Roofing contractor in Mount Vernon, TX
DJJ Roofing is a roofing contractor in Mount Vernon working from our own shop about thirty minutes west in Sulphur Springs. Replacements, repairs, metal, gutters and storm work, with a free inspection and photographs of whatever we find.
Thirty minutes west. Our yard is a straight run back down I-30, so the Franklin County seat is part of our regular week.
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If a storm has already been through, you do not have to guess what it did to the roof. A free inspection gets you photographs of whatever is up there, and a written report you can keep whether or not you ever file a claim.
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Roofing services in Mount Vernon
Old covering off, decking checked sheet by sheet, new system on to manufacturer spec. The site is swept for nails every evening rather than at the end of the job.
Vent boots, valley metal, step flashing and wind-lifted courses, dealt with before water gets as far as the decking and turns a small job into a large one.
We inspect free after a storm, photograph everything on the roof and in the attic, and write it up in a form your carrier can work from.
Concealed-fastener standing seam for houses and exposed-fastener panel for shops and barns, specified by name in the estimate rather than left as metal.
Run on site in one continuous length so there are no joints to work loose, and sized to what the roof above them actually sheds in a real storm.
About an hour on the roof and in the attic, every stage photographed, with the findings written down and handed over for you to keep.
What roofs around Mount Vernon are up against
Roofs around Mount Vernon sit in three quite different settings: the older streets near the square, newer building out toward the highway, and lake property to the south. Each of them fails in its own way and each wants looking at differently.
Spring hail
Cells track along the corridor most springs and fall in narrow bands, so one side of the county can be hit while the other is untouched. Hail bruises the mat without opening a hole, which is why it goes unrecorded.
Wind on the exposed ground
Away from the trees a gust reaches a roofline with very little taken out of it. The seal strip lets go at the rakes and the ridge first and the shingle looks entirely normal from the road.
Damp on shaded slopes
Where a property sits under heavy cover a north slope stays wet for days after rain, and litter in a valley keeps it damp between showers. That part of the roof ages well ahead of the rest.
“Within just one hour of my request, they had a drone in the air and a full estimate with photos in my inbox. The pricing was very reasonable, the work was finished exactly on time and to a high standard.”
That is the idea. Somebody gets on the roof, photographs what is actually there, and puts it in writing before you decide anything.
Verified on GoogleA roofer thirty minutes down the interstate
Mount Vernon gets a fair amount of roofing attention after a hard spring, being right on the corridor. What is worth checking about anybody, us included, is whether there is a permanent yard you could drive to and a number that has been the same for years.
Ours is on Como St S in Sulphur Springs, about thirty minutes east. The crew that turns up is our own, and the company you ring about a warranty question in year four is the company that put the roof on.
Where a repair is the right answer we give it. On the older streets near the square that is frequently the case, because the houses are sound and the roof is a patchwork of previous work where the leak is rarely under the stain.
Being a roofing contractor in Mount Vernon that covers this whole stretch means we see the same failures repeatedly, and the free inspection is genuinely free whether the answer is a replacement, a repair, or nothing at all this year.
The lake property south of town is a separate problem. Heavy tree cover, seasonal occupancy and a leak nobody is there to notice can run for weeks, so on those places the useful thing is a look before a wet season rather than a call after one.
On the deck with a camera
Seal strips lifted, valleys checked, every penetration looked at individually rather than scanned.
Images against every claim
If we say a boot is cracked, there is a photograph of the cracked boot attached to the report.
An estimate you can compare
Written out deliberately, because a single figure tells you nothing about what is included.
What people in these counties say
Every review below is from a customer in these counties. The full set is on our reviews page.
Highly recommend DJJ Roofing LLC! They were professional, timely, and did an excellent job on our roof. The quality of work and customer service were top-notch. Will definitely use them again for any future roofing needs!
FacebookWithin just one hour of my request, they had a drone in the air and a full estimate with photos in my inbox. The pricing was very reasonable, the work was finished exactly on time and to a high standard.
GoogleWOW! DJJ Roofing was here at the crack of dawn and before sunset our house had a brand new beautiful roof. The young men on Eliceo’s crew worked tirelessly and professionally under his watchful eye. We were very impressed. Good company, good management, and great price.
GoogleChoosing a roof for a Mount Vernon property
There is no single best roof for this part of Texas, and around here the setting changes the answer. A house under trees near the lake wants something different from one out in the open by the highway. We fit all four of these systems.
