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AfterFast, Reliable Roofing Across Melissa
Roof replacement in Melissa typically runs $8,000 to $20,000 for a standard composition shingle tear-off and re-roof on a 2010s-era tract home, while targeted repairs usually land between $400 and $1,800. Most of the work we do here sits on post-tensioned slabs over Blackland Prairie clay, which means the roof framing moves more than you’d expect, and that movement shows up as flashing tears and truss uplift long before the shingles themselves fail. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, and we’ve been watching this exact pattern since the first big wave of Melissa subdivisions went in. Call (877) 610-1318 if you suspect your roof is shifting, leaking, or just wearing out faster than it should.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Melissa’s Preferred Roofing Company
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews. That’s not a line, it’s the actual structure: the name on the truck is the family that shows up at your door. Melissa homeowners tend to appreciate that after dealing with national outfits that quote one price over the phone and hand over a different number after tear-off.
We pull permits on every eligible roof job and we don’t treat the inspector as an obstacle. The permit inspector works for you, not for me; that’s why I like him. When the inspector signs off on a Melissa roof, you know the deck, underlayment, and flashing were checked by someone whose only job is your safety. We also put every scope change in writing before it happens. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. Around Melissa, where acreage properties and new subdivisions both create unexpected conditions once the old roof comes off, that written change order is the difference between a clean job and a bad story.
Our Roofing team covers all of Melissa, including the master-planned communities along Milrany Lane and the larger acreage parcels east toward Anna. Dispatch and scheduling run from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, but the crews working in your neighborhood live in Collin County and know these streets. A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not a voicemail box, not an out-of-state call center: call (877) 610-1318, and you’re talking to someone who can actually get a crew moving.
Our Roofing Services in Melissa
Melissa’s housing stock is almost entirely 2010s and 2020s tract homes built by national production builders like D.R. Horton and Lennar, plus a growing number of custom homes on one-to-five-acre lots. Each setup creates different roof problems, so we scope them differently. Here’s what we handle most often in 75454.
Roof Repair
Roof repair in Melissa runs $400 to $1,800 for most residential calls. What we see most often isn’t missing shingles. It’s step flashing at roof-to-wall junctions that has torn because the slab beneath the house shifted and racked the framing. On a 2018 D.R. Horton home off Milrany Lane, we found the east eave had drifted 3/4 inch out of plane by the time we tore off the old shingles. That’s a Melissa problem, not a generic roofing problem. We re-flashed every penetration, replaced the underlayment, and documented each change order so the homeowner could hand a clean file to their insurer.
Roof Replacement & Installation
A full replacement in Melissa runs $8,000 to $20,000 depending on square footage, pitch, and what we find under the old shingles. Because so many Melissa homes sit on expansive clay, we always check truss alignment before we install the new deck. If the framing has moved, we correct it now, in writing, with your sign-off. Waiting until the new shingles are down to mention it is how you end up with a warranty that doesn’t mean anything.
Metal Roofing
Metal roof installation in Melissa runs $15,000 to $40,000. We’re installing more standing seam on acreage properties where homeowners plan to stay 20 or 30 years. Metal handles the North Texas freeze cycle better than composition, and it shrugs off the hail that keeps the insurance adjusters busy every spring. But it only performs if the underlayment and flashing are done right, on a deck that’s actually square. We inspect and correct before we lay a single panel.
Tile Roofing
Tile roofing in Melissa is less common than in McKinney or Fairview, but the ones we do are almost always on custom builds east of the railroad tracks, where the lots widen out. Tile repair runs $600 to $2,500. The failure mode here isn’t the tile itself: it’s the valley flashing underneath, which flexes every time the clay soils move through a wet spring into a dry August. When you’re on a tile roof replacing flashing, the margin for error is small, and the guy doing it needs to understand what the deck underneath is doing. We do.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Melissa
We install GAF and CertainTeed roofing systems, and we don’t apologize for being picky about what goes on your house. These are materials you can look up. Around Melissa, we’re also seeing more homeowners request specific underlayment and gutter systems from brands like Oldcastle, especially on acreage lots where drainage is already a headache. We keep the parts local, which means less waiting when a repair needs to happen before the next storm rolls through. If you’ve got a warranty claim on a GAF or CertainTeed roof, we’ll handle the inspection and the paperwork with the manufacturer.
Common Roofing Problems We See in Melissa Homes
Melissa’s growth pattern created a specific set of roof issues. Here’s what we see on a regular basis:
- Step flashing tears at roof-to-wall junctions. Slab heave from the Blackland Prairie clay racks the framing and opens gaps that the builder’s original flashing was never designed to bridge. Water gets behind the flashing and rots the sheathing.
