On the evening of May 19, 2023, the National Weather Service recorded a 2.5-inch hailstone near Greenville Avenue and Exchange Parkway in Allen. Our office is a few miles down the same Greenville Avenue, at 2100 N Greenville Ave, Ste 106 in Richardson.
Roofing is our primary trade. We are a veteran-led general contractor that self-performs roofing and carries storm jobs through to complete reconstruction when the damage runs deeper. We inspect and document roof and property damage, prepare the repair and reconstruction scope, coordinate qualified mitigation and remediation specialists when necessary, and manage the complete build-back.
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Storm Restoration Services in Allen
- Hail and wind damage restoration
- Tornado damage reconstruction
- Roofing inspections, repair, and replacement
- Fire-damage build-back
- Water-damage build-back
- Mitigation and remediation partner coordination
- Interior reconstruction
- Exterior reconstruction
- Construction estimates and documentation
- General contracting and project supervision
The storm that defines roofing in Allen: May 19, 2023
Most Allen homeowners date their roof by that Friday evening. The Weather Service logged a dense cluster of hail reports inside the city over a nine-minute window — 2.00 in. at 5:48 p.m., 1.75 in. at 5:50 and 5:52, a second 2.00 in. report at 5:52, and 1.50 in., 1.75 in. and 2.50 in. reports at 5:57 (NOAA/NCEI Storm Events, event 1100484).
The episode narrative is blunt: parts of Collin County around Allen received large hail up to tennis-ball size causing considerable damage, and preliminary estimates placed the Collin County hail event in billion-dollar disaster territory, with individual Allen-area reports carrying property-damage estimates of $200 million and $400 million (NOAA/NCEI, event 1100485).
Local coverage the next morning matched the data: Allen residents describing 20 minutes of hail, shattered windshields and dented gutters, and at least one homeowner told outright by a contractor that the roof was totaled (FOX 4). Cleanup continued across Plano, Frisco, The Colony and Allen, with the storm strengthening in the 7 p.m. hour (NBC 5 DFW).
Two-inch hail is well past the threshold where asphalt shingles stop merely looking dented and start losing granules and mat integrity. If your Allen roof was in place on May 19, 2023 and has never been formally inspected, that is the single most important date on your claim file.
Allen’s other events worth knowing
Oct. 20, 2019. A tornado touched down on the west side of Allen during the North Texas outbreak, preliminarily rated EF-0 with winds near 80 mph — the tenth tornado confirmed from that Sunday (NBC 5 DFW). The Weather Service survey update for the outbreak confirms a tornado was identified in Allen (NWS Fort Worth damage survey, PDF).
June 8, 2025. A line of storms drove south into North Texas in a highly unstable, strongly sheared environment, producing widespread wind damage and scattered large hail overnight into June 9 (NOAA/NCEI). Allen was among the Collin County cities that activated outdoor warning sirens that evening as gusts approached 65 mph (Local Profile).
The pattern for Allen is a small number of very high-intensity hail events rather than constant minor hail — precisely the pattern that produces roofs that look fine from the curb and fail two summers later.
Why Allen roofs age the way they do
Allen is a young city with a fast-arriving middle age. The Allen 2045 Comprehensive Plan, adopted in April 2025, reports a citywide median home age of 23 years, that 46% of existing housing is now more than 25 years old, and that roughly one-third of all housing stock was built between 2000 and 2009 (City of Allen, Ordinance O-4149-4-25).
That creates a specific situation. A large share of Allen homes went up in one building wave, which means a large share of Allen roofs reach the end of a typical asphalt service life in the same few years — and did so after absorbing the 2023 hail event. The plan also notes that eastern Allen skews older, with one census tract where half the housing is 35 to 44 years old and another at a 46-year median home age.
Single-family detached homes make up 73.2% of Allen’s 40,891 housing units, so this is an overwhelmingly pitched-roof, shingle-dominant city, with the tract-by-tract age spread deciding whether a roof is on its first, second or third covering.
HOAs: an Allen-specific step
Allen is heavily HOA-governed, and that affects your reroof timeline. The city counts 112 single-family residential neighborhoods, of which 76 (67%) have homeowners associations — primarily the newer ones — while 36 do not, primarily older neighborhoods (City of Allen, Ordinance O-4149-4-25).
Practically, in two-thirds of Allen neighborhoods you should assume shingle color and profile may need HOA architectural approval before installation, and that approval runs in parallel with the city permit rather than after it. Build it into the schedule instead of discovering it on tear-off day.
Roofing permits and inspections in Allen
Allen runs a genuinely different process from its Dallas County neighbors, including one requirement most homeowners have never heard of.
