Job No. 011

Alice, Texas

Two hundred miles from our usual routes: a homestead where the roof came off two layers deep, and the fence line came back post by post. We travel for the right job.

May 26. The garage wing under its new panels, the flower beds untouched.
May 26. The garage wing under its new panels, the flower beds untouched.
inspected
November 20, 2025
fence line
rebuilt April to May 2026
tear-off
May 11 to May 14, 2026 — two layers, metal over shingle
underlayment
synthetic, full deck
roof
standing-seam metal, brown
flyover
June 13, 2026
status
complete

Two hundred miles out

A homestead outside Alice — a house, a barn, a pool, and a fence line, all of it a long drive from our usual routes. The original metal roof photographed well from the lawn. The ridge cap told the truth.

November 14. The homestead before any work — the original metal roof overhead, Halloween skeletons still on the porch.
November 14. The homestead before any work — the original metal roof overhead, Halloween skeletons still on the porch.
November 14. Straight down: the house under its original metal, the pool, the outbuildings.
November 14. Straight down: the house under its original metal, the pool, the outbuildings.
November 14. Up on the old metal — a rusted-through ridge cap, oxidized panels.
November 14. Up on the old metal — a rusted-through ridge cap, oxidized panels.

The inspection

Six days later the roof was walked, ridge to eave, and photographed panel by panel.

November 20. An inspector at the ridge of the original metal roof.
November 20. An inspector at the ridge of the original metal roof.

The winter visit

In February the drone went back up before any build work started. From the air the old metal still photographed clean. On the ground, the property told a different story — the fence was down along whole runs.

February 25. The original metal roof from the air, documented before the rebuild.
February 25. The original metal roof from the air, documented before the rebuild.
February 25. The fence line as we found it — posts snapped, wire flattened under downed brush.
February 25. The fence line as we found it — posts snapped, wire flattened under downed brush.

The fence came back first

Spring opened with fence work: new cedar posts down the property line, new woven wire pulled tight and tied off at the old steel corners, and a new mailbox to finish the frontage.

April 30. New woven wire tied off at the old steel corner post.
April 30. New woven wire tied off at the old steel corner post.
April 26. Company in the fresh dirt along the post line.
April 26. Company in the fresh dirt along the post line.
May 5, evening. A new mailbox on a new post, the rebuilt fence line running behind it.
May 5, evening. A new mailbox on a new post, the rebuilt fence line running behind it.

Tear-off, two roofs deep

The old metal came off in long sheets — and under it was an entire shingle roof nobody had seen in years. Both layers came off down to bare decking, with the porch and beds covered the whole way.

May 11. The original metal, off the house and stacked by the pool.
May 11. The original metal, off the house and stacked by the pool.
May 14. Two layers gone — bare decking overhead, the old shingles heaped on sheeting below, the porch boarded and tarped.
May 14. Two layers gone — bare decking overhead, the old shingles heaped on sheeting below, the porch boarded and tarped.

The rebuild

Synthetic underlayment sealed the whole deck before nightfall on tear-off week, then the brown standing-seam panels went down slope by slope, dormers first.

May 24, evening. The drone circles the house — front slopes paneled, underlayment still showing on the back.
May 14, evening. The whole deck sealed in synthetic underlayment, labels still showing.
May 14, evening. The whole deck sealed in synthetic underlayment, labels still showing.
May 19. Brown standing-seam going over the dormers, underlayment at the flanks.
May 19. Brown standing-seam going over the dormers, underlayment at the flanks.

The finish

Punch work wrapped in late May. In June the drone made the long trip one more time, for the last lap around a finished roof.

June 13. The finished roof from the air — every slope in standing-seam metal, the homestead green around it.

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