Roof Inspection in Taylor, Texas

What an inspection covers on Taylor's older roofs

Nearly four of every five Taylor homes were built before 2000, and the median year is 1978. In Doak, Castlewood, Crestview and the older blocks around downtown that often means a roof that is on its second or third covering, decking of boards rather than sheets, and chimneys and vents that have been flashed and re-flashed by several hands. The newer homes in Mallard Park and on the east side get the standard 2000s walk.

• Layers and weight: a second layer of shingles is legal in Texas under conditions and common in Taylor; a third is not. We record what we can see at the edges and penetrations.
• Decking: soft spots at eaves and around old chimneys, and gaps between boards visible from the attic.
• Shingle age: brittleness, curl, granule loss and bare mat, which decide whether a repair can even be made without breaking the shingles around it.
• Flashing history: tar, caulk and sheet metal layered over each other, which is where most older Taylor leaks come from.

May 30, 2024, and Taylor's hail record

Taylor's storm record is shorter than Round Rock's but it has one date on it that matters: May 30, 2024, when the National Weather Service recorded 4 inch, 2.75 inch and 2.5 inch hail within ten miles of town. That one storm produced seven of the twelve large hail reports in Taylor's record since 2000, and 2024 is the busiest year on it. The record also holds a 100 mph gust on February 20, 2017. A Taylor roof that was on the house in May 2024 and has not been looked at since has a question on it that only a walk answers, and on a 1978 home that question is often whether the roof was already at the end of its life before the hail. The report says which it is.

What a roof inspection costs in Taylor

Nothing when you call or text. Taylor is inside the first drive band of our fee ladder, so the inspection and the written report with photos are $100, paid at the visit, with no travel charge on top. Book by call or text or on the online calendar. Older roofs take longer to inspect and document, and that does not change the price.

Roof checks for Taylor home sales

Taylor's older housing stock means the roof is often the open question in a sale. In October 2026 a Taylor lead came to us through a realtor who needed a roof-only answer quickly. That is a roof check: a roofer looking at a roof and writing down what is visible, with photos, for the buyer, the seller or the agent. It is not a general home inspection and we do not present it as one. The realtor roof check page explains the turnaround and what the report contains.

Taylor's permit and code rules

Taylor's fiscal year 2027 fee schedule lists a roof permit at $40 plus a $15 technology fee, with plan review and inspection fees if required and a residential inspection at $55. Contractor registration with the city costs nothing. The city lists the 2018 IRC, adopted October 14, 2021, and says it is now adopting the 2024 codes. An inspection does not involve the city; a replacement that follows one does, and the fee goes on the quote where you can see it. Details on the permits and codes page.