Arlington’s roofer for hail, wind and replacement work.
We inspect the roof, photograph and date what we find, and hand you a written itemised estimate. You keep control of your own insurance claim, because under Texas law that is the only way a roofer is allowed to do this.
- Written itemised estimates
- Dated photo documentation
- Permit pulled before work starts
- Sourced price ranges
Book your roof inspection
Tell us about the roof. We come out, measure, photograph what we find, and put it in writing.
We never ask you to sign anything at the inspection. Texas law prohibits any roofer from paying or absorbing your insurance deductible, we will not offer to, and you should walk away from anyone who does.
A roofer that shows you the arithmetic.
Red Hammer Roofing is a service-area roofing contractor based in Arlington, working across Tarrant, Dallas and Collin counties. Roof replacement, roof repair, hail and wind damage, metal roofing, and inspections that produce a written document whether or not they produce a job for us.
Most roofing sites in this metroplex sell certainty they cannot deliver, a number before anyone has measured, a promise about a claim that belongs to your insurer, a badge nobody can check. We have taken the opposite position: every figure on this site carries its source, every legal claim carries the statute, and where we do not know something, the page says so.
It is a slower way to win work. It is also the only version that survives being checked.
Full-roof work, start to municipal inspection
One contractor for the whole job, from the first documented inspection through tear-off, decking, underlayment and flashing, to the final city inspection sign-off.
Roof Replacement
Full tear-off, decking inspection, underlayment, flashing and shingle or panel installation, with the municipal permit pulled before work starts.
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Roof Repair
Leaks, flashing failures, valley and penetration repairs, and boot replacement, assessed on the roof, not guessed from the driveway.
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Storm Damage Roof Repair
Hail and wind damage inspected and photographed with dates, written up itemised, and handed to you to submit yourself.
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Metal Roofing
Standing seam and exposed-fastener systems, the differentiated answer to a market that resurfaces in asphalt every hail cycle.
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Roof Inspection
A documented walk of the roof with written findings and photographs, whether or not it turns into work for us.
Learn moreWhy Arlington homeowners pick us
You are not buying a roof so much as buying twenty years of not thinking about your roof. Here is what we do differently, and every one of these is something you can verify before you sign.
How to check any roofer, including us
A written, itemised estimate
Not a number on the back of a card. Line items you can compare against another roofer’s, and submit to your insurer yourself.
Dated photographs of what we find
Every inspection produces documentation, granule loss, mat fracture, bruising, lifted ridge cap, with dates attached, in the format adjusters expect.
The deductible rule, stated plainly
Texas law prohibits any roofer from paying or absorbing your deductible. We say so up front, and the City of Arlington says the same thing on its own website.
Permit pulled before work starts
Roof replacement needs a municipal permit. If a contractor asks you to pull it as an owner-builder, Arlington flags that as a sign they may not be eligible to pull it themselves.
Price ranges with the sources attached
We publish where our numbers come from. When sources disagree, and on hail repair costs they badly do, we show the disagreement instead of picking the flattering figure.
Decking checked at tear-off, in front of you
Rotted or delaminated decking is not visible from the ground and not knowable before tear-off. We show you what is under there before it gets covered up again.
We document. You decide. Your insurer decides.
Texas Insurance Code §4102.163 prohibits a roofing contractor from acting as a public adjuster, or advertising to adjust claims, for any property it may also perform roofing work on. In TDI v. Stonewater Roofing, the Texas Supreme Court confirmed that a roofer’s website copy alone falls inside that statute.
So when another DFW roofer’s homepage offers to handle, fight, maximise or approve your claim, that is not a stronger service. That is a sentence a court has already looked at.
Read the full breakdown, with citations
Sources: Tex. Ins. Code §§4101.251, 4102.163; TDI Commissioner’s Bulletin B-0011-17; Texas Department of Insurance v. Stonewater Roofing, Ltd.; City of Arlington, Tips for Choosing a Contractor.
Primary sources cited across this site
Built on what we refuse to do
A storm market rewards speed and pressure. Most of what separates a roofer worth hiring from one worth avoiding is a list of things they decline to do.
