Hail season in San Antonio runs March through June Storm came through? Get the roof inspected before you call the insurer. The inspection is free and the photos are yours to keep.
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Concealed-fastener standing seam. It reflects the July sun, shrugs off hail that would bruise a shingle, and outlasts most mortgages.
San Antonio roofs fail from the top down. Sunlight breaks down asphalt. Heat bakes the attic. Then hail finishes the job. Standing-seam metal handles all three better than shingles do. A light finish reflects much of the sun's heat, the panels have no granules to lose, and a heavier gauge shrugs off hail that would bruise a shingle.
It costs more up front, often about twice an asphalt roof. It also tends to last two or three times as long. Whether that trade is worth it depends on how long you plan to own the house. We will do that arithmetic with you, on paper.
The panels run from ridge to eave, with raised seams that lock together. The fasteners sit under the seams, out of the weather.
Exposed-fastener metal, the kind on barns, is cheaper, and fine on a barn. On a house, those screws and their rubber washers turn into a maintenance schedule in about 15 years.
No roof is hail-proof. Large hail can dent metal. Dents are often cosmetic, and some insurers offer a lower premium on policies that exclude cosmetic damage to metal roofs. Read that line in your policy before you choose, or ask us and we will show you where to look.
A metal roof takes longer than shingles: three to five days on a typical home. Panels are measured and formed for your roof. Flashing is bent to fit each wall and chimney instead of being pieced together from stock parts. The result looks like it was designed with the house, which is the point.
If you plan to stay ten years or more, if the roof gets full afternoon sun, or if you are tired of meeting adjusters, it is worth pricing. If you plan to sell in three years, a good shingle roof is the better use of the money. We will say so.
Questions
Not over a solid deck. The underlayment and decking absorb most of it. The loud tin-roof sound comes from panels fastened to open framing, which is not how a house is roofed.
Neither. A light finish reflects heat, so attics usually run cooler. Metal does not attract lightning, and if lightning does strike, metal does not burn.
Sometimes, but we prefer a tear-off so we can see and fix the deck. If an overlay is the right call for your roof, the estimate explains why.
Recent work
Standing-seam metal · Alamo Heights
The owners wanted a roof that would outlast them and a color the neighbors would forgive. 24-gauge panels in matte charcoal, new decking over the original plank, and flashing bent on site for two chimneys.
Finished August 2026
Storm repair · New Braunfels
A Sunday-night storm peeled a twelve-foot run of ridge and shingles. Tarped by nine on Monday, repaired Wednesday, photographed for the owners' records. Time the attic spent open to the weather: one wet night.
Finished September 2026
Asphalt shingle · Boerne
The shingles were 14 years old and looked 25. The cause was an attic with no intake vents. We added soffit intake and a ridge vent along with the new roof, so the next one ages at the normal rate.
Finished July 2026
The projects on this demonstration site are fictional.
Reviews
Sample reviews written for this demonstration. There are no real customers here.
“We went back and forth on metal for a year. They ran the numbers both ways and did not push. A storm came through a month after the install and it was quieter than the old roof. The project lead still answers texts.”
“Water in the hallway on a Sunday night. I called first thing Monday and the tarp was on by nine. The repair matched better than I expected, and the invoice matched the estimate exactly.”
Free inspection
Three short steps, about two minutes. We will look at the whole roof, not just the part you called about, and tell you what we find.
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