Some roofing projects come with a little family history. This home in The Peninsula neighborhood of East Dallas is one of them.
Located directly across the street from White Rock Lake, the property has an exceptional view of the water from its front yard. But what makes this project particularly interesting to us is that Bert Roofing had worked on the same property more than 30 years earlier.
Our old company records show that John B. Bert, the previous generation of our family business, completed approximately 10 squares of roofing work here for an earlier homeowner in 1992. When the home needed another roof replacement decades later, his son, John Edward Bert, personally managed the project.
Different homeowners, different roofing materials, and two generations of the same Dallas roofing family.
A Homeowner Looking for Someone Local
The homeowner was an older Dallas resident who wanted a roofing contractor she could trust. She preferred someone local, with an established business and a history of working in the area.
That is something we understand. Replacing a roof is a significant expense, particularly for someone who has lived in the same neighborhood for many years. Knowing who is responsible for the work, and where to find that company afterward, matters.
Bert Roofing has served Dallas since 1988. We started as a family business working out of our home before moving into our longtime East Dallas office. Over the years, we have installed and repaired roofs throughout the neighborhoods surrounding White Rock Lake.
We were pleased to return to this particular property.
Removing the Old Roof and Addressing Different Slopes
The existing composition shingles had reached the point where replacement was necessary. Our inspection notes also identified aging, leaking roofing on the lower-pitched sections.
This was not a simple roof with two straight slopes. The house has multiple roof sections, valleys, hips, and transitions. The roof measurement report identified 40 facets, with the predominant pitch at 8/12.
Those intersections require particular attention during roof replacement. Valleys concentrate water from adjoining roof surfaces, while changes in slope and roof-to-wall connections create additional flashing considerations.
We removed the existing composition roofing and installed new architectural shingles, along with the appropriate starter shingles, hip and ridge materials, underlayment, drip edge, and other roofing accessories.
The project also included SBS modified-bitumen roofing materials for the lower-slope sections.These areas require a different roofing approach because conventional composition shingles are not intended for very low pitches.
IKO Cambridge Shingles in Weathered Wood
For the main roof, we installed IKO Cambridge architectural shingles in Weathered Wood.
IKO is not the manufacturer we feature most often in our project profiles. We install a great deal of GAF, Owens Corning, and CertainTeed roofing, but IKO is another established manufacturer with a growing presence in the Texas market.
In fact, IKO operates a 250,000-square-foot shingle manufacturing and warehousing facility in Hillsboro, Texas, developed to serve Texas and the broader Southwestern United States.
Cambridge is IKO’s laminated architectural shingle, designed to provide a dimensional appearance rather than the flat look of older-style shingles. The Weathered Wood color provides a blend of gray and brown tones that fits the traditional appearance of this home.
Our material order also included new roofing accessories, flashing materials, plumbing vent covers, and turbine vents.
A Roof Replacement with a Little History
The Peninsula is a distinctive part of East Dallas. Homes along this stretch of White Rock Lake have views that are difficult to duplicate elsewhere in the city. This particular property is fortunate to have the lake directly across the street.
For us, however, the more meaningful part of the job was finding that old record of work performed by the previous generation of Bert Roofing.
We cannot claim that every customer returns after 30 years, and in this case the earlier work was for a different homeowner. But it illustrates something important about being a longstanding local contractor. Our records, our history, and our relationships with Dallas neighborhoods extend back decades.
The same family that worked on this property in 1992 was responsible for its later roof replacement.
If you are considering a roof replacement in Dallas, Bert Roofing provides inspections, practical recommendations, and written, no-obligation estimates. We work throughout East Dallas, including The Peninsula, Old Lake Highlands, Casa Linda, Lakewood, and the surrounding White Rock Lake neighborhoods.
