Alpine Exteriors installs and repairs roofing, siding, and windows for homeowners across Plano, from the tree-lined streets near Downtown Plano to the newer builds off the Dallas North Tollway. Most of our Plano calls fall into a few buckets: hail-damage roof replacements after a spring storm rolls through, fiber cement or vinyl siding replacement on homes where the original siding has warped or faded from twenty summers of Texas sun, and window replacement on 1970s and 1980s houses in the older west-side neighborhoods where single-pane aluminum frames are doing the job worse every year. We also handle gutter work, fascia and soffit repair, and the exterior trim damage that shows up after a hailstorm even when the roof itself checks out fine.
We work as a general contractor on full exterior jobs and as a specialist on single-scope repairs, and we coordinate directly with insurance adjusters on storm claims, which in Plano is a large share of the roofing work we do in any given year.
Plano sits in one of the more hail-prone corridors in the country. The Metroplex gets hit by damaging hailstorms most years, and Plano in particular has taken direct hits from softball-to-baseball-size hail in recent memory. That single fact drives more of our material recommendations here than anything else. We steer most reroofs toward Class 4 impact-rated shingles, not because they're indestructible — nothing is, and a big enough hailstone will still crack any shingle — but because they hold up better against the smaller, more frequent hail events, and because many Texas insurers offer a premium discount for Class 4 roofing. That discount is worth asking your agent about before you pick a shingle.
Straight-line wind is the other half of the severe-weather story. North Texas thunderstorm outflows regularly produce wind gusts in the 60-80 mph range, occasionally higher, and that's enough to lift poorly fastened shingles, tear loose siding panels, and peel back ridge caps that weren't sealed correctly. We install to at least 130 mph wind-rated shingle specs and pay close attention to nailing pattern and starter strip installation, because on a wind claim, the insurance adjuster's first question is almost always whether the roof was installed to manufacturer spec.
Summer heat and thermal cycling matter more here than most homeowners expect. Plano roof surfaces routinely run well above the surrounding air temperature on a 100-degree July afternoon, and that heat, combined with the sharp overnight temperature drops we get even in summer, stresses shingle seal strips, siding fasteners, and window seals over time. This is part of why vinyl siding installed too tight — without the expansion gap the manufacturer specifies — tends to buckle here within a few years. It's a common mistake we see on inspections of other contractors' work.
Finally, Plano sits on expansive clay soil, and like most of North Texas, homes here experience real seasonal foundation movement — enough that you can often see it in stair-step cracks in brick veneer or gaps opening and closing at siding corners and window trim between wet and dry seasons. We can't fix a foundation, and we're honest with homeowners when a "siding problem" they're calling about is really a foundation symptom that needs a structural engineer first. Fixing the exterior finish before the movement is addressed just means paying for the same repair twice.
We work throughout Plano, including West Plano and the Willow Bend area, Legacy West and the Shops at Legacy corridor, Old Plano and the Historic Downtown district, Preston Meadow, Deerfield, Prairie Creek, Chase Oaks, Los Rios, Country Place, Steeplechase, and Hunters Glen. We also cover the surrounding communities that make up North Texas' broader footprint — Dallas, Fort Worth, Frisco, Arlington, Irving, McKinney, and Denton — so if you're near the Plano line in Murphy, Parker, Allen, or Richardson, it's worth a call even if your mailing address isn't technically Plano.
The City of Plano requires a building permit for roof replacement (a "reroof" permit) and generally for full siding replacement and any window replacement that changes the rough opening size or involves structural work. Straight swap-outs of like-for-like windows in an existing frame sometimes don't require a separate permit, but the rule depends on scope, and we pull whatever permit the job actually needs rather than guessing — a job finished without a required permit can complicate an insurance claim or a future home sale.
Plano has an unusually high number of active HOAs, and many run their own architectural review process for exterior changes, including roof color, shingle style, and siding material or color. If you're in a deed-restricted neighborhood, we'd rather help you get ARC approval lined up before material is ever ordered than have you find out after a re-roof that the HOA wanted a different shingle blend.
Plano has also adopted a version of the International Energy Conservation Code that sets minimum performance requirements — U-factor and solar heat gain coefficient — for replacement windows in most cases. We spec windows that meet or beat that baseline as a matter of course, since undersized or mismatched glass packages are one of the more common reasons a Plano homeowner's summer electric bill doesn't improve much after a "window upgrade."
Over the past couple of storm seasons we've replaced a number of roofs in West Plano and Preston Meadow following hail events, most of those jobs working through an insurance claim from initial adjuster inspection through final installation. We've also completed several fiber cement siding replacements in the older Old Plano neighborhoods, where original wood or early hardboard siding had reached the end of its service life, and a run of window replacements in 1970s-era homes near Bowman and Independence, where original aluminum-frame single-pane windows were swapped for double-pane vinyl or fiberglass units. None of that work is unusual for this area — it's a fair reflection of what Plano's housing stock and weather pattern actually demand.
Most Texas homeowners policies cover hail damage, but nearly all carry a separate wind/hail deductible that's higher than your standard deductible, often a percentage of your dwelling coverage rather than a flat dollar amount. We can walk your roof with you and tell you honestly whether the damage looks claim-worthy before you file, since a denied or low-value claim can affect future premiums.
A straightforward single-family reroof usually takes one to three days once materials are on site, weather permitting. Insurance-claim jobs typically take longer overall because of adjuster scheduling and supplement approvals, even though the physical install time is similar.
Vinyl can work well in Plano if it's installed correctly, with proper fastening and expansion clearance for our summer heat swings, but it's more prone to warping here than in milder climates if a contractor installs it too tight. Fiber cement holds up to heat cycling better and takes hail reasonably well, but costs more upfront and weighs significantly more, which matters for the structure underneath it.
Usually, but the amount varies a lot based on your home's orientation, existing insulation, and what you're replacing. Old single-pane aluminum windows typically show the most noticeable improvement; if you already have reasonably modern double-pane windows, the payback from replacing them again is much smaller and worth discussing honestly before you spend the money.
If your Plano home took hail damage this season, or your siding and windows are simply due, Alpine Exteriors will walk the property with you, give you a straight assessment of what actually needs replacing versus what can wait, and handle the insurance side if a storm claim is involved. Contact Alpine Exteriors for a free, no-pressure estimate on roofing, siding, or windows anywhere in Plano and the surrounding North Texas area.