Roof Replacement in San Antonio, TX

Granules piling up in the gutters. A second leak, then a third. Decking that gives a little when you step on it. At some point patching a roof costs more than it saves, and the signs are usually plain: shingles past 20 years in our heat, more than one active leak, hail bruising across most of the slopes, soft decking. One leak on a 10-year-old roof? That's a roof repair job. Three leaks on a 22-year-old roof means replacement, and at the free estimate we'll tell you which one you're looking at.

San Antonio's housing makes the call trickier than you'd expect. The pre-1980 homes on the South Side, in King William and around Monte Vista have decking that's been through a lot of summers. Tract roofs in Stone Oak and Alamo Ranch are younger, but they caught the worst of the April 2016 and April 2021 hail. Age wears a roof out one way and hail another, and each needs a different fix.

What drives the price of a new roof

Five things move the number most. Roof size in squares. Pitch and the number of stories. How much decking has to be replaced, which material you pick, and how many layers are coming off. Skylights, chimneys and a dozen pipe boots add labor, and walking a two-story roof at a 10/12 pitch takes a lot longer than a one-story ranch at 4/12. On materials, architectural shingles sit at the low end and standing seam metal at the top. We won't quote a roof from the street. Somebody climbs it, measures it and checks the attic, and the written estimate costs you nothing.

For most San Antonio homes, architectural asphalt shingles are the right answer. We'll say that up front. Standing seam metal wins if you plan to stay 30 years, live in the Hill Country, or want the best hail story you can get. Tile looks great and weighs a ton, so it belongs on homes built to carry it. Here's how the three compare on what actually matters around here.

Architectural asphalt shingles

• Lifespan: 20 to 30 years in Central Texas heat, and less when the attic can't breathe.
• Hail and wind: Class 4 impact-rated lines from Owens Corning and GAF hold up far better than 3-tab, with higher wind ratings than the old flat tabs.
• Weight: light enough for any framed roof, no structural review needed.
• Maintenance: get it inspected after each big storm and keep the trees trimmed back.
• Cost band: lowest of the three. Insurance claims here replace like with like, and that means shingles.

There's more on our asphalt shingle roofing page. If you already know this is the one, skip ahead to shingle roof replacement.

Standing seam metal

• Lifespan: 40 to 60 years. Most owners never replace it twice.
• Hail and wind: big hail can dent a panel, but a dent rarely leaks, and with concealed fasteners nothing backs out in a windstorm.
• Weight: lighter per square than shingles, so it goes over most existing decks without a structural review.
• Maintenance: close to none. Rinse debris out of the valleys now and then.
• Cost band: highest up front, lowest per year of service. That's why Hill Country owners who plan to stay put keep picking it. Our metal roofing crews install standing seam and panel systems in both metros.

Clay and concrete tile

• Lifespan: 50 years or more for the tile. The underlayment under it wears out sooner, and that's usually why a tile roof leaks.
• Hail and wind: baseball hail cracks concrete tile, and clay does a little better. Both handle wind fine as long as the installer fastened every tile.
• Weight: three to four times an asphalt roof. If your framed roof was built for shingles, it needs an engineer's sign-off before tile goes on.
• Maintenance: swap broken tiles before water gets to the underlayment, and please don't walk a tile roof yourself.
• Cost band: premium, on par with standing seam or higher. Talk to us before you plan on tile, and we'll tell you straight whether it fits the house. Already have tile? Our tile roof repair crews can often replace the worn underlayment and keep the tile.

When we tear into a failed roof, the trouble usually started underneath. Felt underlayment from the 1990s goes brittle and tears under foot traffic, and after that every nail hole is a way in for water. So we lay synthetic underlayment over the whole deck and run ice and water shield in the valleys and around every penetration. Those are the spots San Antonio roofs leak first. You also get new pipe boots and new drip edge, and flashing gets re-bent or replaced, not caulked over.

The decking gets a hard look too. Soft plywood comes out, and so do rotted one-by boards, before anything goes on top. We price decking replacement by the sheet so the final bill doesn't surprise you, and every board we replace gets photographed. A roofer who promises you a new roof over decking he hasn't seen is guessing.

1. Free estimate. We measure, check the attic and decking, and give you a written scope. Called because of hail? Our former adjusters document the damage for the claim on that same visit.
2. Material and color. Pick your line and color from Owens Corning or GAF, or a metal profile. We order it and set the install date.
3. Permit and HOA. We confirm the re-roof permit with the city and send in your HOA or ARC request.
4. Tear-off and install. One of our 8 crew teams pulls up at first light. The old shingles come off, the decking gets fixed, underlayment goes down and the shingles go on. Most single-family homes are done before dark that same day.
5. Cleanup and walk-through. We run magnets over the yard for nails, then walk the roof and the ground with you. It isn't done until you say it is.

Marco P. described the pace in his Google review: "Friendly guy. Came out for the estimate Friday, had a guy on site the next day! 100% satisfied with the quality of work." Eight crews and 2,800+ projects are what make that kind of turnaround possible.

For a straight re-roof, San Antonio keeps things simple. If the pitch isn't changing, the city's Development Services Department issues the re-roof permit over the counter at its One Stop on South Alamo. Austin handles re-roofs under its express permit rules. Some shingle-for-shingle replacements with no structural change may be exempt there, but Wildland-Urban Interface zones and replacements covering more than half the roof change the requirements. Those rules shift. We check the current one with the city before we start, since a wrong guess lands on you and not on us.

In an HOA? Most want to approve color and material before work begins, and we take care of the ARC paperwork and shingle samples. Texas Property Code 202.011 also says an HOA can't block wind-resistant, hail-resistant or energy-efficient shingles that match the look of the subdivision, which puts a Class 4 upgrade in reach for most owners. Historic streets are their own case. In King William, Monte Vista and Austin's Hyde Park, a historic review board may ask for a Certificate of Appropriateness before you change roofing material, and we'll tell you up front if your street falls under one.

We run roof replacements all over San Antonio, out to Boerne and New Braunfels, and up I-35 to Austin and Round Rock on our Austin line.

Texas led the country with 902 major hail events in 2025. On April 12, 2016, 4.5-inch hail fell on Helotes, and that storm became the costliest hail event in state history at the time. April 28, 2021 brought a Texas-record 6.4-inch stone to Hondo, along with baseball hail across San Antonio and Boerne. Farther north, the September 24, 2023 storm dropped 4-inch hail on Round Rock and turned into the most expensive storm the Austin region had seen.

Hail like that means an insurance claim, not a cash job. Our in-house former insurance adjusters inspect the roof first. Then they meet your carrier's adjuster up top, go through the scope line by line, and file a supplement when it leaves out decking, drip edge or code items. With 30+ years of claim experience, we know what a fair scope looks like. All six steps are on the insurance claims page, and the hail damage roof repair page shows what bruising looks like before it turns into a full replacement.

A word on timing. Texas hail claims carry filing deadlines, and shingles that keep shedding granules get worse every summer, so don't sit on it.