Residential Roofing for the Way Texans Actually Live
Your home is the biggest investment you'll ever make, and your roof is the single most important system protecting that investment. At 3 Rivers Roofing, residential roofing is the heart of our business. We install, replace, and repair roofs on single-family homes, ranch homes, custom builds, historic properties, and tract neighborhoods across Central Texas — Austin, San Antonio, San Marcos, New Braunfels, Lockhart, Buda, Kyle, Wimberley, Dripping Springs, Seguin, Schertz, Cibolo, Maxwell, Uhland, and the rural properties scattered throughout Hays, Caldwell, Comal, and Guadalupe counties.
"Residential" sounds like a single category, but the homes we work on couldn't be more different from each other. We re-roof 1920s bungalows in downtown San Marcos with 1x6 plank decking and steep gables. We re-roof 1980s tract homes in Buda and Kyle that are coming up on their second or third roof. We install custom standing seam metal on Hill Country builds with complex hip-and-valley layouts. And we replace shingle roofs on slab-on-grade homes in Schertz and Cibolo where the homeowner just wants the storm-damaged roof handled correctly so they can stop worrying about it. Every one of those jobs gets the same attention to detail.
Roofing Materials We Install on Homes
Atlas Pinnacle Shingles
Our standard architectural shingle. Pristine, Impact, and Sun lines available. Lifetime limited warranty, Class 3 or Class 4 impact options, 130 mph wind warranty. More on shingles.
Standing Seam Metal
Snap-lock and double-crimp standing seam in 24-gauge Galvalume with Kynar 500 finishes. 40-50+ year service life. More on metal.
Tile Repair & Re-Felt
Concrete and clay tile roofs common in the Hill Country. We repair, re-felt, and reset tile when the underlayment has reached the end of its life.
Flat & Low-Slope
Modified bitumen and TPO for low-slope porches, additions, and modern architectural sections that shingles can't handle.
The Full Residential System
A residential roof from 3 Rivers Roofing is never just a top layer of shingles or metal. It's a complete system, and every layer matters. We start with a complete tear-off down to the bare decking — never an overlay, regardless of what the previous roofer did. Then we inspect the decking and replace anything rotted, sagging, or delaminated. Then comes drip edge, ice and water shield in valleys and at eaves, premium synthetic underlayment, starter strip, the field material, properly installed pipe boots and step flashing, ridge vent, and ridge cap. Each step has a right way to do it and dozens of wrong ways.
Ventilation Is Half the Job
If you take one thing away from this page, take this: a roof without proper ventilation is a roof with a shortened life. Texas attics regularly hit 140°F in summer, and without balanced intake (at the soffits) and exhaust (at the ridge), all that heat cooks your shingles from below. Granules let go, asphalt dries out, and a 30-year roof becomes an 18-year roof. We verify intake and exhaust on every replacement and adjust as needed. It's one of the cheapest things we do and one of the most valuable.
What Makes Residential in Central Texas Specific
Three things shape residential roofing in our region. First, hail. The I-35 corridor sits in one of the most active hail zones in the country, and most homeowners will deal with at least one significant hail event during their ownership of the home. Second, UV exposure. Our latitude and cloud cover mean shingles get hit with intense ultraviolet radiation about nine months a year, which accelerates aging. Third, the freeze events that have become more frequent — Winter Storm Uri in 2021 was a wake-up call, and we now spec ice and water shield on every replacement we do, even though older Central Texas building codes never required it.
On top of climate, our region has its own building stock quirks. A lot of homes built before the 1980s have plank decking instead of plywood. Many San Marcos and New Braunfels neighborhoods have 6:12 to 8:12 pitches that require fall protection and slow installation. Hill Country custom homes often have complicated valleys, dormers, and dead-valleys that demand careful flashing work. We know how to handle all of it.
Insurance claim or out-of-pocket? We work with both. If a hail or wind event has hit your area, we'll inspect the roof and tell you honestly whether you have a claim worth filing. Read about how we handle insurance claims.
Why Homeowners Choose 3 Rivers
We're a local Central Texas roofing company. Our office is on Johnson Avenue in San Marcos. We aren't here for one storm season — we're here for the long haul, and every roof we install is going to drive past our shop a thousand times in the years ahead. That changes how we work. We answer the phone after the job is done. We honor our warranties. We come back if something isn't right. And we'd rather lose a job by giving an honest estimate than win one by promising something we can't deliver.