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About The Roof Shepherd
The Roof Shepherd is an education-first roofing company based in Round Rock, Texas, founded by David Rodrigues. We inspect, document, and explain your roof in plain language. You decide without pressure. If you move forward, we manage the whole project and stand behind it with a written workmanship warranty.
Updated November 1, 2026
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The short version
- The Roof Shepherd is an education-first roofing company in Round Rock, Texas, founded by David.
- It inspects, documents and explains your roof in plain language, and you decide without pressure.
- David brings a law enforcement background of 16+ years to the work, and The Roof Shepherd LLC was formed in February 2026.
- David sets the inspection and record standard. Our crew works to a written standard.
- It is a locally owned Texas LLC, not a franchise or a chain.
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The company
How we work, who we are, and how to reach us
How it works
Inspect, document, explain. Then one company runs the job.
Who we are
An education-first roofing company based in Round Rock.
Reach us
Call, text or write, and the legal pages behind the site.
Why The Roof Shepherd Exists
A careful set of eyes before any repair decision
Homeowners often face a five figure roofing decision within days of a storm, and a written record helps them weigh it.
The stakes of one decision
Most homeowners are asked to make a major roofing decision, often a five-figure decision, within days of a storm, based on information from a contractor who stands to benefit from the outcome, and that includes us. The Roof Shepherd answers it by putting the findings in writing first, with dated photos you keep, so you can check any proposal against them, ours included.
The Roof Shepherd began serving homeowners in May 2025 and was legally formed as The Roof Shepherd LLC in February 2026. It was founded by David Rodrigues, a Round Rock-based operator with a law enforcement background of 16+ years. The brand applies that documentation discipline (systematic, plain-language, photo-backed) to roofs and properties, so homeowners understand what’s actually present before any recommendation, referral, or sales conversation happens.
The two pages below cover how an inspection actually works, step by step, and the mission, vision, and values every job is held to. As The Roof Shepherd grows to include other people operating under the brand, these pages are the standard they’re held to as well.
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Two paths from here
Two paths from this page: the method itself, or the standard every roof is documented against.
Two ways to keep reading: how the method works step by step, or the values every inspection is held to.
Our Process
The Observe, Document, Decide method, step by step, before any repair decision.
Mission, Vision & Values
Our mission, vision, and the values every inspection is held to.
Contact
Call, text, or send the form. Direct line to David, based in Round Rock: no call center, no routing tree, no pressure.
The Person Behind the Standard
Meet David Rodrigues
David grew up in Detroit, spent 16+ years documenting for law enforcement, and sets the bar for every job.
The Roof Shepherd is a named, accountable person, not a faceless brand. Shepherd, inspector, and educator, David Rodrigues guides homeowners through what is actually on their roof, with the documentation discipline of a law enforcement background of 16+ years, before any sales conversation.
David grew up in Detroit before coming to Texas, with a background that crosses restaurants, construction, business management, marketing, and technology. Detroit roots run in the family: his father, Dave, has built custom motor bikes, e-bikes and e-trikes in Michigan since 2011 at Motor City Motor Bikes. The 16+ years in law enforcement built a documentation discipline that does not come from a sales background: systematic, accurate, defensible, and complete, no matter what the situation turns out to be.
Time around the roofing industry surfaced a consistent pattern. Homeowners were being asked to make large financial decisions on information they had no way to independently verify, often under time pressure created by the same contractor who stood to benefit from the decision. The Roof Shepherd is the answer to that pattern: bring the documentation standard used in law enforcement field work to roofs, hand the homeowner a written record before any decision is made, and let the facts drive the decision instead of the timeline. The Roof Shepherd LLC was established February 23, 2026, in Round Rock, and is built around a standard, not a personality, so the documentation a homeowner receives means the same thing no matter who is holding the camera.
Who is on your roof, said plainly. David Rodrigues sets the inspection and documentation standard every job is held to. He is often on the roof himself and he is not on every one. When someone else is, the standard, the written record and the accountability are the same, because they are his. Our crew works to our written installation standard, and How Your Project Gets Delivered names who does what on your job.
Direct Channels
Connect with The Roof Shepherd
Reach the founder directly, and follow the business for storm updates and roofing education.
You can reach David through LinkedIn and Facebook for storm updates and roofing education.
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The professional profile of David Rodrigues, founder of The Roof Shepherd: law enforcement background, methodology, and roofing education work.
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Storm updates, project documentation, and roofing education for Texas homeowners from The Roof Shepherd.
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Common questions about The Roof Shepherd
Who is behind The Roof Shepherd?
The Roof Shepherd was founded by David Rodrigues, who brings a law enforcement background of 16+ years. That background in systematic observation, evidence documentation, and chain-of-custody record-keeping is applied directly to roofing and property documentation. The method is not sales-driven; it is documentation-driven.
Why does a law enforcement background matter for roofing documentation?
Field documentation in law enforcement requires accuracy, completeness, and defensibility under adversarial review. Every observation is anchored to location. Every claim is supported by evidence. Nothing is assumed or speculated. That standard, applied to roofing inspections and storm damage documentation, produces records built to stand up to insurer scrutiny.
Is The Roof Shepherd a franchise or chain?
No. The Roof Shepherd is a locally owned Texas LLC based in Round Rock. There are no franchise agreements, no national affiliation, and no corporate ownership. The brand doctrine and service standard are maintained by the founder and applied consistently.
Does The Roof Shepherd plan to expand?
The service standard comes first. Any expansion of The Roof Shepherd’s operating footprint will be through documentation specialists who operate to the same documentation standard. A larger footprint that produces inconsistent documentation would undermine the brand’s core value. Growth follows the standard, not the reverse.
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