A Small Town With Growing Edges
The older part of Howe has roofs that are due for attention simply on age, while the newer construction on the town's edges is still under builder-grade roofing that has not been tested by a real hailstorm yet. We treat those two categories differently on an inspection: older roofs get checked for cumulative wear across the whole field, while newer roofs get checked more specifically for installation quality, since a rushed builder install can fail in ways that have nothing to do with the roof's age.
Being a smaller town, word travels when a roofer does a job well or poorly, and we would rather earn that reputation by being straight about what a roof needs than by finding extra work that is not there.
Getting to Howe Quickly After a Storm
Howe's location right along US-75 between Sherman and Van Alstyne means we can usually get a crew out there within a day or two of a storm, which matters more than people think when a roof has visible damage. A tarp over an exposed section of decking for a few days is a manageable stopgap, but the longer a roof sits exposed after hail or wind damage, the more likely a second, smaller storm turns a repair into something bigger before the first one even gets fixed.
We also keep an eye on the newer subdivisions going in near Howe as they get built out, since a cluster of homes built by the same crew in the same season tends to share the same installation habits, good or bad. If we find an issue on one roof in a new section of town, we will mention it, since a neighbor's roof from the same builder and the same year is worth a look too, and a quick heads-up between neighbors has saved more than one roof from a slow leak going unnoticed for a full season.