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Roof replacement in Arlington, TX typically runs $8,000-$20,000, while targeted roof repair and leak repair both sit in the $400-$1,800 range. If you’re calling from 76010, 76011, 76012, 76004, 76005, 76006, or 76007, we’ll have someone out to look things over and hand you a written line-item estimate before any work starts. Call (877) 610-1318 and you’ll get a live person, not a voicemail box.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Arlington’s Preferred Roofing Company
We’ve worked on enough Arlington roofs to know the difference between a simple re-shingle and a job that’s hiding something underneath the decking. This city’s 1960s-1980s ranch housing stock sits on Blackland Prairie clay, and that detail shapes how we approach every single roof we touch here. Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews that show up at your door, background-checked and uniformed. You see the same faces from the estimate through the final walkthrough.
Arlington homeowners call us because the permit inspector is going to sign off on our work without drama. We pull permits on every eligible job and we don’t treat them like an optional line item. That matters in this city, especially in the older corridors where inspectors actually look at the framing before they’ll close out a roof replacement permit. If you want to check us out first, Tom’s name, address, and license number are published and verifiable. Look it up before you sign anything. That’s the point.
Our Roofing Services in Arlington
Roof Replacement & Installation
Full roof replacement in Arlington usually lands between $8,000 and $20,000 depending on square footage, pitch, tear-off layers, and what we find when the old shingles come up. On the slab-on-grade ranches common across central Arlington, we often discover that decades of clay movement have shifted rafters enough to affect decking alignment. That gets addressed before new materials go on, because fastening a new roof to unstable framing is a guarantee of premature failure. We install GAF and CertainTeed systems, and every scope change comes to you as a written change order before it touches the job.
Roof Leak Repair
Leak repair in Arlington runs $400-$1,800 for most residential fixes. The most common culprit we trace here isn’t missing shingles. It’s flashing junctions where original framing has moved over years of shrink-swell clay cycles, separating step flashing from brick or siding. When the wall moves a half inch and the flashing doesn’t, water gets in. A leak at the eaves on an older ranch often means softened decking from past leaks that went unnoticed, so we inspect the substrate before quoting a repair, not after.
Metal Roofing
Standing seam metal roofs are gaining ground in Arlington, especially on mid-century ranches where owners want decades of service without laying another asphalt shingle. Metal roof installation across Arlington runs $15,000-$40,000 depending on profile, gauge, and whether the existing roof requires a full tear-off. We can install standing seam over stable decking on a slab-on-grade ranch even when the foundation has some prior movement, but the framing correction sequencing matters more here than on new construction. Metal systems make a lot of sense for Arlington’s hail cycles.
Tile Roofing
Barrel tile repair in Arlington runs $600-$2,500 per project for typical repair scope, and full tile roofing starts around $15,000 and climbs from there. Tile isn’t the dominant roof type in this city, but the homes that have it tend to be in the custom pockets scattered across north Arlington. Clay tile is a good match for the hail corridor we’re in. We handle tile roof repair with the same written-change-order discipline we apply to every other job, and we’ll tell you honestly if a repair makes sense or if the roof is ready for replacement.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Arlington
We install GAF and CertainTeed roofing systems, and we can source specialty profiles and tile profiles to match existing roofs without mystery-brand substitutions. We keep common flashing profiles, ridge caps, and matching materials on hand for Arlington neighborhoods, which shortens turnaround on repairs. You shouldn’t have to look up what’s going on your home. These are brands you can verify at the supplier’s counter before you sign a contract. If the material is specified, it’s what gets delivered.
Common Roofing Problems We See in Arlington Homes
- Flashing separation at brick and siding junctions. Blackland Prairie clay expands and contracts seasonally, and older ranch homes move more than their masonry veneers do. When the framing shifts, step flashing pulls away and water follows the gap.
- Softened decking at the eaves. Hail damaged roofs on older Arlington ranches sometimes get a cosmetic overlay from other contractors without addressing water-damaged decking at the eaves, where leaks from years ago rotted the OSB before the shingles were ever replaced.
- Debris mismanagement on zero-lot-line properties. Central Arlington lot lines mean a tear-off can scatter nails and shingle fragments onto a neighbor’s driveway or AC condenser if the crew doesn’t stage the job properly. We tarp and screen every constrained site, and we clean magnetically before we leave each day.
- Permit delays tied to slab movement. In 76010-76012, Arlington inspectors may expect a geotechnical note about known slab movement before they’ll sign a structural repair permit. Contractors unfamiliar with this corridor learn it the hard way. We sequence the structural evaluation into the initial scope so the permit doesn’t stall.
Pricing for Roofing in Arlington, TX
Here’s what we quote in Arlington’s market, with the understanding that your exact number will come from a site inspection and a written estimate we’ll hand you before you commit to anything.
| Service | Typical Range in Arlington |
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| Roof Replacement | $8,000 - $20,000 |
| Roof Repair | $400 - $1,800 |
| Roof Leak Repair | $400 - $1,800 |
Several things move the number: tear-off layers, decking condition, access for staging, the pitch and square footage, and whether we find structural movement that needs addressing under the permit. You’ll never pay an allowance that wasn’t on paper. You’ll never see a change order after the fact. And every Barrett & Sons roofing job in Arlington carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing: if it’s not done right, one call brings Tom back.
