Plano, TX Roofing Resources

What We Look At on Plano Roofs

Much of Plano's housing stock went up between 1980 and 2000, which means many roofs here are on their second or third replacement cycle. Asphalt shingles in North Texas tend to last 15 to 25 years, and often less on west- and south-facing slopes, where summer attic temperatures can climb past 130 degrees and cook the asphalt from underneath. When we inspect a roof, our crew photographs every slope, valley, and penetration before anyone talks scope, so the conversation starts from what the roof actually shows.

Hail is the other constant. Collin County sits in a hail-active corridor, and DFW hail commonly runs 1 to 2 inches; quarter-sized stones (about 1 inch) can bruise a shingle mat even when nothing looks wrong from the street. We've seen impact marks hide under ordinary granule loss, which is why we check the soft metals first — vents, flashing, gutters — since they dent at smaller hail sizes and show how hard each slope was hit.

The mature trees that shade these established neighborhoods cut attic heat but drop limbs and fill gutters, so a simple ground-level walk-around every 6 to 12 months is worth the habit. When we replace a roof, we install to the International Residential Code — flashing and weather protection per IRC R903, attic ventilation per IRC R806 — and many of the laminated shingles we install carry manufacturer wind ratings in the 110 to 130 mph range, which matters in a market where spring storms arrive sideways.