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Roofing & Solar in Denton, Texas

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NTX Solar & Construction has been putting roofs on North Texas homes for over twenty years. In Denton, that means knowing Denton 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.

Denton is the county seat and the fastest-growing city on our list by percentage — up 21.1% since 2020. It's also the one city where the electric utility, the solar economics and the permit rules are all different from everywhere else we work.

Hail and storm history in Denton

Denton sits at the northwest corner of the metroplex — right where supercells coming out of Cooke and Wise counties get organized before they reach the core suburbs. When the April 2026 outbreak tore through Montague, Wise, Jack and Parker counties, that was directly upstream of here.

  • On record 164 hail reports within ten miles since 2004
  • Largest stone 4.25"
  • Peak season April with 55 reports, May with 47

Storms Denton homeowners remember

  • March 14, 2024 — 2.75" hail near Bartonville
  • April 1, 2024 — 2.50" hail near Corral City
  • May 25, 2024 — the Valley View tornadoes just north in Cooke County
  • September 21, 2025 — 1.25" hail near Sanger

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

  • Population 169,431
  • Median year built 1997
  • Median home value $348,200
  • Owner-occupied 50.0%
  • Single-family homes 33,962

Denton's owner-occupancy rate is 50% — the lowest of the ten cities, because two large universities mean a lot of rental and multifamily. The homeowner market here is the roughly 34,000 single-family detached homes, weighted toward the 1970s and '80s cohort in Denia, Southridge and Idiot's Hill, plus a large 2000s cohort now 17 to 26 years old.

Neighborhoods we work in around Denton

  • Idiot's Hill — yes, that's what it's actually called
  • Denia, near the rec center
  • Southridge
  • Cooper Creek
  • Forrestridge Estates
  • Summerwind
  • Unicorn Lake
  • Rayzor Ranch
  • Robson Ranch — the 55+ community
  • Oakmont

One correction we'll make because it costs people money: Flower Mound, Highland Village, Argyle, Lantana, Corinth, Trophy Club and Double Oak are separate cities in Denton County, not neighborhoods of Denton. They have their own permit offices and their own rules. Any contractor who tells you otherwise hasn't pulled a permit here.

Denton roofing permits — what's actually required

Denton is the strictest city on our list. As of June 1, 2022, a permit is required for every residential roof or re-roof project — no shingle-only exemption, no percentage threshold, no exceptions.

Only registered general contractors may apply. There is no homeowner self-permit path in Denton. The city runs two inspections — an interior attic inspection that checks vent clearances and decking thickness, and an exterior final covering drip edge, flashing, roof vents and debris removal. Apply through eTRAKiT or in person at 401 N. Elm.

Denton building department: 940-349-8600

City of Denton 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 Denton: the local facts

Denton solar works differently — and the numbers changed in 2025.

Denton is served by Denton Municipal Electric, a city-owned utility. Denton is not in the deregulated retail market and not on Oncor — which means the Oncor programs a door-knocker might mention do not apply to you at all.

The number that matters: DME's solar buyback rate is $0.05/kWh, approved by City Council effective January 1, 2025. That's down from a previous average of about $0.1065/kWh — roughly a 53% cut to what your exported power is worth. Net metering is still available through DME, with excess credited against your bill.

We'd rather tell you that before you sign than after. A solar payback model built on the old rate is off by a factor of two. If you already have solar in Denton, ask DME directly whether you were grandfathered at the old rate — we've seen conflicting answers and it materially changes your math.

DME does run a GreenSense incentive program with roughly a $1 million annual budget covering heat pumps (up to $750), EV chargers ($300), smart thermostats and insulation (50% up to $1,500) — just not solar specifically.

CoServ Electric, a co-op serving eight North Texas counties, covers parts of Denton County. Some addresses in or near the Denton city limits are CoServ rather than DME — which changes both the buyback rate and the interconnection process. We verify by address.

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 Denton

  • Residential roofing
    Tear-off and replacement, repairs, and free inspections on Denton homes.
  • Commercial roofing
    Low-slope and membrane systems for Denton businesses and property managers.
  • Storm and hail damage
    Documentation, adjuster meetings, and full scope reporting for Denton 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.

Denton roofing & solar updates

Updated October 19, 2026 for Denton homeowners.

The Denton fall roof checklist

Fall is the cheapest time to fix a roof problem in Denton, because you're fixing it on your schedule instead of during a February ice event.

  • Clear the gutters — properly. Not just the troughs. Check that downspouts actually discharge and that water is getting away from the foundation. A clogged downspout backs water under the shingle edge.
  • Look at every penetration. Plumbing boots are the number one leak source on North Texas homes and the rubber collar is usually the first thing to fail — often years before the shingles do.
  • Check the flashing where the roof meets a wall. Step flashing that's been caulked instead of replaced is a repair with a countdown on it.
  • Trim branches back. Anything overhanging the roof drops debris into valleys and gives squirrels a bridge.
  • Look at the ceilings inside. Faint brown rings near vents, in closets, or at the top of an exterior wall are early leaks.

