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Roofing & Solar in Austin, Texas

Licensed, certified, and actually local. Free inspections across Austin and Travis County — available 24/7.

NTX Solar & Construction has been putting roofs on North Texas homes for over twenty years. In Austin, that means knowing Travis County's permit desk, knowing which storms actually hit which neighborhoods, and knowing the difference between a roof that needs replacing and one that needs a $300 repair.

Austin is our Central Texas market — a completely different storm pattern, a completely different permit rulebook, and the only city on our list with a municipally owned electric utility that writes solar rebate checks.

Hail and storm history in Austin

Austin is not in the DFW hail corridor, and we won't pretend otherwise. Central Texas gets hit less often — but when a Hill Country boundary fires along I-35, the stones that come down here are as big as anything in the state.

  • On record 136 ground-spotter hail reports on record
  • Largest stone softball-size
  • Peak season March through May

Storms Austin homeowners remember

  • September 24, 2023 — baseball and softball hail across Williamson and Travis counties — $600 million in losses, the costliest hailstorm in Austin-area history
  • April 9, 2024 — softball and tennis-ball hail, with hen-egg hail specifically in Allandale
  • May 28, 2025 — baseball hail and 65 mph winds measured at UT, with roof and window damage across north-central Austin
  • May 10, 2026 — golf-ball hail and over 18,000 power outages in Travis County

Local folklore that happens to be true: Austin has been hit by significant hailstorms on March 25 in 1993, 2005, 2009 and 2021. Ask anyone who's been here a while about “Austin hail day.”

The Austin housing stock — and what it means for your roof

  • Population 1,002,632
  • Median year built 1994
  • Median home value $555,300
  • Owner-occupied 43.4%
  • Single-family homes 209,772

Roughly 30% of Austin's housing stock is 1970s and 1980s — well past a single asphalt roof's life — and the 2000s cohort is at or past first replacement. The median Austin home was built in 1994.

Neighborhoods we work in around Austin

  • Hyde Park — Austin's first suburb, platted 1891, bungalows and Tudor Revival
  • Tarrytown west of MoPac
  • Great Hills — 1970s through the late 2000s, a wide roof-age spread
  • Circle C Ranch — late 1980s through 2021
  • Mueller — 2007 onward, heavy solar penetration and modern rooflines
  • Avery Ranch in far north Austin
  • Zilker and Barton Hills
  • Allandale and Crestview

Two Austin-specific cautions we'd rather tell you up front. Hyde Park is a National Register historic district — material choices are constrained there in ways they aren't elsewhere. And Westlake, Rollingwood, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Steiner Ranch and Belterra get marketed as “Austin” but are separate jurisdictions or outside the city limits, with their own permit rules and sometimes a different electric utility entirely.

Austin roofing permits — what's actually required

Austin exempts most residential re-roofs from a building permit. Asphalt shingles replacing asphalt shingles need no permit — unless the property is in the Wildland-Urban Interface area and 50% or more of the roof is being replaced. Roof decking is exempt up to 128 square feet; past that, or on any structural change, you're into a residential remodel permit.

Exempt still means code-compliant. “No permit” is not “no rules” — the work has to meet code either way, and if your home is in the WUI overlay that changes the answer entirely. We check the WUI map before we quote.

Austin building department: 512-978-4000

City of Austin permit information →  ·  Texas does not license roofing contractors at the state level. Requirements are set city by city, which is exactly why the permit rules below differ so much from one suburb to the next.

We pull the permit. You should never be asked to pull your own permit so the contractor doesn't have to register. That shifts the liability to you.

Solar in Austin: the local facts

Austin has the best home solar rebate in Texas — and it just went up.

Austin Energy pays a $4,000 rebate on eligible home solar projects. That's up from $2,500 as of July 1, 2026 — a 60% increase. To qualify, the system has to be 3 kW DC or larger and mostly free of shading, you need a residential Austin Energy account, the system has to be new, and it has to be installed by an Austin Energy Participating Contractor. There's also a Solar Rebate Quiz you're required to complete before you hire anyone — miss that step and the rebate is gone.

On the export side, Austin Energy does not use net metering. It uses a Value of Solar tariff: every kilowatt-hour your array produces is metered and credited at 9.91¢/kWh, and you're billed separately for everything you consume. Credits roll over month to month and apply only to electric charges.

