Tile roofs in Lewisville
Lewisville is about nine miles northeast of DFW Airport in southeastern Denton County, on the south shore of Lewisville Lake. It was part of the Peters Colony, and its first settlers were the families of John King and his son Augustus, who came from Bonham in 1844. Census estimates show it growing from about 125,700 residents in 2020 to about 139,000 in 2025, which makes it one of the biggest cities in Denton County.
In a city that size, tile shows up on custom and semi-custom homes in master-planned neighborhoods and on lake-area houses. On an aging tile roof, the usual problems are the underlayment, the flashing and the edge fastening, not the tile itself.
Repair, lift-and-relay or replace
- Spot repair: a few cracked or slipped tiles, a pipe flashing or a valley on an otherwise sound roof.
- Lift-and-relay: the tile is fine but the underlayment beneath it is failing. We stack the tile, install new underlayment and flashing, and reset the same tile. See tile repair and reset.
- Replacement: tile is broken widely or discontinued, or you want a new color or profile. Compare clay and concrete tile.
Where we find the problems
| Where we look | What usually goes wrong |
|---|---|
| Valleys | Leaves and debris dam up behind the tile; valley metal worn thin or too narrow for the water it carries |
| Walls, chimneys and stone | Flashing that relied on mortar or sealant instead of metal, now cracked; no counter-flashing into the masonry joint |
| Hips and ridges | Loose mortar or failed ridge fasteners letting caps slide or lift in wind |
| Eaves and rakes | First course not fastened or closed off for wind, so the edge tiles chatter and slip |
| Field tile | Cracks from hail and from people walking the roof the wrong way; slipped tile from rusted fasteners |
| Underlayment | Dried-out underlayment under sound tile, the classic lift-and-relay case |
We fix the cause. If tiles keep slipping because their fasteners rusted, replacing the tile alone just puts the problem off a year.
How we inspect a tile roof
Tile cracks under the wrong footstep, and a lot of the broken tile we find was broken by people: satellite installers, painters, holiday-light crews and earlier inspections. We plan a walk path, step only on the supported part of each tile, use pads where needed, and fly a drone over the sections that shouldn't be walked at all. Every inspection comes with a free digital photo report that separates fresh breaks, old breaks and installation problems, because each one leads to a different answer.
Castle Hills and Old Town Lewisville
Two parts of Lewisville have rules worth knowing before a tile job:
- Castle Hills is Lewisville now. The master-planned community along the Sam Rayburn Tollway was fully annexed by the city on November 15, 2021, bringing in about 2,900 acres and some 4,500 single-family homes by the city's count. Roof permits there go through the City of Lewisville like anywhere else in the city, and any HOA architectural review still applies on top of that.
- Old Town has design review. In the Old Town Design District overlays, the city's development code requires a Letter of Design Approval from the Old Town Design Review Committee for exterior alterations that need a building permit, and a re-roof is permitted work in Lewisville. The application includes product literature and material and color samples, and the Old Town guidelines say that if a new roof is necessary, it should match the color, material and pattern of the old one as closely as possible.
We check the address first, put the HOA or design-review packet together, and file the permit once it's approved.
City of Lewisville permits after a storm
The city's building permits page lists re-roofs and re-decks as permitted work, and its building services FAQ says permits are issued before construction begins. Permits and inspections run through the city's MGO Connect system, which has its own Roof application. What that means after a storm:
- Your roofer registers with the city first. The city's registration requirements call for a certificate of liability insurance with at least $100,000 in coverage and an $80 fee for general contractors. Ask any door-knocker whether they're registered.
- Siding, windows and patio covers are separate permits. The city lists siding, window and door replacements and patio covers as their own permit types, so a storm job that goes beyond the roof is filed as more than one permit. We plan them together so nothing holds up the final.
- The roof inspection waiver form. The city publishes a roof inspection waiver request form alongside its inspection documents. We'll tell you whether it applies to your job; we don't skip inspections to save a day.
If your neighborhood has an HOA, the HOA's approval comes first, and we prepare that packet too.
Hail and tile in Lewisville
NOAA's Storm Events Database lists 51 reports of hail 1.75 inches (golf-ball size) or larger within about 10 miles of Lewisville from 2016 through the September 2026 update. Inside the city:
- June 11, 2023: 2.5-inch hail about half a mile from the center of Lewisville and 3-inch hail about five miles northwest, with 4-inch hail near Grapevine Reservoir and 4.25-inch hail near Bartonville the same day.
- June 6, 2018: 2.75-inch hail near Hebron on the southeast side, and 3-inch hail near Coppell and Carrollton.
- March 24, 2019: 2-inch hail about two miles northwest of the center of the city.
- March 23, 2016: two golf-ball-size reports about two miles from the center of the city.
- May 22, 2024: 1.75-inch hail half a mile from the center of the city, and on March 29, 2025, 1.25-inch hail fell even closer.
- The most recent golf-ball-size report nearby was 2-inch hail near Carney on June 2, 2026.
Concrete tile can crack or lose its surface in hail that size, and clay can break. Our photo report maps each break by slope and separates fresh damage from old breaks and foot-traffic cracks. 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. In Texas you generally have 1 year from the date of loss to file; check your policy.