Architectural asphalt shingle
The most common covering around here and the easiest to live with. A Class 4 impact-rated grade costs more and stands up better to a hard spring, and some carriers apply a credit for it, so it is always worth pricing both.
Standing seam metal
Concealed fasteners, nothing to back out, and a service life that often outlasts the owner. Under tree cover it also sheds litter far better than shingle, which matters where a valley fills every autumn. Hail damage on it is usually cosmetic rather than a leak path, because nothing penetrates the weather surface.
PBR, PBU and corrugated panel
Exposed-fastener panel covers more square footage around Mount Vernon than anything else. The steel routinely lasts forty years; the rubber washers under the screws do not, and that difference is most of what we deal with.
TPO and modified bitumen
Low-slope work is a different trade from shingle. The covering is the easy part; the parapets, terminations and drainage are where these roofs are actually won or lost.
Eight things worth a free look
Most of these can be checked from the ground in ten minutes, and near the lake two of them matter more than usual. If a couple sound familiar, book the inspection. Free genuinely means free, including the times we tell you nothing needs doing.
Grit at the bottom of the downspout
Granules are the covering’s sunscreen. Once they are washing off faster than normal the asphalt underneath is aging in direct sun, and that part of the process does not reverse.
A shingle that lifts when you pull it
That means the adhesive strip has released. The shingle is still sitting there and it is no longer part of a sealed surface, which is a different thing entirely.
Bruised vents, gutters and flashing
Soft metal records a hailstorm far more honestly than shingle does, so dimpled metal almost always means the field of the roof took the same impact on the same day.
A mark on the ceiling that comes and goes
Intermittent staining is still a leak. It means water is only entering under certain wind and rain conditions, which actually narrows down considerably where to go looking for it.
Light visible from inside the attic
Any daylight through the deck is a gap, and a gap large enough to see from underneath is more than large enough for water, for insects and for wildlife.
An attic you cannot stand to be in
Trapped heat ages a covering from the underside. Where the soffit intake has been blocked or built over, a roof can lose years of life with nothing at all showing from outside.
One slope that looks older than the others
Shading is almost always the reason. A plane that stays wet for days ages years ahead of one that dries in an hour.
A valley that never seems to be clear
Leaf litter sitting in a valley keeps that channel permanently damp, and a permanently damp valley is where these roofs fail first.
Getting storm damage on the record early
Hail bruising fractures the mat underneath the granules and the roof carries on shedding water exactly as before. Two seasons later, proving the storm did it becomes very difficult, which is why photographs taken while the damage is fresh matter more than almost anything else.
What we do is narrow and we would rather be clear about it than promise something that is not ours to give. We inspect at no cost, document what can be observed from the roof, and prepare factual scope information. Your carrier decides coverage and payment. We never predict an approval.
We also do not waive, absorb or discount a deductible, because Texas law does not allow a contractor to. The National Weather Service office in Fort Worth keeps the storm reports for this part of Texas, which is worth knowing because a claim is easier to discuss when the date of the event is established rather than recalled.
The evidence has a shelf life
Fresh damage photographs well and is unambiguous. Two seasons on, establishing what a storm did becomes genuinely difficult.
A claim is not always the right move
Where the work is smaller than the deductible, or the damage is wear rather than storm, we would rather tell you than file anyway.
Severe weather confirmed near Mount Vernon since 2022
The National Weather Service has logged 22 severe weather reports in Franklin County since 2022. These six are the ones nearest Mount Vernon. They are worth knowing because an insurance claim runs from the date the damage happened, not the date a ceiling stains, and that date is often months earlier than people think.
How much does a new roof cost in Mount Vernon?
For a full asphalt shingle replacement on an average single-story home, a roofing contractor in Mount Vernon typically charges about $6,000 to $14,000, including tear-off and disposal. Metal runs about $12,000 to $30,000 or more, and Class 4 impact-resistant shingles usually fall between $10,000 and $17,000. These are typical Northeast Texas ranges, not a quote: the price for your roof is set after a free on-site inspection and a written estimate. Prices by home size and material are set out in our roof replacement cost guide.
No roofing contractor in Mount Vernon can quote a roof accurately without seeing it, and any number given over the phone is a guess. These are the six things that move the figure, so the estimate makes sense when you read it.
Roof area and pitch
Everything is priced from the square, and steepness is the multiplier on top of it. It changes the labor, the safety setup and how fast the crew can work all day.
