If you're collecting quotes in Arlington or anywhere else in Tarrant County, you've probably already noticed two things: the numbers are all over the map, and none of the generic "average cost of a new roof" articles seem to match what contractors are actually telling you. That's because roofing in North Texas is shaped by a specific set of local conditions — punishing hail seasons, straight-line wind events, brutal summer heat, and a Texas insurance market with its own rules around wind/hail deductibles. This page gives you real ranges and the reasoning behind them, not a national number that doesn't apply to a house in Arlington, Fort Worth, or anywhere in between.
For a typical single-family home in Arlington with a standard asphalt shingle tear-off and replacement, most reputable quotes land somewhere in the neighborhood of $8,000 to $16,000, with plenty of homes falling above or below that band depending on size, pitch, and material grade. Roofing is usually priced by the "square" (100 square feet of roof surface), and in this market a standard architectural shingle job, fully installed, tends to run roughly $450 to $750 per square. Move up to Class 4 impact-resistant shingles — a category that matters a lot here because of hail — and you're often looking at $650 to $1,000+ per square. Metal roofing, standing seam in particular, runs higher still, often $12 to $20+ per square foot installed, which puts a full metal reroof on an average house well into the $20,000-$35,000+ range.
Why is North Texas different from, say, a mild-climate market? A few reasons stack on top of each other here. Tarrant County sits in a corridor that gets hit by severe hail almost every spring, which means insurers, manufacturers, and contractors have all adjusted their products and pricing around impact resistance. Summers regularly push well past 100°F, and the daily swing between scorching afternoons and cooler nights puts shingles and flashing through constant thermal expansion and contraction — that shortens the practical lifespan of cheaper materials and pushes many homeowners toward higher-grade products up front. None of this means you should expect to pay the highest number you're quoted, but it explains why "just get the cheapest guy" tends to backfire faster here than in calmer climates.
Two houses of the same square footage in Arlington can get quotes that differ by thousands of dollars, and it's rarely random. The variables that actually move the price:
A trustworthy quote should spell out scope clearly enough that you could hand it to a different contractor and get an apples-to-apples bid. At minimum, look for these line items:
If a quote is just a single lump-sum number with no breakdown, ask for one. It's the fastest way to see what's actually being left out.
After significant hail events in North Texas, it's common to see a wave of out-of-town crews going door to door offering fast, cheap reroofs. Some of that work is fine. A lot of it disappears — literally, the company is gone — before a workmanship warranty ever matters. A few practical habits protect you:
At Alpine Exteriors, we try to write quotes so a homeowner can actually read them line by line rather than just seeing a bottom-line number — that transparency is the whole point of a written scope.
Roof damage claims in this region are usually tied to hail or straight-line wind rather than long-term wear, and Texas homeowner policies handle that a little differently than policies in calmer states. Most Texas homeowner policies carry a separate wind/hail deductible, often expressed as a percentage of your dwelling coverage (commonly in the 1%–2% range) rather than a flat dollar amount — which means the deductible on a wind/hail claim can be a meaningfully larger out-of-pocket number than your standard deductible. It's worth pulling your actual policy declarations page and checking this before assuming insurance will cover the bulk of a replacement.
A few other things worth knowing before you file a claim or sign a contract:
For a standard asphalt shingle reroof on an average-size home, most homeowners land somewhere between $8,000 and $16,000, with Class 4 impact-resistant shingles, steep or complex rooflines, or extensive decking repair pushing the number higher. Metal roofing runs considerably more. Get a written, itemized quote for your specific house rather than relying on any general figure.
Sometimes, but not automatically. Coverage depends on whether the damage is classified as functional versus cosmetic, your policy's specific wind/hail deductible (often a percentage of dwelling coverage rather than a flat amount in Texas), and any exclusions in your particular policy. Have an adjuster and a roofing contractor both document the damage before assuming a full payout.
Most single-family reroofs take one to three days of actual work, though extreme summer heat can affect crew scheduling — many contractors start earlier in the day during peak summer to protect both the crew and the shingles, since asphalt shingles are more prone to scuffing and thermal damage when they're baking in the sun.
It depends on your time horizon and priorities. Metal costs more up front but generally holds up well against hail and reflects summer heat better than dark asphalt shingles, which can help with attic temperatures. For homeowners planning to stay long-term, it can make sense; for shorter ownership horizons, the upfront cost premium is harder to recoup.
Ranges are useful for planning, but the only number that actually matters is the one that applies to your roof, your pitch, and your material choice. Alpine Exteriors serves homeowners across Arlington, Fort Worth, Dallas, Plano, Frisco, Irving, McKinney, and Denton, and we're glad to walk your roof, explain what we find, and put together an itemized quote you can actually compare against anyone else's bid. Reach out to schedule an on-site inspection before your next storm season, not after.