Stone veneer entry tower and brown shingle roof on a custom stucco home

Roofing in Mission, TX

Where your tile roof meets a room added later in shingle or metal, one roof carries two materials. Your spring hail claim often splits the same way.

We repair and replace roofs in Mission, TX, about 42 minutes from our Rio Grande City base. That drive is short enough to schedule a single leak call. Most Mission leaks start where an added room or a patio roof ties into the original roof line.

Local conditions02

What houses in Mission actually deal with

A roof is one mobilization, and Mission sits in zone 2 at about 42 minutes, close enough that coming back for a small repair is still worth scheduling. Squares, pitch, material and how much decking has to come out move the number far more. The travel rule that starts out in zones 3 and 4 is not on a Mission estimate.

  • Mission has two different housing stocks, older brick homes near downtown and subdivisions built west toward Palmview.
  • Many of the older homes grew one room at a time, so the roof carries several tie-ins.
  • Those tie-ins and the low slope over an enclosed patio are where a Mission roof leaks first.
  • Where a Mission house has tile, the room added later is usually shingle or metal, so one roof carries two materials.
  • Plenty of Mission homes sit closed from April to October, so a summer leak is found in November.
  • After spring hail, a Mission claim often splits, because the added room and the original roof went on in different years.
Permits and requirements
  • Re-roof permit rules are set by each city, and they are not the same across Hidalgo County.
  • We check what your Mission address requires before we quote, and we pull whatever the city asks for.
  • Mission sits inland, so the windstorm inspection that applies in Cameron and Willacy counties does not come up here.
County
Hidalgo County
Drive time from Rio Grande City
42 minutes
Zone
2 · West Hidalgo
Languages
English and Spanish

From the build site03

Which homes has David Aceves helped build?

Homes built by Cuates Construction, with David Aceves on the build. Look at the roof lines, the eaves and where the roof meets the walls: David plans a roofing job with that same eye.

White farmhouse at dusk with lit windows, dormers and a covered front porch
White board and batten farmhouseCuates Construction
Stone and stucco home with a shingle hip roof, a three-car garage and a stamped concrete driveway
Two-story stone and stucco homeCuates Construction
Contemporary gray stucco home with a charcoal shingle hip roof and a new lawn
Contemporary gray stucco homeCuates Construction
The four homes, room by room

Questions we get04

What people in Mission ask us

Why does a Mission roof usually leak at the added-on room first?

Because that is where two roofs meet. A room or an enclosed patio added years later ties into the original roof at a wall or a valley. The slope over it is usually flatter than the rest, so water slows down there. If the flashing was short or the underlayment stopped at the wall, that joint is where it gets in.

My Mission house has a tile roof. Can you work on it?

Yes, and the first thing we look at is not the tile. Tile is heavy, so David checks the framing and the decking from inside the attic before quoting anything. If the structure was built for tile, we repair or reset it. If tile went on later over framing sized for shingle, we tell you before you spend on the surface.

How fast can you get to a roof leak in Mission after a storm?

Mission is about 42 minutes out on Expressway 83, so a tarp and a look in the attic happen the same week, often sooner. We go up, cover whatever is open and photograph the wet spots with dates on them. Those dated photos are what your insurance company asks for later, and they are easier to get before the ceiling dries out.

Let us talk05

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