Roofing contractor in Grapevine, TX
One of the few DFW cities where pre-war houses and airport-corridor commercial roofs are the same day’s work.
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Grapevine
Grapevine has two housing eras and a commercial corridor, and each needs a different roof
Grapevine is older than most of its neighbors. The blocks around Main Street and the historic district hold houses that predate the post-war boom entirely, with smaller footprints, steeper pitches, original framing and, often, more than one roof already on the deck. Then there is the post-war and late-century infill that fills most of the rest of the city, which is conventional composition. Then there is the corridor along the 114 toward the airport, which is hotels, retail and offices, and almost entirely low-slope.
A roofing company that only does one of those three is guessing at the other two. An old house with two layers already on it and a deck of plank rather than sheet material is not the same job as a 1990s subdivision reroof, and neither is a hotel with fifty rooftop units on a membrane.
Same Standard Everywhere
What the roofs are made of here is not the same from one side of the county to the other.
Older decks are what surprise people on the historic blocks
On a house of that age the deck is frequently spaced plank rather than plywood or OSB, and modern shingles need a continuous surface to nail into. Sometimes that means overlaying the plank with sheet material, which is a real cost and it only becomes visible once the old roof is off.
Second layers are common too. A roof that has been overlaid once looks like one roof from the ground and is two to tear off, which changes both the labor and the dumpster. This is why an estimate on an older Grapevine house should say what happens if a second layer or a bad deck turns up, rather than leaving it to be discovered.
The 114 corridor is commercial low-slope work
Hotels, offices and retail along the highway by the airport are flat or nearly flat roofs carrying a great deal of rooftop equipment, and they fail at the details rather than in the field: the curbs under the units, the drains, the pitch pockets, the terminations at a parapet.
Work on an operating hotel or a retail unit is scheduling as much as roofing. Sections get opened only as far as they can be closed by the end of the day, and lift positions and deliveries get planned around a building full of people.
What we do here
The same four, in Grapevine.
Roof Replacement
A full tear-off and rebuild in composition, metal, tile or slate, with the rest of the storm scope handled by the same company.
Learn more 02Roof Repair
Leaks, wind-lifted shingles, failed flashing and pipe boots, found and fixed without selling you a roof you do not need.
Learn more 03Storm and Hail Damage
Hail and wind restoration on the roof and on everything the storm took with it, from the same licensed contractor.
Learn more 04Commercial Roofing
TPO, PVC, modified bitumen and metal on schools, churches, warehouses and retail, inspected by a HAAG certified inspector.
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Roofing contractor in Grapevine, answered
My Grapevine house is older. Is a second layer of shingles likely?
On the historic blocks it is common enough to plan for. It is one of the few things that genuinely cannot be confirmed until the tear-off starts, so the estimate should say what happens in that case rather than stay silent about it.
Does the historic district restrict roofing materials?
Properties inside a historic overlay can carry restrictions on material and appearance that do not apply elsewhere in the city. Worth confirming with the city before choosing a product.
Do you work on hotels and retail along the 114?
Yes. That corridor is low-slope commercial work: TPO, PVC and modified bitumen, with the inspection done by a HAAG Certified Inspector.
How does hail here compare with the rest of the Metroplex?
Grapevine sits in the same North Texas hail corridor as everywhere else in the county, and storms track individually. What matters is whether a given storm went over your street, which is what a dated inspection report answers.
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About 15 to 20 minutes on the roof, and a written report with photographs that is yours to keep whether or not there is anything to do.
JWC General Contractors 515 W Southlake Blvd Suite 150, Southlake, TX 76092 (214) 972-4266 · info@