Tornadoes and downbursts in Lewisville
- March 29, 2017, EF-1 tornado. A National Weather Service survey found it began near Fox Avenue and Boxwood and moved north and northeast to I-35E. About ten homes were severely damaged, five of them lost part of the roof, windows were blown out, and businesses and government buildings were hit as it moved through.
- May 28, 2024: NOAA says intense thunderstorm winds caused damage across the City of Lewisville: trees and power lines down, one structure collapsed, and an 18-wheeler overturned near Highway 121 and Josey. A weather station at Pier 121 on the lake recorded an 83 mph gust.
- March 2, 2023: straight-line winds estimated at up to 90 mph tore metal roofing off rows of boat docks at a marina on the southeast corner of Lewisville Lake.
- March 4, 2025: a microburst blew in an exterior wall at a warehouse along Highway 121, and large roof spans partly collapsed.
A tornado or a downburst does a different kind of damage than hail: lifted and missing shingles, peeled ridge caps, broken windows, torn siding and debris punctures. We inspect for all of it, and because we also do siding, windows and gutters, one crew can put the whole outside of the house back together.
On a tile roof, wind like that lifts the edges first. When we re-lay or replace, the eaves, rakes, hips and ridges are fastened to the manufacturer's high-wind details instead of relying on mortar.
What goes under the tile
Tile sheds most of the water. What's under it keeps your house dry, and that's where most tile roofs fail long before the tile does.
- Underlayment rated for tile, with membrane in valleys and around penetrations. Good tile can outlast more than one underlayment.
- Battens or direct fastening to suit the slope and the tile system.
- Edges fastened for wind: eaves, rakes, hips and ridges fastened to the manufacturer's high-wind details, not just set in mortar.
- Metal valleys and flashing at every wall, chimney and skylight, with counter-flashing set into the masonry rather than caulked to its face.
- Spare tile. We leave you a few extra pieces from your install, because a matching tile years later is the hardest part of a repair.
Clay and concrete tile lines we work with include Eagle, Westlake Royal and Ludowici, installed to manufacturer specs by certified installers. Some older tile lines are no longer made. When yours has been discontinued, we look for salvaged tile first, then the closest current profile and color, and we can move original tile from a hidden slope to the street side. Compare clay and concrete tile, or read clay vs. concrete tile.
Switching to tile from shingles in Lewisville
Clay and concrete tile weigh several times as much as asphalt shingles, so the first question isn't color, it's framing. We look at the rafters, decking and attic before tile is quoted on a house that was built for shingles. Sometimes the framing is fine; sometimes it needs reinforcing; sometimes a lighter roof with a tile look is the better answer. When a job needs it, we bring in an architect to spec the reinforcing, and on new construction we can get an architect to spec the roof or build to your plans.
If the framing isn't a fit for real tile, these get you close to the look with less weight:
- Synthetic tile and Brava composite tile: molded barrel and flat profiles that are far lighter than clay or concrete.
- Stone-coated steel in a tile profile: steel with a stone-granule finish.
- Metal shingles and tile: a traditional look with steel underneath.
Tile with standing seam over the low roofs
Tile needs slope. A tile main roof often has a low porch, a bay, an outdoor kitchen or a patio cover that heavy roofing doesn't like. That's where standing seam fits: we form it on our own roll formers in 24 or 26 gauge, in a bronze, black or earth tone pulled from the tile blend, and metal lead time is typically 1 to 2 weeks. If you want copper valleys, flashing or gutters to finish the roof, see copper flashing on slate and tile.
Who repairs and installs tile roofs in Lewisville?
Snow Roofing & Exteriors does. Here are the facts you can check before you call anyone:
- 75 years as a family roofing business, and 30 years in the business for owner Blake Snow, who is still on the roofs.
- Over $80 million in completed roofing projects, from small repairs to multi-million-dollar jobs.
- 5.0 stars on Google at all three offices: Bridgeport, Decatur and Rhome.
- Our own roll formers for standing seam and R-panel, in 24 or 26 gauge, with metal lead times that are typically 1 to 2 weeks.
- Our own crew, about 29 road miles (roughly 48 minutes) from Lewisville at our Rhome office.
- Snow Roofing & Exteriors is BBB A+ rated.
Photos
The photos below show dry-in, flashing and standing seam accent work by our crews: the parts of a roof that decide whether it stays dry. We never show a street or address.
We're certified with GAF, CertainTeed, Owens Corning, Atlas, Johns Manville, Carlisle, Tropical Roofing Products, Mule-Hide and Enviroshake, and many other roof manufacturers. We give a workmanship warranty from 10 years up to lifetime, depending on the job, in writing. More on Lewisville: our Lewisville roofing page, metal roofing in Lewisville, standing seam in Lewisville, storm damage in Lewisville, and nearby tile roofing in Highland Village and Flower Mound.
Product names, ratings and features are as published by the manufacturer and can change. We confirm the current rating and warranty of the exact product before we order it.
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.
Certified, with 30 years installing every major roofing brand, a family roofing business going back 75 years, and over $80 million in completed roofing projects. 5.0 stars on Google at all three of our offices.
Request a free inspection or call (817) 733-9228. Small repairs are welcome too.
