Round Rock Has Taken More Damage Than Anywhere Else in the Metro
That is not a figure of speech. In the space of thirty-one months, Round Rock absorbed three separate declared-scale events: Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, an EF-2 tornado in March 2022, and the September 2023 hailstorm that remains the costliest to ever strike the Austin region. Each one left a different kind of damage, and a meaningful amount of it is still unrepaired.
That history is why this page is not a list of services with a city name dropped into it. What fails in a Round Rock home is specific — to which side of the Balcones Escarpment you live on, to the decade your subdivision was built, and to which of those three storms passed over your roof.
We are based in Buda, about 34 miles south on I-35. On an emergency call that is a 35 to 45 minute drive with a crew and drying equipment, not a dispatcher taking a message for the morning.
The Storms Round Rock Is Still Repairing
If your property was in the path of any of these, damage from it may still be unrepaired — and worth documenting even if the claim window has passed. Texas generally allows two years from the date of loss to bring a property damage claim.
September 24, 2023 — The Costliest Hailstorm on Record
Baseball- to softball-sized hail across Williamson and Travis counties, with roughly $300 million in damage in Williamson County alone. The Somerset subdivision was among the hardest hit. Round Rock ISD reported broken skylights, dented HVAC equipment and leaking roofs across the district. Hail that size bruises the shingle mat without always cracking the surface, which is why so many of these roofs were never inspected.
March 21, 2022 — The EF-2 Tornado
Touching down just before 6 p.m. with peak winds around 135 mph, it stayed on the ground 41 minutes across a 29-mile path. More than 680 homes were affected and 16 people were injured, with total damage above $32 million. It tore roofs off homes in Windy Terrace and Greenlawn Place. Wind damage of that kind frequently breaks shingle sealant strips well outside the visible path — the roof looks intact and leaks two storms later.
February 2021 — Winter Storm Uri
Multiple days of sustained subfreezing temperatures burst pipes across Williamson County, particularly in attics and exterior walls where Central Texas plumbing was never insulated for it. Many of those homes were dried out badly or not at all, and the mold that followed surfaced months later.
Brushy Creek & Lake Creek Flooding
The 2015 Memorial Day floods and the 2010 Tropical Storm Hermine event both damaged homes along these corridors. Flooding here is not a once-in-a-generation event, and the mapped floodplain understates the real exposure — see below.
Your HOA Cannot Block Impact-Resistant Shingles — Texas Law Says So
Round Rock is a city of master-planned communities, and Teravista, Paloma Lake, Forest Creek, Behrens Ranch and Mayfield Ranch all run architectural review on roof material and color. After the 2023 hailstorm, a lot of Round Rock homeowners were told — or assumed — that their HOA would not permit an upgrade to Class 4 impact-resistant shingles.
That is not the law. Texas Property Code § 202.011, on the books since 2011, prohibits a property owners' association from preventing a homeowner from installing shingles that are designed primarily to be wind and hail resistant and rated as such by a nationally recognized testing laboratory — Underwriters Laboratories, for example, under the UL 2218 standard. Your HOA can still apply reasonable aesthetic guidelines, and you should still submit for approval before work starts. What it cannot do is refuse you a hail-rated roof.
That matters here more than almost anywhere. Round Rock takes damaging hail several times in an average year, and separately, Texas Insurance Code § 2253.002 requires insurers writing homeowner policies in this state to offer a premium discount for qualifying impact-resistant roofing. Each carrier sets its own discount amount, eligibility list and documentation requirements, so call yours and ask specifically — but on a Round Rock roof being replaced anyway, the upgrade is frequently the cheapest long-term decision on the table.
What Fails in a Round Rock Home, by the Decade It Was Built
Round Rock built out in three distinct waves, and each one has its own failure mode. Knowing which one your house belongs to tells you a great deal about what to expect.
1980s to Early 1990s — Copper at Pinhole Age
The established core around Deepwood and the Brushy Creek area: slab foundations with copper supply lines now well into pinhole-leak territory. Round Rock's hard water accelerates corrosion from the inside, and the expansive clay underneath keeps flexing the lines. This is the classic slab leak profile — a warm spot on the floor, an unexplained water bill, a musty smell.