Some addresses in Austin's ETJ are served by Pedernales Electric Cooperative or Bluebonnet rather than Austin Energy — and if that's you, the $4,000 rebate doesn't apply. We confirm by meter before anyone gets a number from us.

Before you sign anything solar in 2026

Important 2026 update: the 30% federal residential clean energy credit (Section 25D) expired for systems placed in service after December 31, 2025. Any contractor still advertising “30% off from the federal government” on a cash or financed home solar purchase in 2026 is quoting a credit that no longer exists. Third-party owned structures (lease/PPA) are treated differently under Section 48E. We'll walk you through what actually applies to your situation — and we'll tell you to talk to your tax advisor before you sign anything.

What we do in Austin

  • Residential roofing
    Tear-off and replacement, repairs, and free inspections on Austin homes.
  • Commercial roofing
    Low-slope and membrane systems for Austin businesses and property managers.
  • Storm and hail damage
    Documentation, adjuster meetings, and full scope reporting for Austin claims.
  • Solar installation
    Panels, batteries, and add-ons — with the roof underneath handled by the same company.
  • Gutters and exterior
    Gutters, downspouts and guards, soffit and fascia, siding and trim repair.
  • General contracting
    Full reconstruction, interior finishes, concrete, framing and garage work.

Austin roofing & solar updates

Updated August 31, 2026 for Austin homeowners.

Ponding, pitch, and flat roof sections on Austin homes

Plenty of Austin homes have a low-slope section — over a patio cover, an addition, a porch, or a modern architectural element. These are where leaks start, and they fail differently than the main roof.

What we look for:

  • Standing water 48 hours after rain. That's ponding, and it's a defect, not a quirk. Every day of standing water shortens the membrane's life.
  • Shingles on a slope that can't carry them. Composition shingles have a minimum pitch. Below it they will leak no matter how well they're installed — the answer is a membrane system, not better shingles.
  • The transition detail. Where the low-slope section meets the pitched roof is the highest-risk detail on the whole house, and it's the first thing a rushed crew gets wrong.

What that warranty on your Austin roof actually covers

"Lifetime warranty" is on almost every Austin roofing flyer, and it almost never means what people think.

There are two separate warranties on your roof:

1. The manufacturer's material warranty. Covers defects in the shingle itself. Real, but manufacturing defects are rare — most roof failures are installation or ventilation problems, which this does not cover. "Lifetime" typically means a full-value period of ten years or so, then prorated coverage declining to very little. And it's usually conditional on the ventilation spec being met and on the roof being installed by an approved contractor.

2. The contractor's workmanship warranty. Covers the installation. This is the one that matters, and it's worth exactly as much as the company standing behind it. A five-year workmanship warranty from a company that's been here for years beats a lifetime warranty from a phone number that stops working.

Ask for both in writing. Ask what voids each one.

The HOA conversation before you go solar in Austin

If your Austin home is in an HOA, Texas law is more on your side than most people realize — but there's a process.

Texas Property Code § 202.010 makes any HOA rule that outright bans a solar energy device void and unenforceable. What your association can still require:

  • Prior written approval — which cannot be unreasonably withheld once the conditions below are met
  • Panels that don't extend past the roofline
  • Panels that conform to the roof slope, with edges parallel to the roofline
  • Frames, brackets and visible hardware in silver, bronze or black
  • An alternate location — unless your preferred spot produces more than 10% more energy, per NREL modeling

One exception: a developer can prohibit solar during the initial development period in subdivisions of fewer than 51 planned units, which occasionally applies in the newest phases around here.

We handle the submittal. Approval is usually straightforward when the design meets the statute up front.

We actually work here

We're not a call center routing your job to whoever answers. Here's the Austin our crews drive past every week:

  • Live Music Capital of the World, Silicon Hills, City of the Violet Crown
  • The Congress Avenue Bridge bat colony and the 360 Bridge
  • Zilker Park, the Barton Creek Greenbelt and Lady Bird Lake
  • Austin FC at Q2 Stadium
  • SXSW and ACL
  • Mount Bonnell and McKinney Falls State Park
  • Austin Energy — city-owned, and locals know it

We also serve Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, Georgetown, Leander, Kyle and Buda.

Free roof inspection in Austin

Written report, photos you keep, no obligation — including when the answer is that your roof is fine. Available 24/7.