- A permit is required for a reroof, with no dollar threshold. Allen adopts the 2021 International Residential Code and publishes its amended list of work exempt from permits — water tanks, sidewalks and driveways, small decks, window awnings, small sheds, poles, temporary pools and window replacement. Roofing is not on that list, and the City charges a specific re-roofing permit fee (City of Allen, Residential Services).
- The re-roofing permit fee is $150, listed under over-the-counter alteration permits for single-family, duplex and townhome properties. Contractor registration is $50 annually, and reinspections run $75, $100 and $125 for the first, second and third (City of Allen Fee Schedule, PDF, last updated June 10, 2026).
- Everything is filed online through the City’s Citizen Self-Service portal, with a detailed description and location of the work (Guide to Residential Building Permit Submittals, PDF).
- Your contractor must be registered with the City. Registration is $50 a year through the self-service portal, and no permit will be issued to, or inspection report accepted from, an unregistered contractor (City of Allen, Contractor Registration).
- A Final Roof Installation Affidavit must be on file before the roof final inspection is approved. The installer certifies the roof was installed per manufacturer instructions and the 2021 International Residential Code, and the form requires a post-installation inspection of the attic verifying that all fuel-fired appliance vents and other vents are intact, venting to the exterior, and have the required clearances to combustibles (City of Allen, Final Roof Installation Affidavit, PDF).
- One roofing inspection is published: code 940, Roof Final. Allen’s inspection-code list does not include a mid-installation decking or nailing inspection for reroofs; the inspections required for your specific project are printed on the final pages of your permit. Inspections are scheduled through the 24-hour line at 844.381.8759, and you can call 214.509.4130 between 8 and 9 a.m. on the day of inspection for a time window (City of Allen, Inspection Requests by Phone).
Building and Permitting is at 305 Century Parkway, reachable at 214.509.4130 or permits@allentx.gov. Fees and requirements above were reviewed in September 2026; confirm current amounts with the City before relying on them.
That attic-vent affidavit is the detail worth choosing a roofer over. A crew that reroofs and leaves without verifying water-heater and furnace flues in the attic has left you with a job the City will not close out.
Neighborhoods we cover in Allen
Coverage spans the whole city — Twin Creeks and Twin Creeks Watters around the golf club, Watters Crossing, Bethany Lakes along the Bethany Drive corridor, Montgomery Farm, Ridgeview Crossing, Villages of Fox Hollow, Custer Hill Estates, Lexington Estates, Bridgewater Crossing, Forest Brook, and the older east-side neighborhoods where the housing-age numbers above concentrate.
One Richardson-Based Contractor for the Whole Recovery
Large, complex rooflines mean more penetrations, valleys, and flashing details — the places storm damage hides. Our inspections cover the full system, not just the field shingles.
We inspect and scope the construction damage, coordinate qualified mitigation and remediation professionals when specialized services are required, and manage the reconstruction through completion. Learn more about our storm restoration services and complete build-back work, or contact us.
We also serve nearby communities including McKinney, Plano, Wylie, Frisco.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you perform mitigation and remediation in Allen?
Specialized mitigation and remediation work is performed by qualified service providers. APGC coordinates those services with the overall project and manages the repair and build-back portions of the work.
Do you provide fire and water reconstruction in Allen?
Yes. APGC provides complete interior and exterior reconstruction after the required mitigation or remediation work has been completed.
Can you help document the construction scope?
Yes. We provide photographs, measurements, construction estimates, repair scopes, material specifications, and technical explanations related to the reconstruction work. We do not act as a public insurance adjuster.
Can you document hidden damage found after demolition?
Yes. We document hidden construction damage, update the repair scope, and provide additional estimates and technical support related to the reconstruction work.
Do I need a permit to replace my roof in Allen?
Yes. Roofing is not on Allen’s list of work exempt from permits, and there is no dollar threshold. The permit is filed through the City’s Citizen Self-Service portal, the contractor must be registered with the City, and a Final Roof Installation Affidavit must be on file before the roof final inspection is approved. That affidavit includes a post-installation attic inspection confirming appliance and exhaust vents are intact, venting to the exterior, and properly cleared from combustibles. Building and Permitting can be reached at 214.509.4130.
What roofing materials hold up best in Allen?
Allen’s defining hazard is very large hail rather than sustained wind, so impact resistance is where the money goes here. We can review impact-resistant shingle classes and the insurance discounts some carriers attach to them, along with ventilation and manufacturer requirements, and match the system to your home and budget. If your neighborhood has an HOA, we will confirm color and profile approval before ordering material.