Roof Repair in 78728
Austin has issued 14,734 building permits that mention roof work, and 37 of them landed in 78728. That puts this ZIP code 35th out of the 44 ZIP codes inside the city limits.
Roof quotes are hard to judge because you get one every fifteen years. This page gives you the background 78728 has been running in the meantime: what has been permitted, what it was declared at, and which contractors keep an address here.
Get 3 roof repair quotes
Free, no obligation. Takes about a minute.
The permit record for 78728
24 permits in 2024–2026 against 1 in 2021–2023: up 2300%. Roof permits do not climb that fast on their own. Either the weather forced it or a build cohort came due, and in 78728 both are plausible. The single busiest year on record for 78728 was 2024.
Roof permits in 78728, year by year
| Year | Permits | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 22 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
What those 37 permits actually were
Not every roof permit means the same job. In 78728, 97% are filed as remodel — the roof being touched as part of a wider job on an existing house. It changes who you should be calling. Crews that live on new construction quote differently from crews that live on tear-offs, and neither is wrong.
- Remodel — 36 permits (97%)
- Repair — 1 permits (3%)
Almost none of this is new construction. Everything here is somebody dealing with a roof that has been on the house a while, which puts the emphasis on the inspection rather than the installation.
Roof prices in 78728, from the permit file
78728 has no permits on file for roof-only residential work with a declared value — too few to average without misleading you. Across Austin as a whole there are 600, and they fall like this: under $10,000, 256; $10,000 to $20,000, 116; $20,000 to $30,000, 102; $30,000 to $50,000, 49; over $50,000, 77. Six in ten land under $20,000.
A thin local record is not the same as a cheap area. It usually means 78728 has few detached houses, or that most roof work here happens as part of larger remodels and never gets filed as a roof job on its own.
Roofers on the state register in 78728
2 roofing and exterior contractors have a registered business address inside 78728. These dates are exact because they are state filings, not marketing. A profile that says “over 20 years” is rounding; this is the day the business started reporting sales.
| Trading since | Contractor | Address |
|---|---|---|
| October 1, 2023 | Jg Roofing Company Atx, LLC | 1903 Bench Mark Dr |
| January 1, 2026 | Republic Metal Roofing LLC | 16303 Hillside Dr |
The longest-established is Jg Roofing Company Atx, LLC, trading since October 1, 2023 — 3 years. That is not long. New is not the same as bad, but a young business has no track record here yet, and a warranty is only worth the company behind it. One of these registered in the last two years.
Read the table as a directory, not a shortlist. Texas has no state roofing licence to check, which puts the burden on you: ask for proof of general liability and workers’ compensation before the job, not after.
Two questions worth asking
What time of year is cheapest?
Late winter, usually. Demand in Austin follows the storms, and the quiet stretch between hail seasons is when crews have gaps in the calendar. Nobody advertises a winter discount, but availability is negotiating power.
When is the worst time to need a roofer here?
The fortnight after a significant hailstorm. Everybody calls at once, prices firm up, and the crews with the most availability are often the ones who just arrived in town. If your roof can wait a month, it will usually be cheaper and better done.
78728 against the rest of North Austin
North Austin covers 10 ZIP codes and they do not behave alike. The other 9 average 394 roof permits each; 78728 has 37 — below the local average, at roughly 0.1 times it. The busiest of its neighbours is 78758, with 631.
Fewer permits than the neighbours usually means fewer houses rather than better roofs — and in areas with more rentals, a lot of repair work never reaches the permit desk at all.
What this means if you live here
Roofs in Central Texas rarely fail politely. They go from fine to leaking during one storm, usually at night. If anything on yours has been bothering you, getting somebody up there while the weather is dry is the whole trick.
Get quotes for this roof
One form. We pass it to a contractor who works your ZIP code. No account, no obligation, no cost.
Get 3 roof repair quotes
Free, no obligation. Takes about a minute.