Call 469.679.5791Request an inspection

NTX Solar & Construction has been putting roofs on North Texas homes for over twenty years. In Austin, that means knowing Travis County's permit desk, knowing which storms actually hit which neighborhoods, and knowing the difference between a roof that needs replacing and one that needs a $300 repair.

Austin is our Central Texas market — a completely different storm pattern, a completely different permit rulebook, and the only city on our list with a municipally owned electric utility that writes solar rebate checks.

Hail and storm history in Austin

Austin is not in the DFW hail corridor, and we won't pretend otherwise. Central Texas gets hit less often — but when a Hill Country boundary fires along I-35, the stones that come down here are as big as anything in the state.

  • On record 136 ground-spotter hail reports on record
  • Largest stone softball-size
  • Peak season March through May

Storms Austin homeowners remember

  • September 24, 2023 — baseball and softball hail across Williamson and Travis counties — $600 million in losses, the costliest hailstorm in Austin-area history
  • April 9, 2024 — softball and tennis-ball hail, with hen-egg hail specifically in Allandale
  • May 28, 2025 — baseball hail and 65 mph winds measured at UT, with roof and window damage across north-central Austin
  • May 10, 2026 — golf-ball hail and over 18,000 power outages in Travis County

Local folklore that happens to be true: Austin has been hit by significant hailstorms on March 25 in 1993, 2005, 2009 and 2021. Ask anyone who's been here a while about “Austin hail day.”

The Austin housing stock — and what it means for your roof

  • Population 1,002,632
  • Median year built 1994
  • Median home value $555,300
  • Owner-occupied 43.4%
  • Single-family homes 209,772

Roughly 30% of Austin's housing stock is 1970s and 1980s — well past a single asphalt roof's life — and the 2000s cohort is at or past first replacement. The median Austin home was built in 1994.

Neighborhoods we work in around Austin

  • Hyde Park — Austin's first suburb, platted 1891, bungalows and Tudor Revival
  • Tarrytown west of MoPac
  • Great Hills — 1970s through the late 2000s, a wide roof-age spread
  • Circle C Ranch — late 1980s through 2021
  • Mueller — 2007 onward, heavy solar penetration and modern rooflines
  • Avery Ranch in far north Austin
  • Zilker and Barton Hills
  • Allandale and Crestview

Two Austin-specific cautions we'd rather tell you up front. Hyde Park is a National Register historic district — material choices are constrained there in ways they aren't elsewhere. And Westlake, Rollingwood, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Steiner Ranch and Belterra get marketed as “Austin” but are separate jurisdictions or outside the city limits, with their own permit rules and sometimes a different electric utility entirely.

Austin roofing permits — what's actually required

Austin exempts most residential re-roofs from a building permit. Asphalt shingles replacing asphalt shingles need no permit — unless the property is in the Wildland-Urban Interface area and 50% or more of the roof is being replaced. Roof decking is exempt up to 128 square feet; past that, or on any structural change, you're into a residential remodel permit.

Exempt still means code-compliant. “No permit” is not “no rules” — the work has to meet code either way, and if your home is in the WUI overlay that changes the answer entirely. We check the WUI map before we quote.

Austin building department: 512-978-4000

City of Austin permit information →  ·  Texas does not license roofing contractors at the state level. Requirements are set city by city, which is exactly why the permit rules below differ so much from one suburb to the next.

We pull the permit. You should never be asked to pull your own permit so the contractor doesn't have to register. That shifts the liability to you.

Solar in Austin: the local facts

Austin has the best home solar rebate in Texas — and it just went up.

Austin Energy pays a $4,000 rebate on eligible home solar projects. That's up from $2,500 as of July 1, 2026 — a 60% increase. To qualify, the system has to be 3 kW DC or larger and mostly free of shading, you need a residential Austin Energy account, the system has to be new, and it has to be installed by an Austin Energy Participating Contractor. There's also a Solar Rebate Quiz you're required to complete before you hire anyone — miss that step and the rebate is gone.

On the export side, Austin Energy does not use net metering. It uses a Value of Solar tariff: every kilowatt-hour your array produces is metered and credited at 9.91¢/kWh, and you're billed separately for everything you consume. Credits roll over month to month and apply only to electric charges.

