Roofing materials we install
The right roof for a Central Texas home depends on hail exposure, heat, slope, and what you want it to look like in twenty years. Next Gen Roofing & Construction installs every major system and will tell you plainly what each one costs and survives.
Compare the options: asphalt shingle roofing for the best cost-to-performance ratio, metal roofing for longevity and heat reflection, stone coated steel for metal strength with a shingle or tile look, clay and concrete tile, and natural slate, plus flat roofing systems, along with TPO membranes, and roof coatings that extend the life of an existing roof.
Brand systems we are certified on
We install DaVinci synthetic, and DECRA, and Tilcor, plus Ludowici tile, and Westlake Royal systems, with manufacturer-backed warranty options on every install.
How to actually choose
Material choice is a budget-and-decades conversation, not a catalog browse. Asphalt shingle wins when the budget leads and the roof needs to perform for twenty years at the lowest entry cost. Metal and stone coated steel win when you plan to stay long enough for the lifespan math to invert, usually past year twelve. Tile and slate win on architecture, when the house itself calls for them and the structure can carry the weight. Flat and TPO are not choices so much as requirements for low-slope construction, and coatings are the option most building owners do not know they have. We walk this decision with real numbers for your roof, not brochure ranges.
Hail changes the math in Texas
Every material conversation in Central Texas eventually arrives at hail. Class 4 impact-rated shingles cost more per square but earn carrier discounts and survive storms that total standard fields. Stone coated steel takes hail that would bruise asphalt and dents that would total painted panels are rare at residential hail sizes. Tile cracks but protects the envelope. The honest ranking depends on your slope, exposure, and how long you intend to own the roof, and that is exactly the conversation an inspection is for.
Installed by the crews the manufacturers certify
Every system on this page is installed to its manufacturer specification by certified crews, which is what keeps the warranty registrable and the performance matching the brochure. Material quality is real, but installation quality is decisive: the same shingle fails at year twelve or performs at year twenty five depending on fastening, ventilation, and flashing discipline. That discipline is the actual product Next Gen Roofing & Construction sells, whatever material you land on.
Lifespan and cost, side by side
In Central Texas conditions, standard architectural shingle fields run roughly two decades, impact-rated versions the same with far better storm survival, metal systems four to five decades, stone coated steel similar with a heavier aesthetic, and tile or slate past half a century when the details are maintained. Cost climbs in roughly that order. The mistake homeowners make is comparing install prices instead of cost per year of service: the mid-tier material at year thirty has often cost less per year than the budget field replaced twice. We put those numbers on one page for your actual roof during the estimate.
Ventilation, the invisible half of the system
No material survives a cooking attic. Texas heat drives attic temperatures past 140 degrees, and inadequate intake and exhaust bakes shingles from below while the sun works from above, voiding warranties and halving lifespans. Every material quote we write includes a ventilation check, because installing a premium field over a broken ventilation system is selling you a slow failure. It is a cheap fix at install time and it is the difference between the brochure lifespan and the real one.
Seeing the materials in place
Brochure swatches lie at roof scale. The project gallery carries drone photography of these systems on real Central Texas homes, and when a decision is close we can usually point to an installed roof in your area worth driving past. Materials look different over a whole plane in Texas sun than they do in a showroom, and choosing from real roofs is how you avoid repainting the front door to match a regret.
Whatever direction the decision goes, the inspection that starts it is free, the numbers arrive in writing, and nobody on our team is paid to push you past the material your house and budget actually want.
Every roofing material, honestly compared
Asphalt shingles remain the residential roofing default for good reason, and modern architectural asphalt shingles are a far better product than the three-tab fields they replaced. Metal roofs answer the longevity question, slate roofing answers the forever question, and the specialty roofing products in between each solve a specific problem. The right roofing material is the one whose strengths match your roof replacement budget, your slope, and your decade horizon, and a good comparison lays the products side by side instead of leading with the highest ticket. That is how we run the conversation, and the estimate paperwork shows it.
