Metal Roof Repair in San Antonio and Austin, TX

It usually starts with a water spot under a roof somebody promised would last forever. And metal roofs do last. A standing seam roof can outlive two or three shingle roofs, and a screw-down R-panel barn roof takes weather that would strip asphalt bare. But low maintenance isn't no maintenance, and Central Texas is rough on metal. Metal roof repair is a big share of our work here.

Hail dents are the damage everyone sees. Golf-ball hail dimples a 26-gauge panel and leaves it intact, but bigger stones crease ribs, fracture the paint and start rust right where they hit. Round Rock saw hail up to 4 inches on September 24, 2023.

Fastener back-out is sneakier. On an R-panel or corrugated roof, every exposed screw sits on a rubber washer, and the Texas sun bakes that washer until it cracks. All the while, the panel is expanding and shrinking through every 100-degree afternoon, which walks the screw up one thread at a time until water follows it into the attic. Seam leaks show up wherever sealant gave out: ridge caps, sidewall and headwall flashings, end laps on long runs, and around every pipe and vent. Then there's rust. It gets started at a limb scratch, a bare cut edge, or a dent that cracked the finish.

When we trace leaks on metal roofs in Travis and Williamson counties, they almost always start at a fastener or a flashing, not out in the flat of the panel. People figure the whole roof is going. It usually isn't.

First we get on the roof and walk it. Looking from the top of a ladder doesn't tell you much on metal. We chalk the hail strikes, pull any screw that looks wrong, check every seam and penetration, and take photos of all of it. Those photos are yours, and if a storm did the damage they double as the start of your claim file.

What happens next depends on what turned up:

• Backed-out or rusted screws. We pull them and drive oversized fasteners with new washers so the threads bite clean steel. On an older screw-down roof we'll probably suggest re-screwing the whole slope. Those washers all aged together.
• Seam and flashing leaks. The old sealant gets scraped off and the joint cleaned. Then we rebuild it with butyl tape and metal-rated sealant, and ridge caps get new closure strips.
• Hail dents. If a dent is cosmetic and the panel still sheds water, we document it and leave it, unless you'd like it gone. A creased rib or cracked coating is different. That panel comes out.
• Panel replacement. Individual panels get swapped with matching profile, gauge and color. On standing seam metal roofing, we unseam from the ridge down to the bad panel and reseam on the way back up. You want a crew that's done that before.
• Penetrations. Cracked pipe boots and loose vent collars are replaced with boots rated for metal and sealed.

Repair isn't always the right call. Say hail creased panels over most of a slope, or a 20-year-old screw-down roof shows rust blooming at every screw. Patching that is spending money on a roof that's done. We'll tell you, and we'll price a new metal roof next to the repair so you can weigh them. The estimate's free either way.

For three years running, north Austin has taken the worst of the Central Texas hail. On September 24, 2023, hail up to 4 inches hit Round Rock, and the storm tracked from Georgetown down into north Austin. The National Weather Service put damage near 600 million dollars, split between Travis and Williamson counties. A 5.4-inch stone came down in Johnson City on May 9, 2024. And on April 22, 2025, Georgetown and east Round Rock got hit again, with local estimates in the tens of thousands of homes. Every one of those storms left metal roofs dented. Plenty also had loosened screws and opened seams that stayed dry until the next rain.

Why does that matter for your claim? Metal roof hail claims get argued more than shingle claims. Adjusters separate cosmetic dents from functional damage, and some Texas policies have a cosmetic damage exclusion for metal roofing. Our in-house staff includes former insurance adjusters, and the company brings 30+ years of insurance claim experience to the adjuster meeting. We know which dents to measure and which screws to pull with the adjuster watching. We also know how to write the supplement when the first estimate leaves out the seam work. Our insurance claims page lays out the six steps, and the storm inspection itself is covered on the hail damage roof repair page.

Cory L. said it in a Google review: "We got a quote for a metal roof and they were rejected by our insurance." Our team went back out, worked the claim, got it approved and did the repair. Then he added: "Our roof color is a much better match to our brick and wife is happy. Happy life happy wife! 5 stars!"

A shingle crew on a metal roof will often reach for a tube of caulk. By spring the leak's back. Metal is its own trade, and our crews install and repair metal roofing in both metros. Many of them have worked side by side with Charlie for over 20 years. We run eight full crew teams, so a repair in Round Rock isn't stuck waiting on a replacement down in San Antonio.

We're veteran owned, registered and insured, with 2,800+ projects completed. Estimates don't cost anything. If a storm did the damage, we'll say up front whether we think it's worth filing. And if the roof is open, we can tarp it to stop the water. After a bad hail night in Williamson County, that's usually the first thing people need.

Our area covers Austin and the Travis County suburbs, Round Rock, Georgetown, Cedar Park, Leander and Pflugerville, and the Hill Country west of town, where standing seam is close to the default. Call the Austin line, or request a free metal roof repair estimate online and we'll put a crew on your roof.