- Under-engineered lot drainage overwhelming gutters. Much of Melissa’s newest development was platted on former farm fields with minimal legacy drainage. Water sheets across multiple lots toward the back fence line, and the fascia on the back elevation takes the hit. Soffit rot follows.
- Hail claims that don’t cover what’s actually broken. North Texas storms produce hail claims that get approved with allowances that won’t cover Melissa’s required ice-and-water shield upgrade or the broken truss repairs found only after tear-off. We document everything so you can go back to your adjuster with real numbers.
- Builders using code-minimum materials on new roofs. Production builders in 75454 install what’s cheapest and passes inspection on day one. The original step flashing on many 2010s-era Melissa homes is the thinnest gauge that meets code, and it’s already failed. We replace it with heavier material that won’t tear when the house moves.
Pricing for Roofing in Melissa, TX
Here’s where Melissa roof pricing lands, line by line. These are market-calibrated ranges, not phone quotes. Your actual number depends on square footage, pitch, number of penetrations, and what we find after tear-off.
| Roofing Service | Typical Range in Melissa |
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| Roof Replacement | $8,000-$20,000 |
| Roof Repair | $400-$1,800 |
| Metal Roof Installation | $15,000-$40,000 |
| Gutters & Accessories (full perimeter with downspouts) | $1,200-$4,500 |
What changes the number on an acreage property in Melissa? County-level permitting where the city hasn’t annexed yet, long material hauls if your lot is off a caliche road, equipment access around existing outbuildings, and the grading work we recommend before we even start on the roof. We scope all of that before we quote. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate and a written line-item price. No trip charge inside the county.
We Also Serve Cities Near Melissa
Barrett & Sons Construction covers Roofing in Melissa and the surrounding Collin County communities. Our crews regularly work in Anna, Fairview, McKinney, and Princeton. If you’re on the edge of Melissa where the city limits blur into county land, call us and we’ll confirm coverage. The same crews, the same written change orders, the same name on the truck.
Serving Melissa, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Melissa area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Roofing in Melissa
Most homes inside Melissa city limits require a city permit for a full roof replacement, and we pull it ourselves. Homes on acreage outside the city limits but still in 75454 often fall under Collin County jurisdiction, which has different requirements for what gets inspected and when. We determine which jurisdiction applies to your address before we quote, and we include the permit cost in the written estimate. The inspector works for you, not for us, and we want the inspection to happen. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll look up your address while you’re on the phone.
The expansive clay under nearly every Melissa home shrinks and swells between wet winters and dry summers, and that movement transfers vertically into the roof framing. Truss uplift, ridge separation, and step flashing tears are the visible symptoms. We check for framing movement on every roof we touch in Melissa, because a new roof installed on an out-of-plane deck will fail at the same seams the old one did. It’s the first thing we inspect after tear-off, and we document it in writing before we proceed.
Most Melissa tract homes were built quickly on former farmland, with production builders installing code-minimum flashing and underlayment designed to pass a one-time inspection, not to last through a decade of soil movement and North Texas hail. The step flashing at roof-to-wall junctions is the usual failure point within four to eight years, because slab heave opens gaps the thin flashing can’t bridge. We repair it with heavier material and full documentation for your insurer. Call (877) 610-1318 for an inspection and a written repair quote.
County versus city permitting, material haul distance, equipment access around outbuildings and livestock pens, and the condition of the lot’s existing drainage all change the number. On acreage, we also scope septic and well setbacks if the work involves anything beyond the roof itself, since those setbacks can limit where equipment can be staged. We walk the property before we quote, and every one of those factors goes into the written estimate. No surprises at the end, because the scope is on paper before the first shingle comes off.
Melissa’s newest subdivisions were platted on former farm fields with minimal legacy drainage infrastructure, so when it rains, water sheets across multiple lots toward the back fence line. We install full perimeter gutters and downspouts sized for that reality, in the $1,200 to $4,500 range depending on linear feet and downspout count. If your lot sits at the back of a subdivision, we’ll also talk to you about swale grading and French drains, because a gutter that can’t discharge far enough from the foundation is just moving the problem. Estimates are free.
When your roof is moving, leaking, or just past its useful life in Melissa, call Barrett & Sons Construction at (877) 610-1318. We’ll walk the property, put the scope in writing, and give you a line-item price before we touch a shingle. Over 29 years in business, Tom Barrett’s name, address, and license number published and verifiable, and a 90-Day Done Right Promise on every completed job. One call brings Tom back.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Melissa and Collin County since 1998.