Roof Shingles in Rowlett, TX
That shingle you like and the one that takes a hailstone can be the same. Our roofers itemize both and you keep it.
How our roofers work through the shingle choice
After a hail season, what does Rowlett Roofworks say about which shingle goes back up? That the color you like off the sample board and the way a shingle takes a hailstone are two different picks, and you'll hear where your roof lands on both before anyone asks you to choose.
How much of that toughness to buy is the part worth sitting with. Class 4 is the top mark on the drop test the industry uses, and you order it inside the architectural or designer look you already wanted; it isn't a separate style. There's a quieter argument for a common shingle too: when one slope takes a hit years from now, a shingle still in production can be matched into the field during a roof repair, and a discontinued one can't. A roof from the seventies and one from the early 2000s answer to the same standard here; they just don't get the same recommendation.
The shingle grades that go on Rowlett homes
What a shingle is built from decides most of what it can take.
Three-tab shingles
A single flat layer with no shadow line, and the thinnest asphalt shingle made.
Architectural shingles
The dimensional shingle most streets around here already wear, thicker through the middle than a three-tab.
Designer shingles
Cut heavy and shadowed to read as slate or shake from the curb, and priced for the look.
Impact-rated shingles
Reinforced so a hailstone bruises the mat less, at a small step up from standard architectural.
Synthetic slate and shake
Engineered to read as stone or cedar from the street without the weight or the upkeep.
Cedar shake and shingle
Sawn cedar that weathers to silver gray, uncommon on these streets, and the one option here that asks for upkeep.
* Warranty and insurance numbers depend on the product and the carrier, and get confirmed in writing before work begins. The manufacturer warranty follows the system installed.
Signs your Rowlett shingles are finished
Dallas County's storm record from the last few years runs to hail four inches across, and a season like that ages shingles faster than anything the sun does. A county number can't say what came down over your own street, though, and Rowlett sits in two counties besides. These are the things you can see from the yard without a ladder.
- Granules piling at the downspout: a coffee can's worth after one storm means the roof is shedding faster than it should.
- Bare patches on the south slope: sun strips granules there first, and once the black mat shows through, that section is running out ahead of the rest.
- Edges curling up off the roof: shingles that lift and cup have gone brittle, and they don't lie back down.
- Dents that give under a thumb: hail bruises can look like nothing from the yard and still have crushed the mat underneath.
- Patch colors that no longer match: enough one-off fixes on one slope and you're maintaining a roof instead of owning one.
One of these on its own is usually a repair conversation. Three or four of them showing on different slopes is where a roof replacement starts to make sense, and that call gets easier once one of our roofers has been up there.
Shingle questions from Rowlett homeowners
The questions that come up between the sample board and the estimate.
Q1Does an impact-rated roof lower what I pay for insurance?
Q2Does Class 4 mean my roof will survive a hailstorm?
Q3What do the granules on a shingle do?
Q4How do I choose between architectural and impact-rated?
Q5Who actually walks the roof and prices this?
Find out which shingle suits your Rowlett roof
Say what's on the roof now, or say you have no idea and let one visit settle it. Both options come back priced together, with what each one costs to install and what it is rated to take.