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Roof replacement in Shady Hollow runs $8,000 to $20,000 for a typical single-story brick-veneer home, and roof repair usually lands between $400 and $1,800 depending on what’s failing. Those are real numbers for this neighborhood, not a national average. We know because we work here. Barrett & Sons Construction has been replacing and repairing roofs across Shady Hollow long enough to understand one thing most contractors miss until it costs them: the trees. If you’ve got a protected live oak within striking distance of your eaves, your roof job comes with paperwork most roofers never mention until the stop-work order shows up. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk you through it before you sign anything.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Shady Hollow’s Preferred Roofing Company
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and his sons run crews on job sites all over the 78739 zip code. That’s not marketing language. When you call about a roof in Shady Hollow, the person answering is someone who knows Brodie Lane from Slaughter Lane because they drive it weekly. We’re not a franchise sending strangers from another county.
Our Shady Hollow customers tend to say the same three things when they recommend us: the price on the estimate matched the final bill, the crew kept a tight lot clean, and Tom answered the phone when they called with a question. The 90-Day Done Right Promise is written on every contract. If something’s not right, one call brings Tom back. No phone tree. No ticket number.
We pull permits on every eligible job and we like the inspector, because the inspector works for you, not for us. That’s how we’ve done it for over 29 years. Tom publishes his name, his address, and his license number. Look it up before you sign anything, with us or anyone else.
We answer Shady Hollow calls with a live person 24 hours a day. Not a voicemail box. When a hail storm rolls through 78739 at 2 a.m. and you’ve got water coming through the ceiling, you’ll find that out fast.
Our Roofing Services in Shady Hollow
Roof Replacement & Installation
A full Roofing replacement in Shady Hollow means pulling the old decking, inspecting what’s underneath, and rebuilding to current Austin energy code. Most homes here were built between 1983 and 1998, and the original insulation and ventilation standards don’t meet what the City of Austin requires now. We handle the tear-off, deck repair, underlayment, flashing, and new shingle or metal install, all with written change orders if the scope shifts once we open things up. Expect $8,000 to $20,000 depending on roof size, pitch, and what we find beneath the old shingles.
Roof Repair
Shady Hollow roofs fail in predictable ways: hail damage on south-facing slopes, flashing failures around chimney and skylight penetrations, and moisture damage where mature tree canopy keeps sections of the roof shaded and damp. Repair work runs $400 to $1,800 for most jobs. We’ll tell you if a repair buys you five more years or if you’re better off replacing the roof before the next storm season.
Metal Roofing
Standing seam metal roofs are growing in Shady Hollow for a practical reason: they shed hail better than asphalt shingles, and hail is a regular feature of life on the Balcones Escarpment. A metal roof install runs $15,000 to $40,000, which is a real investment, but the lifespan and the hail resistance pencil out for a lot of homeowners planning to stay in the house. We install standing seam and metal panel systems with the underlayment and fastening details that hold up to Texas summer heat and Hill Country wind.
Tile Roofing
Tile roofs are less common in Shady Hollow’s original 1980s and 1990s housing stock, but they do appear on custom builds and some of the newer replacement work. Barrel tile and flat tile both handle the Austin sun well, but they’re heavy, and they need a roof structure that’s actually rated for the load. If you’re considering tile on a home built before 1998, we’ll check the framing before we quote, because “the tile fits” is not the same as “the structure holds.” Tile repair runs $600 to $2,500 for cracked, slipped, or leaking sections.
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 Shady Hollow
We install and service roofing systems from GAF and CertainTeed, and for exterior flatwork tied to roof drainage we work with Belgard and Techo-Bloc pavers when a downspout extension or splash block needs to be integrated into the landscape. We keep common flashing, underlayment, and fastening supplies stocked for Shady Hollow jobs, which means we’re not waiting on a truck from Dallas to finish your roof. If you’ve got a warranty claim on a GAF or CertainTeed roof installed by another company, we can inspect it and tell you honestly what the manufacturer will and won’t cover.
Common Roofing Problems We See in Shady Hollow Homes
- Hail damage to shingles and flashing: Shady Hollow sits near the southern edge of Austin’s hail corridor on the Balcones Escarpment, and homes built in the 1980s and 1990s often have original roofing that’s taken decades of stone impacts. We routinely find granule loss and cracked shingles that homeowners never noticed from the ground.
