The Park Cities
Roofing in Highland Park and University Park
Highland Park and University Park are independent towns surrounded by Dallas, and University Park meets Highland Park at Mockingbird Lane, the same road our service office is on.
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Penfold Construction repairs and replaces roofs in Highland Park and University Park from its service office on Mockingbird Lane. Many homes here are older and architecturally significant, so the work centers on matched materials, hand-fitted flashing and careful protection of the property, with each town's own building department setting the rules.
The Park Cities
Two towns with their own rules
Highland Park was founded in 1907 and laid out by Wilbur Cook, the planner known for Beverly Hills; University Park began in 1915 as homes around Southern Methodist University and incorporated in 1924. Both resisted annexation by Dallas, the last attempt in 1945, and each runs its own building department.
Highland Park's building inspection department works from the 2024 International Residential Code and requires contractors to register with the town before a permit is issued. We register, pull the permit with the right town and keep the work inside its rules.
The homes
Older homes, careful work
Generations of Dallas architects designed houses here, and where an older home has slate, clay tile or copper, it should be kept and repaired rather than replaced with something cheaper. Our historic roofing matches original materials, and our slate work re-hangs sound slate with new fasteners and flashing. New homes get the same attention to detail.
Around Park Cities
Where we work in the Park Cities
We cover all of Highland Park and University Park, from the streets around Highland Park Village and Exall Lake to the neighborhoods near SMU and Snider Plaza, plus Preston Hollow and the rest of north Dallas next door.
Common jobs here
What Park Cities homeowners call us for
Historic Home Roofing
Original slate, tile and copper matched and repaired.
See historic home roofingSlate & Synthetic Slate Roofing
Natural slate re-hung, or synthetic where appropriate.
See slate & synthetic slate roofingTile Roofing
Clay and concrete tile repaired or re-laid.
See tile roofingRoof Flashing Repair
Copper and custom flashing at chimneys, walls and valleys.
See roof flashing repairChimney Crown, Cap & Chase Cover Repair
Crowns and caps on older chimneys.
See chimney crown, cap & chase cover repairHail Damage Roof Repair
Inspections after hail, including on slate and tile.
See hail damage roof repairQuestions we get
Park Cities roofing questions
Yes; each town runs its own building department, and we pull the permit with the right one.
Yes, before a permit is issued; we register.
Often; sound slate is re-hung with new fasteners and flashing.
Yes, across all of University Park.
Our service office is on Mockingbird Lane, the road that divides the two towns.
Yes, with the same attention to detail.
Nearby
Other areas close to Park Cities
Park Cities roof that deserves care?
We match what the house was built with, register with the right town and keep the work inside its rules.