Roofing in Merkel, TX

Merkel sits about 16 miles west of Abilene on I-20, a 20-minute drive for our crews. Merkel homeowners deal with the same West Texas weather as everyone in the Big Country: wind coming off the plains and a hail season that peaks in May and June. Taylor County has logged more than 200 hail days in the past twelve years, and Merkel roofs sit right in the middle of it.

Roofing services in Merkel (79536)

• Roof leak and shingle repair
• Full roof replacement
• Hail and storm damage repair with insurance documentation
• Emergency tarping after severe weather

What we see on Merkel roofs

Merkel is wind country. This is the stretch of Taylor County where the turbines line the horizon, and the same steady wind that makes it wind-farm territory works on roofs year-round. The most common call we get from Merkel isn’t hail, it’s wind: shingles creased or lifted along ridgelines and roof edges, especially on the west- and south-facing slopes that take the brunt of it. A creased shingle looks fine from the ground and fails in the next storm.

In the older blocks near downtown and the school, roofs tend to be older composition shingle, many at or past 20 years. On properties out toward Trent and Noodle, it’s a mix of shingle homes and metal barns and shops, and after a hail event both need looking at: hail that bruises shingles also crushes the fastener lines on metal panels.

From homes in town to properties out toward Trent and Tye, the process is the same: free inspection, photos of everything we find, and a written estimate before any work begins.