1995 to 2010 — The Master-Planned Wave
Forest Creek, Behrens Ranch, Cat Hollow, Davis Spring. Slab-on-grade with CPVC or early-generation PEX. These are also the homes whose original architectural asphalt roofs are now 20 to 25 years old — past design life in this climate before you account for hail.
2010 to Present — Newer Builds, Newer Problems
Teravista, Paloma Lake, Mayfield Ranch. PEX throughout and generally sounder plumbing, but volume construction during a building boom means moisture management was sometimes an afterthought — hidden mold behind sheathing and in unconditioned attic space is the pattern we find here.
Expansive Clay on the East Side
Eastern Round Rock sits on heavy Vertisol black clay running 60 to 80 percent clay content. It shrinks hard in drought and swells on rehydration, and that movement is the primary driver of slab distress and the plumbing failures that follow it.
Thin Soil Over Limestone on the West Side
West of the escarpment, Georgetown-series soils sit only 20 to 40 inches above limestone bedrock. Less slab movement, but far less absorption — water sheets off rather than soaking in, which changes how drainage and flash flooding behave around the house.
Roofs at End of Design Life
Central Texas heat cycling starts producing granule loss and shingle cracking as early as five to eight years in. Combine that with the 2023 hail and the share of Round Rock roofs now past twenty years, and a very large number of them are due regardless of what the last storm did.
Brushy Creek Flood Risk Is Higher Than the FEMA Map Shows
Brushy Creek runs straight through the middle of Round Rock — it is the creek the city is named after, and the round rock itself sits in its bed. Lake Creek drains the southwest. Both corridors carry FEMA-mapped floodplains, and homes along them have flooded repeatedly, most notably in 2010 and 2015.
Here is the part most homeowners are never told: the City of Round Rock itself acknowledges that NOAA Atlas 14 rainfall data places the true 100-year flood risk above what current FEMA maps reflect. Atlas 14 revised Central Texas rainfall frequency estimates sharply upward, and the regulatory maps have not fully caught up. Being outside the mapped floodplain is not the same as being outside the risk.
This has a direct financial consequence worth understanding before you need it. Standard homeowners policies do not cover flood — rising water from a creek is excluded, and that is separate NFIP or private flood coverage. Water that comes through a wind-damaged roof generally is covered. Which category your loss falls into determines whether you have a claim at all, and it is the single most common unpleasant surprise we see after a Round Rock flood event.
Our Services in Round Rock
Restoration and construction from one company. The crew that mitigates the loss is the crew that rebuilds it, so nothing falls into the gap between two contractors while your adjuster waits.
Roof Repair in Round Rock
Hail bruising, wind-lifted shingles after the 2022 tornado, failed pipe boots and flashing leaks — repaired, with the insurance claim documented and the interior damage handled too.
Learn moreRoof Replacement in Round Rock
Full replacement when a repair no longer makes economic sense, including Class 4 impact-resistant upgrades your HOA cannot refuse under Texas Property Code § 202.011.
Learn moreWater Damage Restoration in Round Rock
Slab leaks in the 1980s and 1990s copper stock, freeze bursts, appliance failures and storm intrusion. Extraction, metered structural drying and rebuild.
Learn moreMold Remediation in Round Rock
The second wave after Uri, the tornado and the hail — especially in homes that were tarped rather than repaired, or dried badly the first time.
Learn moreFire Damage Restoration in Round Rock
Emergency board-up, soot and smoke removal, odor treatment, and the full rebuild afterward — including the water damage the fire department left behind.
Learn moreStorm Damage & Reconstruction
Emergency tarping through to finished rebuild after hail, wind and tornado damage — plus kitchens, bathrooms and additions when the work is planned rather than urgent.
Learn moreNeighborhoods We Cover in Round Rock
Teravista, Forest Creek, Paloma Lake, Behrens Ranch, Cat Hollow, Davis Spring, Fern Bluff, Mayfield Ranch, Chandler Creek, Round Rock West, Brushy Creek, Downtown Round Rock, Round Rock East, Deepwood, Greenlawn Place and Windy Terrace — plus everywhere in between.
