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Roofing & Solar in Plano, Texas

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

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

Plano is our home base — and it sits dead center in the DFW hail corridor. 224 hail reports within ten miles since 2004, and the largest stone on record is four and a half inches.

Hail and storm history in Plano

Dead center of the DFW hail corridor. Plano has the second-highest report count and the single largest recorded stone of any city we serve.

  • On record 224 hail reports within ten miles since 2004
  • Largest stone 4.50" — bigger than a grapefruit
  • Peak season April, with 82 reports; May second with 47

Storms Plano homeowners remember

  • April 27, 2026 — 1.75" golf-ball hail in Richardson, four miles out
  • May 6, 2025 — 1.50" hail in Sachse
  • 2016 — insurance industry reporting names Plano and neighboring Wylie among the year’s significant Texas hailstorms, in a record season that topped $5 billion in statewide losses

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

  • Population 293,028
  • Median year built early 1990s
  • Median home value $465,900
  • Owner-occupied 56.9%
  • Single-family homes 70,355

Around 40% of Plano's housing predates 1990 and another 28.6% is 1990s — so roughly two-thirds of Plano homes are 25 years old or more, sitting in the highest-frequency hail cluster in the metroplex. If you're in east or central Plano and you haven't had your roof looked at since the last big April storm, you're overdue.

Neighborhoods we work in around Plano

  • Willow Bend and Polo Estates
  • Deerfield — 24-hour security and the holiday light displays
  • Whiffletree — 1980s custom homes
  • Kings Ridge in the northwest corner
  • Lakeside on Preston
  • Ridgeview Ranch
  • Forest Creek and Pitman Creek
  • Timber Brook near Oak Point Park
  • The Downtown Plano Arts District around Haggard Park

East and central Plano is 1970s and '80s brick ranch on big lots with mature trees. West Plano is newer and pricier. That matters for one specific reason: ZIP 75075 — east-central Plano — has the most damaging hail reports of any ZIP in the city, and it happens to be exactly where the oldest roofs are.

Plano roofing permits — what's actually required

Plano requires a permit — with a threshold worth knowing: re-roof work not exceeding 25% of the roof does not require a permit. Anything larger does.

Permit fee: $75. Fees are set by the city and change — we confirm the current amount when we pull yours.

General contractor registration runs $100/year plus $10 per vehicle ID tag. Plano runs two inspections, and the second one catches shortcuts: the final includes an attic inspection verifying vent piping through the roof, rafters in position, and water heater and A/C exhaust vents properly reinstalled. Metal panel, metal shingle and concrete or clay tile also need a separate underlayment inspection and non-combustible underlayment.

City of Plano 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 Plano: the local facts

Plano is served by Oncor, and sits in the deregulated Texas retail market — Oncor delivers the power, and you choose your retail provider. That matters for solar because Texas has no statewide net metering mandate. What you're paid for exported power is a feature of the plan you pick, not a guarantee. We'll show you which providers currently offer a real buyback before you commit to a system size.

Oncor does run incentive programs for solar paired with battery storage through approved participating providers. Oncor publishes eligibility rules but does not publish dollar amounts publicly — so we won't quote you a number we can't stand behind. We'll confirm what's actually available for your address and system before it goes in your proposal.

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 Plano

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

Plano roofing & solar updates

Updated August 25, 2026 for Plano homeowners.

Why Plano attics run hot — and what it's costing you

A poorly ventilated attic in a Plano summer can reach 150°F. That heat does three things, all of them expensive:

  • It cooks your shingles from underneath. Asphalt shingles are rated on the assumption that the deck can breathe. Trapped heat ages them from the back side, and it is the single most common reason a 30-year shingle fails at eighteen.
  • It voids warranties. Most manufacturers require a specific intake-to-exhaust ventilation ratio. If yours isn't met, the warranty language usually gives them an out.
  • It drives your electric bill. Your A/C is fighting a 150-degree heat source sitting directly above your ceiling.

The fix is usually cheaper than people expect and it is almost always about intake, not exhaust. Homes get more roof vents added over the years while the soffit intake stays blocked with insulation or paint — which means the new vents just pull conditioned air out of the house. We check the balance, not just the vent count.