How long a roof replacement actually takes in Denton

Most Denton single-family homes are a one-day tear-off and install — larger or steeper roofs run two. Here's the honest timeline around that day:

  • Inspection and estimate: same week, usually within 48 hours.
  • Insurance approval, if applicable: the variable. Days to several weeks depending on your carrier and adjuster scheduling.
  • Permit, where the city requires one: typically quick, but it varies by city and by season — everyone in the metroplex is pulling permits at once after a big April storm.
  • Material delivery: usually the day before or morning of.
  • Install day: crew arrives early. Expect noise, expect debris, expect the driveway to be occupied.
  • Cleanup and magnet sweep: same day, and we come back.
  • Final inspection, where required: scheduled after.

Move cars out of the driveway, take fragile things off the walls, and plan for pets to be somewhere quiet.

Questions worth asking any roofer working in Denton

Copy these. Ask them of us and of everyone else you're considering:

  1. Are you registered with the City of Denton, and can I see it? Requirements differ by city — a contractor who works here knows theirs cold.
  2. Where is your office? Not a P.O. box.
  3. Who is actually on my roof — your crew or a subcontractor? Either can be fine. Evasion about it isn't.
  4. What's your general liability limit, and can I get the certificate directly from your carrier?
  5. What does your workmanship warranty cover, for how long, and who honors it if you're not in business?
  6. Will you put the full scope in writing before I sign anything?
  7. What happens if you open the roof and find bad decking? Get the per-sheet number now.

A contractor who gets annoyed at these questions has told you something useful.

We actually work here

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

  • The Square and the Denton County Courthouse — the center of everything
  • UNT Mean Green football at DATCU Stadium (renamed from Apogee in 2023 — if somebody still says Apogee, they haven't been in a while)
  • Texas Woman's University
  • The North Texas Fair & Rodeo every September
  • Denton Arts & Jazz, the Denton Blues Festival and Thin Line Fest
  • Denton's Day of the Dead Festival and the Denton Black Film Festival
  • The Holiday Lighting Festival and Wassail Weekend in December

We also serve Corinth, Lake Dallas, Argyle, Sanger, Krum, Aubrey and Ponder.

Free roof inspection in Denton

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 Denton, that means knowing Denton 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.

Denton is the county seat and the fastest-growing city on our list by percentage — up 21.1% since 2020. It's also the one city where the electric utility, the solar economics and the permit rules are all different from everywhere else we work.

Hail and storm history in Denton

Denton sits at the northwest corner of the metroplex — right where supercells coming out of Cooke and Wise counties get organized before they reach the core suburbs. When the April 2026 outbreak tore through Montague, Wise, Jack and Parker counties, that was directly upstream of here.

  • On record 164 hail reports within ten miles since 2004
  • Largest stone 4.25"
  • Peak season April with 55 reports, May with 47

Storms Denton homeowners remember

  • March 14, 2024 — 2.75" hail near Bartonville
  • April 1, 2024 — 2.50" hail near Corral City
  • May 25, 2024 — the Valley View tornadoes just north in Cooke County
  • September 21, 2025 — 1.25" hail near Sanger

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

  • Population 169,431
  • Median year built 1997
  • Median home value $348,200
  • Owner-occupied 50.0%
  • Single-family homes 33,962

Denton's owner-occupancy rate is 50% — the lowest of the ten cities, because two large universities mean a lot of rental and multifamily. The homeowner market here is the roughly 34,000 single-family detached homes, weighted toward the 1970s and '80s cohort in Denia, Southridge and Idiot's Hill, plus a large 2000s cohort now 17 to 26 years old.

Neighborhoods we work in around Denton

  • Idiot's Hill — yes, that's what it's actually called
  • Denia, near the rec center
  • Southridge
  • Cooper Creek
  • Forrestridge Estates
  • Summerwind
  • Unicorn Lake
  • Rayzor Ranch
  • Robson Ranch — the 55+ community
  • Oakmont

One correction we'll make because it costs people money: Flower Mound, Highland Village, Argyle, Lantana, Corinth, Trophy Club and Double Oak are separate cities in Denton County, not neighborhoods of Denton. They have their own permit offices and their own rules. Any contractor who tells you otherwise hasn't pulled a permit here.

Denton roofing permits — what's actually required

Denton is the strictest city on our list. As of June 1, 2022, a permit is required for every residential roof or re-roof project — no shingle-only exemption, no percentage threshold, no exceptions.