That covers ZIP codes 78664, 78665, 78680, 78681, 78682 and 78683, across Williamson County and the small portion of Round Rock that falls in Travis County. If you are near Dell Diamond, Old Settlers Park, the Premium Outlets or anywhere along the Gattis School Road and I-35 corridor, you are well inside our service area.
Round Rock Questions We Get Asked
Is it too late to claim hail damage from the September 2023 storm?
Property damage claims in Texas are generally subject to a two-year limitations period running from the date of loss, and most policies separately require prompt notice once you discover damage. For most September 2023 losses that two-year window has now closed — but damage from more recent storms is still well inside it, and unrepaired damage is worth documenting either way. We still find unrepaired 2023 hail damage on Round Rock roofs regularly, because bruised shingle mat is genuinely hard to see from the ground. An inspection costs nothing and settles the question.
My HOA says I have to match the neighborhood's shingle. Can I still get Class 4?
Yes. Texas Property Code § 202.011 prevents a property owners' association from stopping you from installing shingles designed primarily to be wind and hail resistant and rated by a nationally recognized testing laboratory. The HOA can still apply reasonable aesthetic standards — color and profile — and you should still submit for architectural approval before work begins. But it cannot require you to put a non-rated shingle back on a house in a hail corridor. We handle the submission as part of the job.
Why do so many Round Rock homes have slab leaks?
Two things stacking. Eastern Round Rock sits on expansive Vertisol clay at 60 to 80 percent clay content, which swells and shrinks dramatically with the seasons and flexes whatever is embedded in or under the slab. On top of that, the 1980s and 1990s housing stock was plumbed in copper, and Round Rock's hard water corrodes copper from the inside. Movement plus corrosion produces pinhole leaks under the slab. Warm spots on the floor, a water bill that jumped for no reason, or a musty smell with no visible source are the usual first signs.
My house is not in the flood plain. Do I need to worry about Brushy Creek?
It is worth understanding the gap. The City of Round Rock acknowledges that NOAA Atlas 14 rainfall data indicates the real 100-year flood risk exceeds what current FEMA maps show — Atlas 14 revised Central Texas rainfall estimates upward and the regulatory maps lag behind. Being outside the mapped floodplain lowers your risk; it does not eliminate it. The practical point is insurance: standard homeowners policies exclude rising water, so if Brushy Creek is a realistic risk for your address, that is separate flood coverage you would need to arrange before an event, not after.
How fast can you get to Round Rock from Buda?
Roughly 34 miles up I-35, typically 35 to 45 minutes outside peak traffic. For active water intrusion we will talk you through shutting off the supply and protecting what is below while the crew is en route. We answer 24/7 for emergencies — for planned work like roof replacement or a remodel, we schedule the free estimate at your convenience.
Do you work with my insurance company?
Yes, with all carriers. We document the loss from the first visit — photographs, moisture readings, and a record of what was removed and why — and prepare a line-item scope your adjuster can actually check against their own estimate. We will also meet the adjuster at the property. What we will not do is waive or absorb your deductible: Texas Insurance Code § 707.002 requires you to pay it, and Texas Business & Commerce Code § 27.02 makes it a criminal offense for a contractor to help you avoid it. Anyone offering is telling you something useful about themselves.
The 2022 tornado missed my street by a few blocks. Could my roof still be damaged?
It happens more than people expect. That tornado had peak winds near 135 mph and a 500-yard-wide path, but the damaging straight-line winds around a system like that extend well beyond the visible track. The common outcome outside the path is broken sealant strips — the tabs are not gone, so the roof looks fine, but the bond that holds each course down has failed. The leak shows up one or two storms later and by then the causal link to a dated event is harder to make. If you are in Windy Terrace, Greenlawn Place or the surrounding neighborhoods and have not had the roof looked at since March 2022, it is worth doing.
Do you handle the rebuild, or just the cleanup?
Both, and that is the main reason to use us. After mitigation the same company rebuilds — drywall, texture matched to the existing wall, paint, trim, cabinets, flooring and roofing. You are not hiring a second contractor and you are not standing between two companies while your adjuster decides whose scope was right.
Storm Damage in Round Rock? Let Us Look First.
Inspections and estimates are free, and there is no obligation. We will tell you honestly whether you have a claim worth filing, what the damage actually is, and what it takes to put it right — in writing, before anything starts.
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