What we found on Plano roofs this month

A few patterns from recent inspections around Plano — not to alarm anyone, just because they repeat:

  • Pipe boots at eight to twelve years old on roofs with fifteen years left. Easily the most common finding. A boot replacement is a small job that prevents a ceiling repair.
  • Intake vents blocked by blown insulation. Somebody added attic insulation, it drifted into the soffit bays, and the roof stopped breathing. The homeowner has no idea.
  • Prior repairs done in caulk. Sealant is a legitimate detail in a few specific places and a red flag everywhere else. When we find a flashing "repaired" with a tube, there's usually a bigger story underneath.
  • Hail bruising nobody claimed. Functional damage from a storm two or three years back that was never inspected. Depending on your carrier and how long it's been, that may or may not still be claimable — but you should at least know it's there.

Free inspection, written report with photos, no obligation. Even if the answer is "your roof is fine."

Roof decking: the part of the Plano job you never see

The decking is the plywood or plank sheathing under everything else, and it's where honest and dishonest Plano roofing jobs separate — because you'll never see it once the shingles go on.

What matters:

  • Soft or delaminated sheets have to be replaced. New shingles fastened into compromised decking won't hold in a wind event, and the fasteners back out.
  • Older homes may have plank decking with gaps between boards. Some jurisdictions and most manufacturers require an overlay before shingles go down. This is common in older Fort Worth and Irving stock and it is a real added cost — one that should be discussed before the tear-off, not discovered after.
  • Get the per-sheet price in writing before work starts. This is the single most common place for a surprise charge.
  • Several cities inspect decking thickness specifically. It's on the checklist for a reason.

We actually work here

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

  • The Plano Balloon Festival every September at Oak Point Park — running since around 1980
  • Legacy West and The Shops at Legacy
  • Oak Point Park & Nature Preserve — 800 acres, the city's largest — plus 200-acre Arbor Hills
  • 4,337 acres of parks and more than 82 miles of trails
  • The Texas Pool — 168,000 gallons, shaped like the state of Texas
  • The Heritage Farmstead Museum and the Interurban Railway Museum
  • Southfork Ranch just down the road

We also serve Frisco, Allen, Richardson, McKinney, Murphy, Wylie and Carrollton.

Free roof inspection in Plano

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 Plano, that means knowing Collin 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.

Plano is our home base — and it sits dead center in the DFW hail corridor. 224 hail reports within ten miles since 2004, and the largest stone on record is four and a half inches.

Hail and storm history in Plano

Dead center of the DFW hail corridor. Plano has the second-highest report count and the single largest recorded stone of any city we serve.

  • On record 224 hail reports within ten miles since 2004
  • Largest stone 4.50" — bigger than a grapefruit
  • Peak season April, with 82 reports; May second with 47

Storms Plano homeowners remember

  • April 27, 2026 — 1.75" golf-ball hail in Richardson, four miles out
  • May 6, 2025 — 1.50" hail in Sachse
  • 2016 — insurance industry reporting names Plano and neighboring Wylie among the year’s significant Texas hailstorms, in a record season that topped $5 billion in statewide losses

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

  • Population 293,028
  • Median year built early 1990s
  • Median home value $465,900
  • Owner-occupied 56.9%
  • Single-family homes 70,355

Around 40% of Plano's housing predates 1990 and another 28.6% is 1990s — so roughly two-thirds of Plano homes are 25 years old or more, sitting in the highest-frequency hail cluster in the metroplex. If you're in east or central Plano and you haven't had your roof looked at since the last big April storm, you're overdue.

Neighborhoods we work in around Plano

  • Willow Bend and Polo Estates
  • Deerfield — 24-hour security and the holiday light displays
  • Whiffletree — 1980s custom homes
  • Kings Ridge in the northwest corner
  • Lakeside on Preston
  • Ridgeview Ranch
  • Forest Creek and Pitman Creek
  • Timber Brook near Oak Point Park
  • The Downtown Plano Arts District around Haggard Park

East and central Plano is 1970s and '80s brick ranch on big lots with mature trees. West Plano is newer and pricier. That matters for one specific reason: ZIP 75075 — east-central Plano — has the most damaging hail reports of any ZIP in the city, and it happens to be exactly where the oldest roofs are.

Plano roofing permits — what's actually required

Plano requires a permit — with a threshold worth knowing: re-roof work not exceeding 25% of the roof does not require a permit. Anything larger does.

