BUR builds a roof in redundant layers: alternating bitumen and reinforcing felts topped with gravel that shields the assembly from UV and traffic. Existing BUR in Arlington often earns maintenance and restoration over replacement, since the mass and redundancy that made it heavy also made it durable.
We install and service built-up roofing (bur) across Arlington and the surrounding DFW communities. That includes free written estimates, documented inspections, and honest guidance on whether this system actually fits your home and budget.
The Arlington specifics
There is a Arlington version of the Built-Up Roofing (BUR) decision, and it is not the generic one. Much of the housing here has already been through a roof cycle or two, with mature trees, settled framing, and decking that has absorbed decades of North Texas heat. That inventory rewards the boring commercial virtues: documented seams, maintained drains, and a membrane matched to the building’s actual use.
Permit-wise, this work in Arlington runs through the city’s building department, and filing it is our job, not yours. When the next core drops through Tarrant County, single-ply shows bruise fractures that a chalk circle will not catch; instrument surveys find what walking the roof misses. Because Fort Worth, Mansfield, and North Richland Hills share our dispatch routes, examples of this exact system nearby are easy to arrange. If the roof is not a fit for this system, the inspection says so, and that answer is free too.
