Austin

John Elliott Roofing & Construction provides free roof inspections, storm damage documentation, and full residential and commercial roofing across the Austin metro, including Westlake, the Lake Travis area, Tarrytown, Barton Creek, and Round Rock. Austin sees several serious hail events a year, mostly in spring, and one date in particular, March 25, has produced three separate major hailstorms in Austin’s history.

Overview

From the Hill Country communities west of the city to the fast-growing tech corridor north of it, we handle roof inspections, repairs, replacements, and insurance claim support across the Austin metro.

Austin’s roofing needs stretch from historic, tree-lined neighborhoods close to downtown out to Hill Country communities west of the city and the fast-growing corridor north toward Round Rock and Williamson County. Warm Gulf moisture colliding with cooler fronts drives a spring hail season that’s a recurring feature of the area, not a rare event, and the Balcones Escarpment, the fault line running along northwest Austin, tends to concentrate storm energy as systems push through the Hill Country side of the metro.

March 25 has an unusual track record here. Austin has taken three separate major hailstorms on that exact date, in 1993, 2005, and 2009, with combined losses over $250 million even in older dollars. More recently, the storm on September 24, 2023, brought baseball to softball-sized hail through North Austin, Round Rock, and Pflugerville and is now considered one of the most expensive single hail events in the city’s history, with insured losses across Travis and Williamson counties estimated well past $300 million.

That storm history is exactly why a close inspection matters more than a glance from the driveway. Granule loss, bruised shingles, and dented soft metal are easy to miss from the ground, and Austin’s intense summer heat and UV exposure make shingles more brittle over time, so a roof that took a hit and wasn’t inspected can be more fragile than it looks by the time the next storm comes through.

The same free inspection, documentation, and insurance claim process is available across the metro, residential and commercial, whether it’s a historic home near downtown, a Hill Country estate, or a business in the Round Rock tech corridor.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

The full metro, including Westlake, the Lake Travis area, Tarrytown, Barton Creek, and Round Rock. See the community list below for specifics.

Yes, everywhere we serve, at no cost and no obligation.

Yes. The same documentation and adjuster-coordination process applies metro-wide.

Mostly spring and early fall, with March 25 standing out as a specific date that’s produced three separate major hailstorms in Austin’s history, in 1993, 2005, and 2009. The September 24, 2023 storm, one of the costliest in city history, came later in the year, so it’s worth staying alert outside the spring window too.

Yes. We handle both residential and commercial roofing across the Austin metro, tear-off and recover, low-slope systems like TPO, and standard steep-slope residential systems.

Often you can’t tell from the ground. Bruised shingles, granule loss, and dented soft metal like vents and gutters are the clearest signs, and Austin’s heat and UV exposure make already-stressed shingles more brittle over time. A close-up inspection is the only way to check for certain, and that’s what our free inspection covers.

Class 4 impact-resistant shingles are built and rated to resist hail better than standard shingles, and most carriers offer a premium discount for installing them. We also install metal, tile, and synthetic slate depending on the home.

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