Permit fee: $75. Fees are set by the city and change — we confirm the current amount when we pull yours.

General contractor registration runs $100/year plus $10 per vehicle ID tag. Plano runs two inspections, and the second one catches shortcuts: the final includes an attic inspection verifying vent piping through the roof, rafters in position, and water heater and A/C exhaust vents properly reinstalled. Metal panel, metal shingle and concrete or clay tile also need a separate underlayment inspection and non-combustible underlayment.

City of Plano 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 Plano: the local facts

Plano is served by Oncor, and sits in the deregulated Texas retail market — Oncor delivers the power, and you choose your retail provider. That matters for solar because Texas has no statewide net metering mandate. What you're paid for exported power is a feature of the plan you pick, not a guarantee. We'll show you which providers currently offer a real buyback before you commit to a system size.

Oncor does run incentive programs for solar paired with battery storage through approved participating providers. Oncor publishes eligibility rules but does not publish dollar amounts publicly — so we won't quote you a number we can't stand behind. We'll confirm what's actually available for your address and system before it goes in your proposal.

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 Plano

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

Plano roofing & solar updates

Updated August 25, 2026 for Plano homeowners.

Why Plano attics run hot — and what it's costing you

A poorly ventilated attic in a Plano summer can reach 150°F. That heat does three things, all of them expensive:

  • It cooks your shingles from underneath. Asphalt shingles are rated on the assumption that the deck can breathe. Trapped heat ages them from the back side, and it is the single most common reason a 30-year shingle fails at eighteen.
  • It voids warranties. Most manufacturers require a specific intake-to-exhaust ventilation ratio. If yours isn't met, the warranty language usually gives them an out.
  • It drives your electric bill. Your A/C is fighting a 150-degree heat source sitting directly above your ceiling.

The fix is usually cheaper than people expect and it is almost always about intake, not exhaust. Homes get more roof vents added over the years while the soffit intake stays blocked with insulation or paint — which means the new vents just pull conditioned air out of the house. We check the balance, not just the vent count.

What we found on Plano roofs this month

A few patterns from recent inspections around Plano — not to alarm anyone, just because they repeat:

  • Pipe boots at eight to twelve years old on roofs with fifteen years left. Easily the most common finding. A boot replacement is a small job that prevents a ceiling repair.
  • Intake vents blocked by blown insulation. Somebody added attic insulation, it drifted into the soffit bays, and the roof stopped breathing. The homeowner has no idea.
  • Prior repairs done in caulk. Sealant is a legitimate detail in a few specific places and a red flag everywhere else. When we find a flashing "repaired" with a tube, there's usually a bigger story underneath.
  • Hail bruising nobody claimed. Functional damage from a storm two or three years back that was never inspected. Depending on your carrier and how long it's been, that may or may not still be claimable — but you should at least know it's there.

Free inspection, written report with photos, no obligation. Even if the answer is "your roof is fine."

Roof decking: the part of the Plano job you never see

The decking is the plywood or plank sheathing under everything else, and it's where honest and dishonest Plano roofing jobs separate — because you'll never see it once the shingles go on.

What matters:

  • Soft or delaminated sheets have to be replaced. New shingles fastened into compromised decking won't hold in a wind event, and the fasteners back out.
  • Older homes may have plank decking with gaps between boards. Some jurisdictions and most manufacturers require an overlay before shingles go down. This is common in older Fort Worth and Irving stock and it is a real added cost — one that should be discussed before the tear-off, not discovered after.
  • Get the per-sheet price in writing before work starts. This is the single most common place for a surprise charge.
  • Several cities inspect decking thickness specifically. It's on the checklist for a reason.

We actually work here

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

  • The Plano Balloon Festival every September at Oak Point Park — running since around 1980
  • Legacy West and The Shops at Legacy
  • Oak Point Park & Nature Preserve — 800 acres, the city's largest — plus 200-acre Arbor Hills
  • 4,337 acres of parks and more than 82 miles of trails
  • The Texas Pool — 168,000 gallons, shaped like the state of Texas
  • The Heritage Farmstead Museum and the Interurban Railway Museum
  • Southfork Ranch just down the road

We also serve Frisco, Allen, Richardson, McKinney, Murphy, Wylie and Carrollton.

Free roof inspection in Plano

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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