Only registered general contractors may apply. There is no homeowner self-permit path in Denton. The city runs two inspections — an interior attic inspection that checks vent clearances and decking thickness, and an exterior final covering drip edge, flashing, roof vents and debris removal. Apply through eTRAKiT or in person at 401 N. Elm.

Denton building department: 940-349-8600

City of Denton 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 Denton: the local facts

Denton solar works differently — and the numbers changed in 2025.

Denton is served by Denton Municipal Electric, a city-owned utility. Denton is not in the deregulated retail market and not on Oncor — which means the Oncor programs a door-knocker might mention do not apply to you at all.

The number that matters: DME's solar buyback rate is $0.05/kWh, approved by City Council effective January 1, 2025. That's down from a previous average of about $0.1065/kWh — roughly a 53% cut to what your exported power is worth. Net metering is still available through DME, with excess credited against your bill.

We'd rather tell you that before you sign than after. A solar payback model built on the old rate is off by a factor of two. If you already have solar in Denton, ask DME directly whether you were grandfathered at the old rate — we've seen conflicting answers and it materially changes your math.

DME does run a GreenSense incentive program with roughly a $1 million annual budget covering heat pumps (up to $750), EV chargers ($300), smart thermostats and insulation (50% up to $1,500) — just not solar specifically.

CoServ Electric, a co-op serving eight North Texas counties, covers parts of Denton County. Some addresses in or near the Denton city limits are CoServ rather than DME — which changes both the buyback rate and the interconnection process. We verify by address.

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 Denton

  • Residential roofing
    Tear-off and replacement, repairs, and free inspections on Denton homes.
  • Commercial roofing
    Low-slope and membrane systems for Denton businesses and property managers.
  • Storm and hail damage
    Documentation, adjuster meetings, and full scope reporting for Denton 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.

Denton roofing & solar updates

Updated October 19, 2026 for Denton homeowners.

The Denton fall roof checklist

Fall is the cheapest time to fix a roof problem in Denton, because you're fixing it on your schedule instead of during a February ice event.

  • Clear the gutters — properly. Not just the troughs. Check that downspouts actually discharge and that water is getting away from the foundation. A clogged downspout backs water under the shingle edge.
  • Look at every penetration. Plumbing boots are the number one leak source on North Texas homes and the rubber collar is usually the first thing to fail — often years before the shingles do.
  • Check the flashing where the roof meets a wall. Step flashing that's been caulked instead of replaced is a repair with a countdown on it.
  • Trim branches back. Anything overhanging the roof drops debris into valleys and gives squirrels a bridge.
  • Look at the ceilings inside. Faint brown rings near vents, in closets, or at the top of an exterior wall are early leaks.

How long a roof replacement actually takes in Denton

Most Denton single-family homes are a one-day tear-off and install — larger or steeper roofs run two. Here's the honest timeline around that day:

  • Inspection and estimate: same week, usually within 48 hours.
  • Insurance approval, if applicable: the variable. Days to several weeks depending on your carrier and adjuster scheduling.
  • Permit, where the city requires one: typically quick, but it varies by city and by season — everyone in the metroplex is pulling permits at once after a big April storm.
  • Material delivery: usually the day before or morning of.
  • Install day: crew arrives early. Expect noise, expect debris, expect the driveway to be occupied.
  • Cleanup and magnet sweep: same day, and we come back.
  • Final inspection, where required: scheduled after.

Move cars out of the driveway, take fragile things off the walls, and plan for pets to be somewhere quiet.

Questions worth asking any roofer working in Denton

Copy these. Ask them of us and of everyone else you're considering:

  1. Are you registered with the City of Denton, and can I see it? Requirements differ by city — a contractor who works here knows theirs cold.
  2. Where is your office? Not a P.O. box.
  3. Who is actually on my roof — your crew or a subcontractor? Either can be fine. Evasion about it isn't.
  4. What's your general liability limit, and can I get the certificate directly from your carrier?
  5. What does your workmanship warranty cover, for how long, and who honors it if you're not in business?
  6. Will you put the full scope in writing before I sign anything?
  7. What happens if you open the roof and find bad decking? Get the per-sheet number now.

A contractor who gets annoyed at these questions has told you something useful.

We actually work here

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

  • The Square and the Denton County Courthouse — the center of everything
  • UNT Mean Green football at DATCU Stadium (renamed from Apogee in 2023 — if somebody still says Apogee, they haven't been in a while)
  • Texas Woman's University
  • The North Texas Fair & Rodeo every September
  • Denton Arts & Jazz, the Denton Blues Festival and Thin Line Fest
  • Denton's Day of the Dead Festival and the Denton Black Film Festival
  • The Holiday Lighting Festival and Wassail Weekend in December

We also serve Corinth, Lake Dallas, Argyle, Sanger, Krum, Aubrey and Ponder.

Free roof inspection in Denton

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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