- Tree canopy moisture damage: The mature live oak and cedar elm canopy that makes Shady Hollow beautiful also keeps sections of roof damp longer than they should be. Algae, moss, and premature shingle degradation show up on north-facing slopes and under overhanging limbs, especially on the original 1983-to-1998 builds.
- Flashing failures at chimneys and valleys: Roofs from this era were often flashed with materials that corrode after three to four decades. Water follows the flashing, not the shingle, and by the time it shows up on your ceiling, the decking underneath is already damaged.
- Inadequate ventilation from original construction: Many Shady Hollow homes were built with minimal ridge and soffit ventilation, which cooks the underside of the roof deck in Texas summers. That heat shortens shingle life and drives attic temperatures into the 140s, which your HVAC system then fights all August.
Pricing for Roofing in Shady Hollow, TX
Here’s what we quote for Shady Hollow work, in writing, before we start:
| Service | Price Range |
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| Roof Replacement | $8,000 - $20,000 |
| Roof Repair | $400 - $1,800 |
| Metal Roof Installation | $15,000 - $40,000 |
| Gutters & Accessories | Quoted per project |
What moves the number most in Shady Hollow is access. A roof that can be staged from the street with a standard dumpster and material lift costs less than a roof where a 19-inch live oak blocks the driveway approach and everything has to come in by hand. Tree protection fencing, arborist reviews, and stormwater compliance all add real cost and real weeks to a project. Every price change we issue comes as a written change order before the work happens, not as a surprise on the final invoice. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate with line items you can actually read.
We also offer $40 off any repair over $200, a free second opinion on any written estimate you’ve received, no trip charge inside Travis County, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans.
We Also Serve Cities Near Shady Hollow
While this page is about Shady Hollow, our crews also work regularly in Buda, Austin, Kyle, and Bee Cave, so if you’re on the edge of the 78739 boundary, your home falls within our normal service area and there’s no trip charge inside the county. The same crew that finished a roof off Brodie Lane this morning can be on your street tomorrow.
Serving Shady Hollow, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Shady Hollow 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 Shady Hollow
If a protected tree stands near your home, we have to submit an arborist-approved critical root zone plan to the City of Austin before we can stage materials, place a dumpster, or start the tear-off, and that review adds two to six weeks to the permit timeline. Any live oak or cedar elm with a trunk diameter of 19 inches or more is protected, and on many Shady Hollow lots that’s the tree growing three feet from your eaves. We handle the arborist coordination and the permit paperwork as part of the job, but the timeline is real and the work can’t start until Urban Forestry signs off. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll tell you early whether your trees trigger review.
Sometimes, but not always, because Shady Hollow falls under Austin’s Slaughter Creek watershed protection ordinance, which caps impervious cover on most lots. New gutters themselves don’t count as impervious cover, but downspout extensions that empty onto additional hardscape or new concrete splash pads can push a lot over its cap and trigger a stormwater revision. The safe path is to have us look at your current impervious cover percentage before we quote the gutter work, so we know if the county will flag it. The estimate is free and we’ll tell you if your lot has room to play with.
The answer in Shady Hollow is almost always the driveway or the street, because mature trees and lot-line setbacks leave many homes with no usable side yard for a dumpster or material pile. We plan staging before we ever submit the permit, and on a 1992 brick veneer off Brodie Lane we used the driveway as the sole staging area, brought all flashing and underlayment in by hand, and fenced the critical root zone with silt barrier to keep a 24-inch cedar elm four feet from the eave fully protected. Staging constraints add labor cost to a Shady Hollow roof replacement, but the alternative is a stop-work order, and that costs more.
Yes, we coordinate with an ISA-certified arborist and the City of Austin Urban Forestry division as part of the permit package, and we don’t mark the job as ready to start until the tree protection plan is approved. You don’t have to chase the arborist or decode the critical root zone requirements yourself. We’ve worked with the same arborists for years because the permit inspector and the arborist both need to be on the same page before a single shingle comes off.
Shady Hollow sits on expansive Blackland Prairie clay that shrinks in drought and swells in heavy rain, which means foundations move, and when a foundation moves, roof lines shift slightly and can open gaps at flashing and eaves. That’s a structural issue, not a shingle issue, and it’s why we check foundation-related roof movement when we inspect a Shady Hollow home. Gutters and downspout routing matter more here too, because dumping roof water too close to the slab on expansive clay accelerates the heaving cycle that’s already stressing the house.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Shady Hollow and surrounding Travis County communities since 1998.