Shake and slate looks on big lots
Preston Hollow is a North Dallas neighborhood, not a separate city. It was farmland until the 1920s and 1930s, when developers Ira P. DeLoache and Al Joyce began carving estate lots out of old farm parcels west of Preston Road. Residents incorporated it as its own town in 1939 and voted to join Dallas in 1945. "Old Preston Hollow" — roughly Northwest Highway to Walnut Hill Lane between Preston Road and Midway Road — is still known for large lots and houses set far back from the street.
Many of those houses — and the large new houses built on older lots — were designed for cedar shake or slate. Real cedar needs regular care and doesn't love hail, and natural slate is heavy enough that the framing has to be checked first. That's the gap Enviroshake and Enviroslate fill: the look the architecture calls for, much lighter than stone, with a published UL 2218 Class 4 impact rating for qualifying products.
| Collection | Look | Where it fits |
|---|---|---|
| Enviroshake | Composite cedar-shake profile that weathers toward a natural gray | Traditional, Tudor and cottage-style houses, and homes replacing wood shake |
| Enviroslate | Slate look, much lighter than stone | Homes that want a slate look without slate weight (compare slate roofing in Preston Hollow) |
| EnviroShingle | Enviroshake's third residential line | We bring samples of all three to compare on the house |
Mixing Enviroshake with metal
Big houses often pair a shake or slate main roof with metal on porches, bays and low-slope sections. We form standing seam on our own roll formers and handle copper details, so the transitions are built by the same crew. Our Clay County ranch estate paired Enviroshake with in-house standing seam; that project is in Clay County, not Dallas.
Installed the way Enviroshake requires
Blake Snow is a certified Enviroshake installer and Enviroshake representative. Enviroshake's installation page says every jobsite needs a Factory Trained lead installer, each piece gets four nails in its marked nailing areas with a gap between pieces, and Enviroshield synthetic underlayment is required for its Gold-Level warranty. In hail country it also recommends snow guards. We follow that guide on every roof and handle the warranty registration. Enviroshake advertises a transferable 50-year limited lifetime material warranty for registered roofs installed by a Factory Trained Installer.
Hail in North Dallas
NOAA's Storm Events Database lists 15 reports of hail 1.75 inches (golf-ball size) or larger within about 10 miles of Preston Hollow from 2016 through the September 2026 update. The largest was 3-inch hail near Carrollton on June 6, 2018, with 2.25-inch hail near Richardson on September 24, 2023 and 1.75-inch hail near Richardson on April 27, 2026. The Storm Prediction Center also logged 1-inch hail 4 miles north-northwest of University Park on May 22, 2026, about a mile and a half from the middle of Preston Hollow. No roof is hail-proof, but Class 4 is the top rating under UL 2218. Texas insurers must offer a premium credit for UL 2218 impact-rated roofs, but each company sets its own amount, and Class 4 earns the largest. We can't promise a discount; ask your insurer for their figure in writing. After a qualifying install we fill out TDI Form PC068 for you. If you file an insurance claim, we document the damage and meet your adjuster on the roof. Texas law requires you to pay your deductible, and a contractor may not waive, absorb or rebate it. We never will.
City of Dallas permits
Because Preston Hollow is inside the City of Dallas, the city's rules apply. Dallas says replacing large areas of a roof or an entire roof requires a re-roof permit; its published exemption for single-family re-roofs is limited to work valued at $500 or less, and structural repairs to rafters or joists need a building permit. Historic and conservation districts have extra requirements for exterior work. Tile is heavy, so if the job adds weight or changes framing, we tell you up front that more than a simple re-roof permit may be involved.
We're certified with GAF, CertainTeed, Owens Corning, Atlas, Johns Manville, Carlisle, Tropical Roofing Products, Mule-Hide and Enviroshake. Snow Roofing & Exteriors is BBB A+ rated. More: Enviroshake roofing in DFW, Enviroshake in Highland Park, tile roofing in Preston Hollow and our Dallas roofing page.
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Residential warranty: a workmanship warranty from 10 years up to lifetime, depending on the job, with manufacturer warranties up to lifetime. Manufacturer coverage depends on the product and brand, and on the project qualifying for that manufacturer's program. We put the exact warranty for your roof in writing.
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