that makes up most of the city, with a colour range wide enough for the master-planned community palettes here.
A reinforced mat tested to UL 2218 Class 4. With 17 days of two-inch-plus hail in eleven years — nearly twice Dallas County's count — this is a materially different value proposition here than in a milder market.
Inside the "H" Historic Overlay, putting the same material back avoids Certificate of Appropriateness review altogether. Where you do want to change, we prepare the CoA submittal and build the review time into the schedule honestly.
Written, on our installation. In a city that registers no roofing contractors at all, the continuity of the company behind a warranty is the whole point — ours has run from the same Garland building 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 before the next March-to-May window, which carries roughly three quarters of Collin County's hail.
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Yes. McKinney states it directly: drip edge is required on all asphalt shingled roofing projects. It runs along the eaves and rakes, protects the fascia and the deck edge, and costs real material and labour — which is exactly why it disappears from low bids, since nobody can see it from the ground. If you are comparing quotes, ask each one to confirm in writing that drip edge at eaves and rakes is included.
No. There is no roofing contractor registration in McKinney at all, and Texas has no state roofing licence. The city's own homeowner packet warns that anyone can claim to be a roofing contractor. That makes your own diligence the only filter — years in business at a verifiable physical address, insurance you check with the carrier, and manufacturer certifications you confirm with the manufacturer.
Yes, always. McKinney requires a permit for all roofing projects, with no square-footage minimum and no percentage threshold, at a $200 flat charge. There is no small job here that escapes it.
Only over one existing layer. McKinney permits a re-cover over a single layer; where two coverings are already on the deck a full tear-off is required. Independently of the rule, a re-cover hides the decking from you and from the inspector and generally shortens the life of the new roof, so we recommend tear-off in most cases.
Because of storms, not age. McKinney's median build year is 2007 and the newest neighbourhoods are a decade younger. On 25 May 2024 shingle damage was recorded through Trinity Falls specifically. A four-year-old shingle that has taken two-inch hail carries a fractured mat that shows nothing from the ground and will fail years early.
Only if you are changing something. An in-kind replacement — the same material back on — is exempt from Certificate of Appropriateness review in McKinney's "H" Historic Overlay. A material change on an elevation visible from the street does require a CoA approved before the work, and that review typically runs ten to thirty days. That distinction is the whole planning question here.
The case is stronger in Collin County than in most of the metro. The county logged 65 hail days from 2015 to 2025 with 17 of them producing hail two inches or larger — nearly twice Dallas County's large-hail count at the same overall frequency. Many Texas carriers discount for a UL 2218 Class 4 product. Call your carrier, get the real number, and we will show you the price difference to weigh against it.
Eldorado, Quail Creek, Timber Creek and the original town grid inside the historic overlay hold most of the pre-2000 housing. In those areas ordinary end-of-life replacement, paid out of pocket, is often the honest answer — and we will say so rather than encouraging a claim that is not there.
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