A roofer who knows what a Lake LBJ home asks of a roof
Highland Haven is a small lakeside city on the south shore of Lake LBJ, tucked into Burnet County off RR 1431 between Granite Shoals and the Marble Falls area. It is a tight community of waterfront and near-water homes, a lot of them owned by folks who came here to retire or to have a place on the water. A roof on that kind of home earns its keep. The open exposure over the lake means harder sun and stronger gusts than a house sheltered inside a subdivision, and the metal roofs you see across the Highland Lakes are popular here for exactly that reason.
We run Plenox Solutions out of Leander, up RR 1431 and toward 183, and Highland Haven is part of the Burnet County territory we cover week in and week out. We wanted to do it the right way instead of trying to make a quick nickel off of homeowners, we wanted to build lasting relationships. That is why we put a full crew on a Highland Haven job, pull the roof to the deck when it needs it, and rebuild it as one weather system rather than a layer slapped over the last one. Every replacement comes with a lifetime workmanship warranty and six years of annual weatherproofing we come back and do ourselves.
If your roof on the lake is aging, leaking after a Hill Country storm, or you just want it looked at before the next hail season, call us or use our contact page and we will set up a free roof quote. We come out, get up on it, and tell you straight what it needs.
Finished roof, Highland Haven area
Every part of the roof, covered for a lake home
A full replacement is what most Highland Haven calls turn into, but a roof is a whole system and we work all of it. Here is what we take on for homes around Lake LBJ and the rest of Burnet County, residential and the few commercial buildings out this way alike.
Metal Roofing
Standing-seam metal, the choice a lot of Lake LBJ owners make for the wind and the long sun off the water. Installed tight, sealed clean.Shingle Roof Repair
Lifted tabs, blown shingles and leaks from a Hill Country blow, fixed before they grow into a tear-off you did not plan for.Storm Damage Roof Repair
When a spring cell comes off West Texas and parks over the Highland Lakes, we photograph the hail and wind hits and get the roof watertight again.Gutter Replacement
Continuous gutters sized for the flash-flood rain a single Hill Country storm can dump on a lake-corridor slope in minutes.Roof Ventilation
Lomanco-certified attic ventilation so the new roof does not cook itself early under the open sun a waterfront lot gets all day.Commercial Roofing
Flat and low-slope work for the offices and small buildings around Highland Haven and Marble Falls, scheduled around your hours.From the Highland Haven lakefront to the rest of Burnet County
Highland Haven is a small city, a few hundred homes wrapped along the south shore of Lake LBJ off RR 1431, and we cover all of it plus the water and roads around it. Granite Shoals sits right next door and Marble Falls is a short drive on, so a crew already headed this way for one job often handles a second the same week.
The whole area falls inside Burnet County, where we serve the surrounding Highland Lakes towns as well.
Sun off the water, hail off the hills
A roof on Lake LBJ lives between two kinds of weather, and both of them are rough. For most of the year it is the sun. A waterfront lot has little shade and the glare bouncing off the water adds to the load, so the roof sees long, intense exposure that ages shingles fast. The attic underneath holds that heat, and without the right ventilation it cooks the underside of the deck and drives cooling bills up all summer. We design attic ventilation into every roof we build here to a Lomanco-certified spec, because a new roof over a starved attic still burns itself out early. Ventilation is part of the roof, not a line item we add at the end.
Then comes the storm half of the year. In spring and early summer the cells that build out over West Texas track east into the Hill Country, and the lake corridor funnels wind right up the water. Burnet County takes its share of hail, and around the Highland Lakes that hail is the number one reason a home needs a new roof before the material would have worn out on its own. The damage is sneaky. Hail bruises the mat under the granules and cracks the waterproofing without leaving a hole you can spot from the yard, so a roof that looks fine the morning after can be quietly leaking by the next season once the sun and the next hard rain work it open. Flash flooding off the slopes adds to it, putting more water through the gutters in a few minutes than a flatter town ever sees. We get up on the roof and look at it properly before we tell you what it needs, instead of reading it from the driveway and guessing.
We get up on the roof and look at it properly before we tell you what it needs.
Plenox Solutions, Highland Haven roofingQuestions from owners on the lake
Plain answers for Highland Haven and the Highland Lakes on cost, timing, and storm work. Call (432) 288-5562 or use our contact page if yours is not here.
Will you come out to Highland Haven if you are based in Leander?
Yes, and often. Highland Haven is part of our regular Burnet County route. Our shop is in Leander, up RR 1431 toward 183, and we are out around Lake LBJ regularly for both planned replacements and storm response. The same crew and the same warranty come with us no matter how far down the lake the job sits, so the distance never turns into a reason to cut a corner.
Is a metal roof really worth it on a Lake LBJ home?
For a lot of waterfront and near-water owners, yes. A standing-seam metal roof handles the wind that funnels up the lake corridor better than shingle, sheds water fast in a flash-flood downpour, and holds up to the long sun a lakefront lot gets all day. It is a bigger number up front and it lasts decades, which is why so many homes across the Highland Lakes already wear it. We will walk you through metal versus shingle for your specific roof and not push you toward one to pad the ticket.
Does being right on Lake LBJ change how a roof holds up?
It does. Open water means more moisture in the air and stronger, more constant gusts than a sheltered inland street, both of which work on a roof harder over time. Moisture that slips under a worn shingle layer can rot the decking faster out here. When we replace a roof in Highland Haven we strip the old material and check every board on the deck before we build back, swapping out any rot we find so the new roof sits on a sound base.
What do I do if a Hill Country hailstorm hits my roof?
Call us or fill out our contact form and we will set up a free roof inspection. We get on the roof, photograph the hail and wind damage, and hand you a written read of what the storm did. If your homeowner’s policy covers hail and wind, we walk you through the claim and meet your adjuster up on the roof so the approved scope matches the real damage and nothing gets missed.
Do I need a full replacement, or can the hail damage be repaired?
That comes down to how much of the roof took the hit and how old it is. If a storm bruised one section and the rest of the shingles are still sound, a targeted repair is the right call. If it pelted the whole surface or the roof was already near the end of its life, a replacement is the honest answer. We look the whole roof over and show you the pictures before we recommend either one.
What is backing a Highland Haven roof once you finish?
Every replacement carries a lifetime workmanship warranty that covers our install for as long as you own the home. On top of that we include six years of annual weatherproofing where we come back out to the lake, check the seams, flashing, and penetrations, and reseal anything that has shifted. That yearly visit is how a lot of small problems get caught long before they ever turn into a leak. We also work the few commercial buildings around Highland Haven and Marble Falls under the same written scope and warranty, see our commercial roofing page or call to talk it through.
Let us get up on your Highland Haven roof
Tell us what the roof is doing and we will drive out to the lake, climb it, and put a clear number on paper. Your free roof quote costs nothing and ties you to nothing. Look through finished roofs in our project gallery or reach us on the contact page.