Roofing in Newark, TX usually means more than one roof. Properties out here between Rhome and Boyd sit on acreage, and acreage comes with structures — a house, a barn, a shop, a loafing shed, maybe a well house that nobody has looked at in fifteen years.
They are rarely the same roof system, either. The house is typically shingle. Everything else is often exposed-fastener metal, put up at different times by different hands and aging on its own schedule.
Cannon Roofing works out of Decatur and has since 1994. Newark is our own county, which changes what we can promise about getting here.
What Newark Property Owners Call Us For
- Roof repair on shingle and metal, including leak tracing across outbuildings
- Full replacement when a roof has passed the point of patching
- Roof inspections covering every structure, with photos and a written scope
- Storm and hail damage documentation for insurance claims
- Gutters where roof runoff is undermining a foundation or a walkway
- Roof rejuvenation on shingle roofs with usable life left
One Property, Several Roofs
A town lot has one roof and one problem at a time. A Newark property might have four, and the one that matters most is rarely the one getting attention.
We scope all of them. The house comes first because that is where water does the expensive damage, but a shop roof leaking onto equipment or a barn roof dripping into stored hay is a real cost too. Each structure gets its own scope so you can decide what happens now and what waits until fall.
Access matters too. Long drives, soft ground after rain, livestock, and gates that need to stay closed all change how a crew stages a job, and we plan for it rather than discovering it on tear-off morning.
Exposed-Fastener Metal and the Screw Problem
Most metal on rural Wise County property is exposed-fastener panel, and it fails in a specific, predictable way.
Metal moves. A panel that bakes in July afternoon sun and cools overnight expands and contracts every single day, and that cycling works screws loose a fraction of a turn at a time. Meanwhile the rubber washer under each screw head hardens, cracks, and stops sealing.
The result is a roof held down by fasteners that are backing out and no longer watertight, spread across hundreds of penetrations. Owners notice one drip and assume one bad screw. Usually the whole field needs refastening, oversized screws where the original holes are wallowed out, and new closures at ridge and eave.
We also check panel end laps, sealant tape that has gone hard, and ridge closure foam that rodents have chewed through. Those are the entry points a quick look from the ground never finds.
Hail on Metal: Cosmetic or Functional
Hail hits metal differently than it hits asphalt, and the distinction matters when a claim is involved.
A dimpled panel with intact coating may be purely cosmetic. What is not cosmetic: stretched metal at a seam that has broken the paint film and started rusting, washers split by direct impact, dented ridge caps that no longer sit tight to the closure, and gutters crushed enough to hold water.
We inspect the seams, fasteners, and terminations rather than only the flat of the panel, and we photograph what we find. On the shingle side of the property, hail leaves bruising and granule loss that reads very differently. Both go into the documentation.
We work alongside the adjuster — we are roofers, not public adjusters, we do not promise claim outcomes, and we do not offer to cover deductibles. Most policies expect the homeowner to pay theirs, and any contractor volunteering to absorb it is telling you something.
Same County, Short Drive
Being local is not a marketing line out here. When a storm crosses Wise County, contractors from three counties away take a while to arrive, and the fastest to show up are often just passing through.
We have been at the same address with the same phone number since 1994. Our crews are factory-trained and carry the Technician Seal of Safety, so everyone on your property is background-checked and drug-tested, and the work is backed by our 10-Year Craftsmen Guarantee. Neighboring Rhome and Boyd are on the same routes, so we are through this area constantly.
We answer the phone 24 hours a day. If water is coming through tonight, call now rather than in the morning.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will you roof my barn or shop as well as the house? Yes. On acreage properties we scope every structure that matters to you, house and outbuildings alike, and price them separately so you can stage the work in whatever order makes sense.
Why are screws backing out of my metal roof? Metal panels expand and contract with every hot day and cool night, and that movement slowly works exposed fasteners loose. The rubber washers harden and crack over the same years, so each screw becomes a small open hole.
Hail dented my metal roof but it is not leaking. Does that matter? It depends on what the dents did. Cosmetic dimpling in a panel is different from stretched metal at a seam, split washers, or damaged ridge closures. We inspect the seams and fasteners, not just the flat of the panel.
Do you actually cover Newark, or is it too far out? Newark is in our own county. Our crews are based in Decatur and work this side of Wise County constantly, so it is a short trip rather than an out-of-area call, and we answer the phone 24 hours a day.
If the house is fine but the outbuildings have been ignored for a decade, that is worth a look before the next hail season. Call Cannon Roofing at (940) 627-1045 or request a free quote. We will walk the whole property and give you a structure-by-structure scope.