Pleasant Grove, Dallas
Roof repair and replacement in Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove is one of the largest homeowner neighborhoods in Dallas: mostly detached houses, mostly owned outright or close to it, and a lot of them on their second or third roof since the 1960s.
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Penfold Construction repairs and replaces roofs across Pleasant Grove from its Dallas service office on Mockingbird Lane. Most homes here are detached houses with a median build year of 1966, and owners stay an average of nearly 19 years, so we see a lot of second and third roofs, worn decking and older flashing. We give a written scope with repair and replacement priced side by side.
Pleasant Grove
A neighborhood of owned homes
Pleasant Grove was its own community in southeast Dallas County until the city annexed it piece by piece after World War II; its school district merged into Dallas ISD in June 1954 and all of it was inside the city limits by 1962. The houses that went up in that postwar surge still define the neighborhood: about 85 percent of homes are detached single-family houses, 65 percent are owner-occupied, and owners stay an average of almost 19 years.
In the ZIP code that covers most of Pleasant Grove, more than half of owner-occupied homes carry no mortgage at all. That shapes the roofing decisions we see: owners paying for work themselves want an honest answer on whether a repair buys real years or whether the roof is done.
Housing
What 60-year-old houses need on top
With a median build year of 1966, many Pleasant Grove homes have original decking under their third roof. Small leaks over the years soften the plywood or planks at the eaves and around chimneys, and the next roof is only as good as what it is nailed to. We price decking repair per sheet in writing before tear-off, and check attic ventilation, because many of these houses were built with too little of it for a modern shingle warranty.
Around Pleasant Grove
Where we work in Pleasant Grove
We cover Pleasant Grove from Buckner Boulevard and Lake June Road to the streets around Crawford Memorial Park and the Great Trinity Forest edge, plus Buckner Terrace, Urbandale and the Mesquite line.
Common jobs here
What Pleasant Grove homeowners call us for
Roof Replacement
Full replacements on older homes, decking priced up front.
See roof replacementRoof Repair
Honest repairs when the roof still has years in it.
See roof repairRoof Decking & Rot Repair
Soft decking replaced per sheet before the new roof.
See roof decking & rot repairRoof Ventilation
Attic vents brought up to what the shingle warranty needs.
See roof ventilationStorm Damage Roof Replacement
Documented replacements after hail or wind.
See storm damage roof replacementGutter Installation & Repair
Gutters re-hung or replaced on older fascia.
See gutter installation & repairQuestions we get
Pleasant Grove roofing questions
Often; we price both so you can see what a repair buys.
Original decking may be soft from old leaks, and a new roof needs a solid base.
Yes, per sheet, in writing.
Yes, along with the rest of southeast Dallas.
Yes; many older houses have too little.
Yes, documented slope by slope.
Nearby
Other areas close to Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove roof showing its age?
We price repair and replacement side by side, decking included, so you decide with the numbers in front of you.