DECRA stone coated steel, the original
DECRA Roofing Systems has manufactured stone coated steel since 1957, establishing the category every competitor now works in. Six decades of product development and warranty backing stand behind every panel, and Next Gen Roofing & Construction installs DECRA systems across Central Texas as certified crews who activate that warranty in full.
Built on Galvalume, finished in stone
DECRA panels start with a Galvalume steel core, an aluminum-zinc alloy engineered for corrosion resistance, finished with acrylic-bonded stone granules that deliver UV protection, color stability, and the texture that lets steel read as shake, shingle, or tile from the curb. The construction earns a Class A fire rating and warranties of 50 years with wind coverage up to 120 mph depending on product line and installation method.
The spec that matters in hail country
- UL 2218 Class 4 impact rating across all DECRA products, the highest classification available, and the rating many Texas carriers reward with premium discounts.
- Wind resistance tested and warranted to 120 mph, above the vast majority of Central Texas events.
- UV performance: the acrylic-bonded granule surface resists degradation far beyond organic materials, holding color across the 50 year design life.
- Class A fire rating, meaningful for properties in or near wildland-urban interface areas.
Profiles for every architecture
DECRA’s line covers the aesthetic range: shake profiles with hand-split texture, tile profiles carrying Mediterranean curves at a tenth of tile’s weight, and shingle profiles that upgrade a familiar look with steel’s engineering. Whatever the neighborhood’s language, there is a DECRA profile that speaks it while outperforming everything around it, and samples on your actual roofline settle the choice.
Why certified installation decides everything
A DECRA warranty is a specification document: substrate preparation, panel layout, fastening patterns, and flashing integration all have requirements, and full warranty activation depends on meeting them. Our technicians install to those requirements exactly and document the stages as built, which is the difference between owning a warranted 50 year system and owning very nice panels. The registration lands in your name with the file to prove compliance.
DECRA against its category
Within stone coated steel, DECRA is the pedigree pick: the originator’s engineering, the longest field history, and warranty language backed by decades of panels already on roofs. Tilcor competes with its own strengths and profile language, and we install both, so the comparison you get is between systems, not between what two different companies happen to sell. Pricing, profiles, and warranty terms arrive side by side, with the lifespan math against conventional shingle on the same page.
Getting DECRA on your roof
The path is the standard one: documented inspection, structural and aesthetic consultation with samples in hand, an itemized quote naming the product line and warranty tier, and certified installation photographed at every covered stage. For hail-belt owners planning decades, DECRA is one of the strongest answers the industry offers, and this is the way to buy it with the warranty intact.
What DECRA ownership feels like
Owners describe the same arc: the first hail season spent bracing for the worst, the inspection that finds nothing worth claiming, and then years of simply not thinking about the roof. The stone surface keeps its color through summers that fade lesser materials, the interlocked panels ride out fronts that send neighbors up ladders, and maintenance amounts to keeping valleys clear and letting the occasional inspection confirm what the curb already suggests. A roof that exits the worry rotation is the product DECRA actually sells, and six decades of installed fields say it delivers.
Budgeting a DECRA project
DECRA pricing sits in the premium band, above architectural shingle and competitive within stone coated steel, with the returns arriving as decades of service, avoided replacement cycles, insurance discounts, and hail claims that never happen. Our quotes name the product line and warranty tier explicitly and set the thirty year cost line next to conventional shingle, because premium systems should be bought on the math, and DECRA wins that comparison for owners who intend to stay under it.
Recent DECRA installs are in the drone gallery and available as drive-by addresses, because a stone coated field on a real Central Texas home in real light is the best sales material the product has. Start with the inspection, see the samples on your own roofline, and let the system argue for itself.
Start with a documented look at your roof
Ask for the free inspection and you get three things back: a condition report with photographs, an itemized scope if work is warranted, and a clear no if it is not. Nothing has to be decided while somebody is standing in your driveway.
Ring (830) 330-1123 for the fastest answer, or book the inspection online and pick a time that suits you.