Layers coming off
Stripping one covering is straightforward enough. Stripping two or three means more labor on the roof, more weight to move and materially more disposal cost.
The condition of the deck
It is the only part of a roof that genuinely cannot be assessed in advance, so the rate is agreed before we start and you are shown photographs of anything replaced.
How complicated the roof is
Multiple planes, dormers and chimneys all add flashing and cutting, and every junction between them is somewhere water has to be handled properly or not at all.
What goes on it
The covering itself is only one part of the specification. Underlayment, starter course, ridge and ventilation all belong in the price and all belong in the estimate by name.
Where the building is
Access, ground conditions and the distance material has to travel across a property all show up as time on the day, and time is most of what any roof costs.
The only honest way to price a roof is to get on it. That costs you nothing here, and you keep the images and the written estimate whatever you decide.
Louder than you expect, shorter than you fear
Most single-family replacements in Mount Vernon are a one-day job. The crew arrives early, protects the ground and the landscaping, and works through in order. It is noisy while it happens and over faster than most people brace for.
Worth doing beforehand: move vehicles off the driveway, take fragile pictures off the walls, and plan any calls for somewhere other than directly under the roof deck. Pets are usually happier elsewhere for the day.
On the older streets access and where the dumpster can sit are worth agreeing beforehand. Where a property sits under heavy cover we will also flag any limbs overhanging the roof, because anything touching a new covering takes granules off it within a season.
What can extend a job is whatever turns up once the old covering is off. Decking is the one part nobody can assess in advance, so the estimate carries a per-sheet rate and we photograph anything we replace. You will know the number before we carry on rather than after.
Protect and tear off
Tarps down, landscaping covered, and the old roof stripped back to the deck.
Decking and dry-in
Any rotten decking replaced, then underlayment so the building is watertight before anything else.
The new system
Starter, field, flashing, ridge and ventilation, all to manufacturer specification.
Sweep and walkthrough
Magnets over the yard and drive, debris hauled away, then we walk the finished roof with you.
The square, churches and lake property
As a county seat, Mount Vernon carries a mix the smaller towns do not: older commercial buildings around the square, churches, civic buildings, and the outbuildings that come with lake and acreage property to the south.
The older commercial buildings are their own work. Parapets, low-slope sections behind a facade and decades of previous repairs mean the survey spends its time at the edges and the terminations rather than in the middle of the roof.
On agricultural and lake outbuildings the usual job is not a new roof at all. It is comprehensive fastener replacement on panel roofs, because the panel and its coating routinely outlive the washers under thousands of screws.
Churches come up regularly and involve a committee rather than one owner. We quote those in stages with photographs, so the urgent section can be approved now and the rest planned into a later budget with the reasoning visible.
Questions we get asked around here
Yes, regularly. We are the roofing contractor in Mount Vernon and across Franklin County, about thirty minutes down I-30 from our shop in Sulphur Springs. Inspections are usually within a few days and storm calls with an active leak jump the queue.
For a single-story 2,200 sq ft home in Northeast Texas, a new architectural shingle roof typically runs about $12,000 to $18,000 installed, including tear-off and disposal. A two-story home of the same size has less roof, so it usually costs less. Pitch, the number of layers coming off and any soft decking move the number either way. These are typical ranges, not a quote, and the real figure comes from measuring the roof at a free inspection.
Yes, and it is a good share of what we do here. Tree cover and seasonal occupancy are the two things that catch people out, so a look before a wet season is worth more on a lake house than almost anywhere else.
On an older commercial building the parapet and the terminations behind the facade are usually the cause rather than the field of the roof. Fiddly to put right and far less expensive than replacing the covering. The survey will show you which it is.
That is your carrier’s decision against your policy. We inspect for free, photograph what is there, and write it up factually so the claim is decided on evidence rather than recollection.
We are out this way most weeks
Mount Vernon is the Franklin County seat, and a roofing contractor in Mount Vernon is usually near one or two of these on the same run.
Pick your town
We cover five counties from one shop in Sulphur Springs: Hopkins, Hunt, Franklin, Delta and Wood. If your town is on this list, an inspection is a normal week rather than a special trip.
The communities around Mount Vernon
These named communities sit closest to Mount Vernon. Several are a few minutes off the highway, and the roofs are often on acreage, which means wind reaches them from more directions than it does in town.
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