Some addresses in Austin's ETJ are served by Pedernales Electric Cooperative or Bluebonnet rather than Austin Energy — and if that's you, the $4,000 rebate doesn't apply. We confirm by meter before anyone gets a number from us.

Before you sign anything solar in 2026

Important 2026 update: the 30% federal residential clean energy credit (Section 25D) expired for systems placed in service after December 31, 2025. Any contractor still advertising “30% off from the federal government” on a cash or financed home solar purchase in 2026 is quoting a credit that no longer exists. Third-party owned structures (lease/PPA) are treated differently under Section 48E. We'll walk you through what actually applies to your situation — and we'll tell you to talk to your tax advisor before you sign anything.

What we do in Austin

  • Residential roofing
    Tear-off and replacement, repairs, and free inspections on Austin homes.
  • Commercial roofing
    Low-slope and membrane systems for Austin businesses and property managers.
  • Storm and hail damage
    Documentation, adjuster meetings, and full scope reporting for Austin claims.
  • Solar installation
    Panels, batteries, and add-ons — with the roof underneath handled by the same company.
  • Gutters and exterior
    Gutters, downspouts and guards, soffit and fascia, siding and trim repair.
  • General contracting
    Full reconstruction, interior finishes, concrete, framing and garage work.

Austin roofing & solar updates

Updated August 31, 2026 for Austin homeowners.

Ponding, pitch, and flat roof sections on Austin homes

Plenty of Austin homes have a low-slope section — over a patio cover, an addition, a porch, or a modern architectural element. These are where leaks start, and they fail differently than the main roof.

What we look for:

  • Standing water 48 hours after rain. That's ponding, and it's a defect, not a quirk. Every day of standing water shortens the membrane's life.
  • Shingles on a slope that can't carry them. Composition shingles have a minimum pitch. Below it they will leak no matter how well they're installed — the answer is a membrane system, not better shingles.
  • The transition detail. Where the low-slope section meets the pitched roof is the highest-risk detail on the whole house, and it's the first thing a rushed crew gets wrong.

What that warranty on your Austin roof actually covers

"Lifetime warranty" is on almost every Austin roofing flyer, and it almost never means what people think.

There are two separate warranties on your roof:

1. The manufacturer's material warranty. Covers defects in the shingle itself. Real, but manufacturing defects are rare — most roof failures are installation or ventilation problems, which this does not cover. "Lifetime" typically means a full-value period of ten years or so, then prorated coverage declining to very little. And it's usually conditional on the ventilation spec being met and on the roof being installed by an approved contractor.

2. The contractor's workmanship warranty. Covers the installation. This is the one that matters, and it's worth exactly as much as the company standing behind it. A five-year workmanship warranty from a company that's been here for years beats a lifetime warranty from a phone number that stops working.

Ask for both in writing. Ask what voids each one.

The HOA conversation before you go solar in Austin

If your Austin home is in an HOA, Texas law is more on your side than most people realize — but there's a process.

Texas Property Code § 202.010 makes any HOA rule that outright bans a solar energy device void and unenforceable. What your association can still require:

  • Prior written approval — which cannot be unreasonably withheld once the conditions below are met
  • Panels that don't extend past the roofline
  • Panels that conform to the roof slope, with edges parallel to the roofline
  • Frames, brackets and visible hardware in silver, bronze or black
  • An alternate location — unless your preferred spot produces more than 10% more energy, per NREL modeling

One exception: a developer can prohibit solar during the initial development period in subdivisions of fewer than 51 planned units, which occasionally applies in the newest phases around here.

We handle the submittal. Approval is usually straightforward when the design meets the statute up front.

We actually work here

We're not a call center routing your job to whoever answers. Here's the Austin our crews drive past every week:

  • Live Music Capital of the World, Silicon Hills, City of the Violet Crown
  • The Congress Avenue Bridge bat colony and the 360 Bridge
  • Zilker Park, the Barton Creek Greenbelt and Lady Bird Lake
  • Austin FC at Q2 Stadium
  • SXSW and ACL
  • Mount Bonnell and McKinney Falls State Park
  • Austin Energy — city-owned, and locals know it

We also serve Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, Georgetown, Leander, Kyle and Buda.

Free roof inspection in Austin

Written report, photos you keep, no obligation — including when the answer is that your roof is fine. Available 24/7.

Call 469.679.5791Request an inspection

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