We will
- Put the estimate in writing, itemised, before you commit to anything
- Tell you when a roof does not need replacing
- Show you the decking at tear-off before it is covered
- Pull the permit in our own name and book the municipal inspection
- Publish price ranges with their sources, including where sources conflict
- Point you at the city’s own contractor lookup to check us
We won’t
- Knock your door the afternoon a hail cell passes over
- Offer to pay, waive or absorb your insurance deductible
- Describe ourselves as adjusters, or advertise adjusting your claim
- Ask you to pull the permit yourself as an owner-builder
- Publish a credential, badge or score we cannot evidence on request
- Quote a firm price on a roof nobody has measured
The things a roofer usually doesn’t tell you
Written for homeowners deciding who to hire, not for search engines. Every claim cites the statute, bulletin or city page it came from.
What Texas law prohibits your roofer from doing with your claim
§4102.163, the Stonewater decision, and the deductible prohibition, in plain English, with every source linked.
Read the guideHow to verify a roofing contractor in Arlington before you sign
Arlington publishes a contractor registration lookup and a permit-history search. Six checks you can run in about ten minutes.
Read the guideRoofing permit requirements by DFW city
Who registers contractors, who charges what, and who inspects, consolidated from municipal sources that publish it separately.
Read the guideProudly serving the DFW metroplex
We work the cities a crew can reach from Arlington and get back from inside a working day. That is the whole rule, and it is why this list is short rather than a page of place names we have never driven to.
Each city below has its own page with that municipality’s permit rules, contractor registration requirement and fee, taken from the city’s own published documents.
Cities we cover
- Arlington, TXTarrant County · Our home city
- Dallas, TXDallas County · ~30 min away
- Plano, TXCollin County · ~50 min away
- Kennedale, TXTarrant County · ~15 min away
4 cities across 3 counties: Collin County, Dallas County, Tarrant County. Outside these and within a sensible drive? Call and ask, we will tell you plainly if we are not the right people.
Common questions
Everything homeowners ask before they sign a roofing contract. If yours is not here, call and ask, we will answer it the same way.
Does Texas licence roofing contractors?
No. Texas has no state roofing licence. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation does not administer roofing licensure, so a contractor advertising a licensed Texas roofing contractor
is describing a credential that does not exist.
What is mandatory is city-level registration. Arlington requires roofing contractors to be registered with the city before they can pull a building permit, and the city runs a public lookup so you can check any contractor yourself. RCAT is a voluntary trade-association credential, not a state licence.
Can a roofer pay or absorb my insurance deductible?
No, and you should treat the offer as a warning sign. Texas law prohibits a contractor from paying, waiving, absorbing or rebating a homeowner’s insurance deductible.
The City of Arlington names this specifically in its own guidance for homeowners choosing a contractor, and tells residents to confirm with their insurer that any such arrangement is not insurance fraud. We will never offer it.
Do you deal with my insurance company for me?
No, and under Texas law a roofing contractor is not permitted to. Texas Insurance Code §4102.163 prohibits a roofer from acting as a public adjuster, or advertising to adjust claims, for any property it may also do roofing work on.
What we do instead: inspect the roof, photograph and date what we find, and give you a written itemised estimate in the format adjusters expect. We can meet your adjuster on site and walk the roof with them. You remain the person who talks to your insurer, and whether your damage meets your policy’s threshold is your insurer’s decision, not ours.
What does a roof replacement actually cost in DFW?
Between roughly $8,500 and $25,000 for a standard single-family home, with most projects landing between $12,500 and $15,000. That range is aggregated from six independent 2026 DFW market sources and is published in full on our cost page, sources shown.
It is a market range, not a quote from us. Your number depends on measured roof area in squares, pitch and complexity, shingle class, decking condition found at tear-off, and the municipal permit fee where you live.
Why are there no customer scores or badges on this site?
Because we have no verified customer-feedback data to publish, so we publish none.
A number nobody can check is not a trust signal. Everything on this site that is a trust signal, the price ranges, the permit rules, the deductible prohibition and the city registration lookup, carries a link to the primary source so you can verify it without taking our word for anything.
How long does a roof replacement take?
Installation is typically one to two days for a standard residential roof.
The full process runs longer where an insurance claim is involved, commonly three to four weeks from first inspection to final municipal inspection, because permitting, adjuster scheduling and material delivery all sit between the two.
- Written itemised estimates
- Dated photo documentation
- Deductible law stated plainly
- City permit pulled before work starts
- Sourced price ranges, not sales numbers
- No unverifiable badges or claims
Get a real number on your roof.
Measured, itemised, in writing.
A on-site inspection with dated photographs of what we find, followed by a written itemised estimate you can hold, compare, and submit yourself.
Get a real number on your roof.
One call, an on-site inspection, dated photographs of what we find, and a written itemised estimate you keep whether or not you hire us.