Roof Experts works Richardson from the 1950s streets of Richardson Heights and The Reservation to the flat roofs along the Telecom Corridor. The median owner-occupied home here was built in 1976, and it shows on the roofs.
Richardson grew up fast and early. Central Expressway came through in 1954, Texas Instruments opened in 1956, and the city went from 1,289 people in 1950 to 72,496 by 1980. That history is still sitting on the rooftops: 43.4% of Richardson's housing was built between 1950 and 1979, and the median owner-occupied home dates to 1976.
That age brings problems newer suburbs do not have. Richardson wrote a specific carve-out into its code — Section R904.5 — allowing repairs to existing unclassified wood shingle and shake roofs up to 25% in any twelve-month period. Cities do not write exceptions for materials nobody has. There is still real wood shake inventory in the older neighborhoods, and it is long past its service life.
Richardson is also a genuine hail market, if not a record-setting one. NOAA has logged twelve hail days inside the city since 2010 and 32 within five miles. The biggest confirmed day was September 24, 2023 — two and a quarter inch stones near Plano Road and Belt Line, and ping pong hail at Lois Lane and Spring Valley. That was in September, well outside the season most people watch. And on May 28, 2024, a sensor at Methodist Richardson measured 83 mph while the NWS survey put parts of the city at 90 mph.
On the commercial side, the Telecom Corridor and CityLine mean a lot of low-slope roof out here — CityLine alone carries over 2.5 million square feet of office across 186 acres. TPO, EPDM and modified bitumen work is a large share of what we do in Richardson.
Repairs, replacements, installations, and inspections for homeowners. Class 4 impact-resistant shingles, metal, tile, slate.
View Residential Roofing →TPO, EPDM, modified bitumen, and metal systems for businesses and property managers. Maintenance plans available.
View Commercial Roofing →Emergency and scheduled repairs. Hail damage, leaks, flashing, and storm response with 1-year workmanship warranty.
View Roof Repair →Full tear-off and replacement with manufacturer warranties up to 50 years. Flexible financing available.
View Roof Replacement →Honest, no-pressure assessments for storm damage, pre-sale, and annual maintenance — written report included.
View Free Roof Inspection →Residential maintenance plans from $24.99/month. Annual inspection, priority scheduling, 10% repair discount.
View Roof Maintenance →Half this city predates 1980, and Richardson's own code still carves out repairs to existing wood shake. On homes that age we expect plank decking rather than sheet, older framing, and layers that should have come off decades ago. We budget the tear-off honestly instead of discovering it on day two and asking you for more money.
The Telecom Corridor and CityLine put millions of square feet of flat roof in this city. We run TPO, EPDM, modified bitumen and metal systems for property managers and building owners, and we hold manufacturer certifications that let us issue NDL warranties up to 20 years. We also handle the HVAC curb and pitch pan work that voids warranties when the mechanical sub does it.
The city amended IRC Section R105.5: on a permit pulled for natural disaster repair, the exterior building envelope has to be finished within 90 days of starting, with extensions needing written approval. Most homeowners never hear this until they are behind. We schedule Richardson storm work against that clock.
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If you are replacing, recovering or repairing more than 25% of the roof area, yes. Under that threshold you do not. Your roofer also has to be registered with the city before doing the work. The fee is $100 for a residential roof; commercial is 1% of market value with a $150 minimum. Richardson inspects twice — once when the deck is installed, if applicable, and again at completion.
It reached Richardson, but be careful what you are told about it. The NWS survey has the EF3 Dallas tornado turning north near Richardson Square and tracking to Huffhines Park, where it was down to roughly 70 mph and doing mostly tree damage, then dissipating near Duck Creek at Jupiter Road. The severe roof damage that night was in Dallas and in Garland, where a separate EF2 stripped decking and shingles off homes. Anyone selling you EF3 damage in Richardson is stretching it.
Richardson allows repairs to an existing unclassified wood shingle or shake roof as long as you replace no more than 25% of the covering in any twelve-month period. Past that you are replacing it, and the new covering has to be Class C or better. Honestly, on most of the shake we see in Richardson the repair is money spent twice — the underlying material is at the end of its life across the whole roof, not just where it is failing.
Possibly, but not because of the city. Richardson has no mandate, no fee break and no incentive for impact-resistant roofing. The discount is an insurance matter and Texas insurers set it company by company — the Department of Insurance is clear that carriers are not required to offer one at all. Class 4 shingles are rated under UL 2218 and typically run 10 to 20 percent more. Call your carrier and ask for their number before you decide.
Active leaks get a 24-hour response and we will tarp to stop the water — emergency tarping generally runs $300 to $800 depending on access and area. Most service work is scheduled within 24 to 48 hours. For a building in the Telecom Corridor we are about ten miles away in Garland, which is usually the difference between the same day and next week.
Call us at (469) 936-7663, or request your free estimate online — most inspections are scheduled within 24–48 hours.
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