Cost and lifespan quick reference
Roofing materials sort cleanly when you put costs against years of service. Asphalt shingles: lowest entry cost, roughly two decades of service, and impact-rated asphalt shingles close most of the storm gap for a modest premium. Metal roofing: mid-tier costs, four to five decades, the strongest heat performance of any mainstream roof. Stone coated steel: metal roofing performance wearing a shingle or tile profile. Tile roofs: premium costs, half-century service, unmatched on the right home. Slate: the highest entry cost in roofing and the longest life a roof can have, with natural slate outlasting the fasteners that hold it. Every home lands somewhere different on that grid, and the estimate maps your roof onto it with real numbers rather than ranges.
Metal Roofing
Standing seam metal roofing is the fifty year answer: concealed fasteners, Kynar finishes that hold color through brutal summers, and panels that shed hail that would total an asphalt roof. Install quality decides everything with metal, which is why our crews build to the panel manufacturer spec with the seams, clips, and flashing details that separate a lifetime roof from a five year callback. We price metal against shingle side by side so the lifespan math is yours to judge.
Tile Roofing
Clay and concrete tile roofing gives Hill Country homes their mission profile and some of the longest service lives in the industry, provided the system under the tile is built right. The underlayment is the real waterproofing, and it is where most tile roofs fail. Our crews install reinforced underlayment rated for decades, form flashing for tile profiles, and repair or relay existing tile without cracking half the field on the way across the roof.
Flat Roofing
Low slope buildings get four honest options from our flat roofing crews: TPO for reflective energy savings, modified bitumen for multi ply redundancy, EPDM where it fits, and restoration coatings when the existing roof is sound but aging. There is no single best system, only the best match for the deck, the drainage, and the years you need it to last. Estimates price the real contenders side by side with numbers you can hold us to.
TPO Roofing
White TPO roofing is the workhorse of modern commercial roofs: a single ply membrane welded into one continuous waterproof surface that reflects heat instead of absorbing it. Cooler decks mean lower cooling loads every summer, which is why TPO wins on offices, retail, and warehouses across the metro. Our installs are mechanically fastened or fully adhered to match the building, every seam is probe tested, and maintenance plans keep the manufacturer warranty valid.
Stone Coated Steel Roofing
Stone coated steel roofing looks like shake or tile from the curb and behaves like armor overhead. Interlocking steel panels with a granular stone finish take hail that bruises asphalt, shrug off wind that peels shingle roofs, and carry Class 4 impact ratings that earn carrier discounts. It weighs a fraction of what real tile does, so most framing carries it without reinforcement. For homeowners planning to stay, it is one of the smartest lifespan buys on the market.
Asphalt Shingle Roofing
Architectural asphalt shingle roofing remains the residential default for good reason: proven performance, the widest color range, and the friendliest install cost of any system we carry. Modern impact rated lines survive hail that totaled the three tab shingles they replaced, and they earn insurance discounts doing it. Certified installation is what separates the shingle roof that lasts twenty five years from the one that fails at twelve, and certified installation is what we do.
Natural Slate Roofing
Genuine natural slate roofing is the hundred year roof: real stone, split by hand, hung piece by piece on framing engineered to carry it. Slate suits substantial architecture and owners who intend to hand the house down, not flip it. The craft is rare, which is exactly why it pays to hire crews who have actually hung it. We install, repair, and source matching slate for existing roofs, and we will tell you honestly when composite slate is the smarter buy.
Roof Coatings
Restoration roof coatings are the option most building owners never hear about: a fluid applied membrane over a sound existing roof that stops leaks, reflects heat, and adds a decade or more of service life for a fraction of replacement cost. The catch is surface prep and application discipline, which is why coating manufacturers certify contractors before backing the warranty. If your roof is aging but dry, a coating assessment is worth twenty minutes before anyone quotes a tear off.
Start with a documented look at your roof
Every job on your property starts the same way: a free inspection, photographs of what the crew actually finds, and a written verdict you keep whether you hire Next Gen Roofing & Construction or not. If the roof has years left in it, that is what the report will say.
Ring (830) 330-1123 for the fastest answer, or book the inspection online and pick a time that suits you.