We also honor four standing offers: $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% senior and veteran discount. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate.
How Working on a Tight Arlington Lot Shapes the Quote
Arlington’s older central and eastern zip codes are dominated by 1960s-1980s slab-on-grade ranch homes on Blackland Prairie shrink-swell clay. That means roof replacements here frequently begin with an inspection that reveals prior structural movement, including cracked rafters, out-of-plumb fascia, or shifted load-bearing walls that must be corrected before roofing permits are signed off. We plan for this before the tear-off starts. The access sequence and the structural sequence get designed in the same walkthrough, so you’re not left with an open roof and a stop-work order.
Tight lot lines in neighborhoods off Pioneer Parkway and Cooper Street mean staging is not an afterthought. We keep the tear-off scoped to sections, tarp and screen the site, and clear the neighbor’s driveway before anyone complains. On one job in 76010, our crew replaced a storm-damaged roof on a 1970s ranch where the original decking had pulled loose from rafters that had shifted over decades of clay movement. We added a change order for re-securing the load-bearing ridge beam, sequenced the tear-off and re-sheathing in sections to keep the neighboring driveway clear, and got final inspection sign-off only after the inspector confirmed the new decking was fastened to stabilized framing. That’s how an Arlington roof replacement should go.
Arlington Permits, Inspections, and the Paperwork That Makes This City Different
Experienced Arlington contractors know that pulling a permit for structural work in the older 76010-76012 neighborhoods often reveals that the existing slab has moved an inch or more unevenly. City inspectors in these corridors are accustomed to seeing geotechnical notes attached to remodel and structural repair permits. This isn’t true ten miles away in newer suburbs built on engineered fill. Roof repair here can require more paperwork than a simple overlay would in Mansfield or Keller, and that requirement exists because the city knows the soil is moving under these houses. We don’t fight that process. We plan for it, and the geotechnical note gets written into the estimate as a line item before the permit application goes in.
We’re familiar with the working relationship between the Arlington permit office and roofing scopes on slab-on-grade ranches. The inspector works for you, not for us. That’s why we like him. We want a signed inspection. It’s the proof that the roof on your Arlington home was installed to code, and it’s the only paperwork that matters when you sell the house later.
We Also Serve Cities Near Arlington
Our Arlington crews also cover Kennedale, Forest Hill, Hurst, and Grand Prairie for roofing work. If you’re just outside the Arlington city limits, ask. The Roofing estimate and the written change order policy don’t change at the county line. Roofing in Arlington and the surrounding area is what we do every week, and scheduling from our Dallas-Fort Worth office keeps response times reasonable across the whole corridor. Call (877) 610-1318.
Serving Arlington, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Arlington 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 Arlington
Often yes. In Arlington’s older 76010-76012 corridor, inspectors may expect a geotechnical note or structural evaluation attached to a roof replacement permit when the home is a slab-on-grade ranch showing signs of clay-driven movement. If your rafters, fascia, or wall framing has shifted, the permit office wants that documented before new decking goes on. We include a structural evaluation in the initial scope when we see evidence of movement, so the permit doesn’t get held up. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote on your home, and we’ll tell you what the permit package will need before we apply.
We stage the tear-off in sections, tarp the ground, screen the perimeter, and run a magnetic sweep at the end of every workday. On zero-lot-line properties common in central and east Arlington, debris management isn’t a courtesy, it’s a permit compliance issue and a neighbor-relations issue. We don’t wait for a code complaint. The sequence of the tear-off is designed around the lot access at the start, and the price reflects whatever screening and sectional scheduling the site requires. If you’re on a tight lot, we’ll walk the staging plan with you before the crew shows up.
You shouldn’t wait if your roof is already compromised, because Arlington’s hail cycles are a multi-year pattern, not a one-time event. If the decking is softened at the eaves or flashing has already separated from the framing, the next storm adds damage on top of what’s already there. Replacing before the next hail event means the new roof absorbs the impact instead of compounding existing leaks. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate, and we’ll tell you honestly whether the roof can wait or whether you’re rolling the dice.
Yes, in most cases. Standing seam metal roof installation on a slab-on-grade Arlington ranch requires that the framing corrections come first, because the metal panels need stable, properly fastened decking. If the rafters have shifted, we re-secure or sister them before the decking goes back on. Metal systems are a good match for Arlington’s hail exposure and the long-term service life these 1960s-1980s homes deserve. The structural corrections go into the written scope as change orders before work begins, so the total is never a surprise at the end.
Because the soil under the older Arlington neighborhoods moves, and the city’s inspectors know it. Most of central and east Arlington sits on Blackland Prairie shrink-swell clay, and the 1960s-1980s slab-on-grade ranch stock was built before modern post-tension foundation standards were common. When a roof repair involves structural framing, Arlington inspectors may expect a geotechnical note about known slab movement before they’ll sign a permit. Newer suburbs on engineered fill don’t carry the same requirement. We know this process because we work it every week, and we’ll get the paperwork ready before it holds up your roof.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Arlington and the broader Dallas-Fort Worth area since 1998.
If you’re tired of roofing quotes that change after the handshake, call (877) 610-1318. You’ll get a live person, a straight answer, and a written estimate. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is on every contract we write in Arlington.