Two things a Central Texas homeowner can check without a ladder after a hail event:
1/ Look in your downspout splashout. A cup of black grit means the granule layer took a hit.
2/ Look at your gutter apron in raking light at 7 am. Bright metal 'sparkles' are fresh bruise strike
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We don't lead with rankings often — we'd rather show you the work. But it's worth saying once a year: the standard we walk onto your property with is independently scored.
IICRC certified.
The quiet part most contractors will not say out loud:
If your roofer cannot bill your insurance carrier directly, you are the one who eats every coding error, every supplement denial, every depreciation argument.
Direct billing is not a flex. It is the bare minimum after a hai
The first 90 seconds on any roof we inspect tells us almost everything.
We look at three spots before we look at a single shingle:
1/ The soft rise at the plumbing stack boots.
2/ The seam where flashing meets brick.
3/ The lowest 18 inches of the field just above every valley.
Roof repair vs replace, the honest math:
If the damaged area is under 30% of the roof AND the rest of the field has 5+ years of shingle life left, repair.
Over 30%, or shingles curling and shedding granules field-wide, replace.
Anything a roofer tells you that skips this math
"Great work! They installed a vent for my over-the-range microwave with custom wood work that matched my existing cabinets perfectly. Highly recommend." — Luisito B., Custom Carpentry
We love a big remodel, but some of the most satisfying calls are the small custom carpentry job
Central Texas, the radar's lighting up again this week. Five things to do before the next line of storms rolls through:
1. Walk your perimeter. Clear gutters, downspouts, and anything that can become a projectile in a 60-mph gust.
2. Photograph your roof from the ground. Date-st
Mid-July is when Central Texas remembers it can rain sideways.
Five things to do this week before the next system rolls in:
1. Walk the perimeter — look up at the roof edges from the yard, not the curb. Lifted shingles show better from below.
2. Clear the downspouts — a single
A close look at why we still hand-pick the slab.
Every natural stone is a one-time geologic event — the veining in this Calacatta started forming under pressure 100 million years ago. We send our project leads to the slab yard with the client because a photo can't tell you which
Your house does not have to be hit.
A lightning strike a half-mile away can ride the utility line into your panel, surge through every outlet, and fry the HVAC board, the router, and the smart fridge in one second.
A whole-home surge protector lives at the panel and costs less
One contractor. Eleven trades. One phone number.
Roofing. Framing. Electrical. HVAC. Plumbing. Flooring. Siding. Custom carpentry. Bath & kitchen. Home additions. IICRC-certified water/mold/fire mitigation.
When you call (512) 540-4050, you're calling all of them. Same crew. Sa
The cheapest fix on your house right now is the corner where the downspout dumps into the flower bed.
Eight feet of $12 extension aimed away from the foundation buys you five years of dry sheetrock, no shifted piers, no cracked mortar.
Central Texas, do the walk this week befor
The whole job comes down to this seam.
Where a brick chimney meets new shingles is the place a roof either holds or fails. Step flashing has to be cut to length, bedded in roofing cement, woven through the courses, and counter-flashed into the mortar joint above. Skip a step and
The quiet part on hail claims:
If your roofer can't bill your insurance carrier directly, you become the middleman between an adjuster and a crew. That's where 80% of the fights start.
Ask before you sign: 'Do you handle the claim end to end?' If the answer isn't yes, keep dial
"Texas HomePro in Copperas Cove replaced our roof and gutters this Fall and did a fabulous job. Their staff kept in contact through the whole process. We definitely would highly recommend."
— Ann S., Copperas Cove
The roof part is what people see. The "staff kept in contact" par
Homeowners keep telling us the same thing after a bad contractor experience: 'nobody ever called me back.'
Our dispatch line rings a real person in Copperas Cove until 8 pm, seven days a week. If the crew is on a roof, the office answers. If the office is closed, the on-call tec
Repair or replace is rarely a roof question. It is a math question.
If the damaged area is under 30% AND the rest of the roof has 5+ years of life AND the leak is at a penetration, repair almost always wins.
Outside any of those three, replace pencils out faster than homeowners
Independence Week in Texas.
We're a family-run shop that's spent 25 years building, repairing, and protecting the homes of veterans, first responders, teachers, and tradespeople across Central Texas. We see what "home" means to our customers every day, and we don't take that lig
Most homeowners we meet think roof leaks come from cracked shingles in the middle of the roof.
In 25 years, almost every leak we have chased started at a penetration: a plumbing stack boot, a vent, a chimney flashing, a skylight curb.
The field is rarely the problem. The holes
Five things most Central Texas homeowners get wrong about their roof — a thread 🧵
1/ "It's not leaking, so it's fine."
By the time water shows on your ceiling, it's been working through your decking for weeks. Hail bruises, cracked seals, and lifted shingles don't leak — they a