Round Rock, Texas · roofs, siding and trim
Roofing and Siding in Round Rock, Where No City Inspector Checks a Re-Roof
Round Rock does not require a permit to replace the roof or the siding on a house. So after the costliest hailstorm in Austin-area history, on September 24, 2023, roofs all over the city were replaced with nobody from the city looking at the result. Call to be put in touch with an independent roofing or siding contractor, and use the checklists on this site to check the work yourself.
This site is a referral service. An independent contractor inspects, quotes and does the work.
Why This Site Exists
Three Facts That Shape Every Roof Job in Round Rock
4 in.Largest hail the National Weather Service gives for Round Rock on September 24, 2023.
$600 millionWhat the National Weather Service estimated that storm cost across Travis and Williamson counties, as reported by KXAN.
0Permits the city requires for a residential re-roof, a siding replacement or a window replacement.
Put those together and you get the situation most Round Rock owners are in. A very large number of roofs were hit on one night. Many were replaced in the months after, in a hurry. And because the city asks for no permit, nobody independent looked at the flashing, the drip edge or the nail pattern afterward.
A roof that was replaced after the storm may be excellent. A roof that was not replaced may be fine too. The point is that in Round Rock neither one has been checked by anyone but the company that was paid for it. Read what the city does and does not require.
The Night in Question
September 24, 2023, From 9:03 to 9:27 PM
The worst of it hit Round Rock and Brushy Creek in about 35 minutes on a Sunday night. These are some of the local storm reports issued by the National Weather Service office. Marked rows came from trained spotters.
- 2.75 in.North of Round Rock, trained spotter
- 3.5 in.Northwest of Round Rock, broadcast media
- 1.75 in.Southwest of Round Rock, trained spotter
- 3.0 in.Round Rock, trained spotter
- 2.25 in.Brushy Creek, public report
- 4.0 in.Round Rock, public report via Twitter
Source: National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio local storm reports, via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive.
The full storm page has the damage figures, what happened to the school district's roofs, and the earlier hail and tornado dates.How Old the Houses Are
Six in Ten Round Rock Homes Were Built Between 1980 and 2009
Census survey figures put the median Round Rock home at a 2002 build year. More than six in ten housing units went up between 1980 and 2009, so a large share of the houses here are on a second roof or coming due for one, and their original siding and trim have reached the age where paint stops being enough.
- Before 1970
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020 on
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2019–2023 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, as compiled by Point2Homes. 51,143 housing units.
What You Can Ask For
Roof Work and Wall Work
The roof
- Roof replacementA full tear-off, and what to check when it is done.
- Roof repairLifted tabs, nail pops, a slope that lost a few shingles.
- Roof leak repairFinding where the water gets in, which is rarely above the stain.
- Hail damage roof inspectionFor roofs that were up in September 2023 and never checked.
- Wind damage roof repairRidge caps and creased shingles after a blow.
- Impact-resistant shinglesClass 4 shingles, and what the rating does and does not mean.
- Metal roofingStanding seam on a whole house or just a porch.
- Flashing and skylightsChimneys, walls, pipes and the metal that seals them.
The walls and trim
- Siding replacementWhole walls, usually the sides and back of the house.
- Siding repairA few cracked or swollen boards cut out and matched.
- Fiber cement sidingThe plank used on many newer side walls.
- Hail-damaged sidingChipped paint, cracked boards and dented metal on the windward side.
- Soffit, fascia and trimThe boards at the roof edge that rot first.
- Wood rot repairWindow trim, corner boards and chimney boxes.
Ridge to Slab Edge
Fourteen Places a Round Rock House Takes the Weather
Where
Inside the City, and Just Outside It
The no-permit rule belongs to the City of Round Rock. Cross a line and it changes. Georgetown requires a roofing permit. The downtown historic district requires approval for a change in roofing or siding material or color. Brushy Creek has a Round Rock mailing address and is not in the city at all. Each page below starts from the rule that applies there and the age of the houses.
Round Rock West
The older central subdivision, where a roof may be on its third layer of history.
Read the pageDowntown Round Rock
The one part of the city where a new roof can need approval first.
Read the pageUniversity Heights and Vizcaya
The newest houses, where the side walls are plank siding.
Read the pageFive Questions Owners Ask First
Does Round Rock require a permit to replace a roof?
Not on a house. The city's Building Inspection page says it "does not require a permit for a residential re-roof." The same page says a roof whose structure is being modified needs a remodel permit. The details, the exceptions and the city's phone number are on the city rules page.
If there is no permit, who checks the new roof?
Nobody from the city. Without a permit there is no city inspection, so the checking falls to the owner and to whatever the contractor's written warranty and the shingle maker's warranty require. That is the reason this site prints a checklist for owners on its roof pages.
My roof was on the house on September 24, 2023. Should it be looked at?
If it has not been inspected since, yes. That night, the National Weather Service says, hail reached up to 4 inches across in Round Rock. Hail bruises do not always leak right away. The storm page lists the reports by time and place.
Is this a roofing company?
No. It is a referral service. Your call or form goes to an independent roofing or siding contractor that works in Round Rock, and that company does the inspection, the estimate and the job.
Does the contractor have a Texas roofing license?
There is no such license. Texas does not license roofing or siding contractors at the state level. Ask instead for proof of liability insurance, a written scope, and the warranty terms in writing.
Tell Us About the House
Give the address, the year it was built if you know it, and whether the roof has been replaced since September 2023. The request goes to one independent contractor.
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