Step 01 · Windstorm
Permit + WPI-8
Our project manager pulls whatever building and floodplain permit your address requires and coordinates the TDI windstorm inspection behind your WPI-8 certificate, as part of the job.
Refugio, Texas
Roofing in Refugio, TX — Coastal Windstorm Code, Documented
ARP Roofing & Remodeling serves Refugio and Refugio County from our Victoria office. Refugio County sits in a TWIA windstorm district, so your new roof must be built to windstorm code and carry a WPI-8 certificate before your insurance will cover it — and we coordinate that certification start to finish. Book your free Refugio inspection.
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Start here: pick your door
Three routes, one written scope
Door 1: replacement
I need a new roof
Metal roll-formed on our own equipment, Class 4 impact-rated shingle, and the paperwork your city needs.
Residential Roofing in Texas →Door 2: repair
I need a repair
Photo-documented inspection first, written scope second, including the honest verdict when your roof needs nothing.
Free Inspection & Estimate →Door 3: storm claim
I had hail or wind damage
Documentation before repair: ARP photographs the damage the way your carrier needs to see it, in a written condition report.
Roof Storm Damage in Texas →What is on the record
Windstorm code, on the record
Which county keeps your Refugio record, and the windstorm code your roof answers to
Your Refugio address answers to Refugio County, and the Refugio Appraisal District values it.
On this coast the rule that governs your roof is the TDI windstorm inspection behind your WPI-8 certificate, not a routine city sign-off. ARP pulls whatever building and floodplain permit your address requires, builds to the TDI windstorm attachment schedule, and runs the WPI-8 paperwork for you from start to finish.
What the Refugio Coast Asks of a Roof
Understanding that certificate is where a Refugio roof starts. If you're comparing roofers in Victoria, know that the office behind every Refugio job lines up that inspection for you. Refugio County is a TWIA designated catastrophe county — one of the 14 first-tier counties strung along the Texas coast. In practice a WPI-8 Certificate of Compliance has to be on file for a new or replacement roof before TWIA — the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association — will agree to write windstorm coverage or keep it in force. No WPI-8, and no windstorm policy stands behind that roof.
The wind-speed target isn't guesswork. A new roof in Refugio, Woodsboro or Cranell is built to a 130 mph design wind speed, nailed six nails per shingle, or to the manufacturer's high-wind pattern if it calls for more. That is the whole reason the attachment detail and the file documenting it carry as much weight as the shingle or panel you actually see.
Anyone who was here in 2017 knows the stakes. Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport in August 2017 carrying winds up to 130 mph, and Refugio took it square — storefronts that never reopened, months with the lights out across town. A roof in this county has to stand up to that, then keep standing through the salt air and the hard spring wind that gnaw at fasteners the other eleven months of the year. We also roof homes inland in Goliad, where hail, not a windstorm certificate, is what a roof has to answer to.
No roofer hands you a WPI-8, ARP included — that certificate comes from the Texas Department of Insurance, signed off by a state-qualified windstorm engineer. Our work is everything that makes it earnable: framing the job to the TDI windstorm attachment schedule, then shepherding the inspection and its paperwork so you never have to chase either one. The Texas Gulf Coast windstorm roof certification guide walks through the whole process.
What We Roof in Refugio
One Victoria team covers a Refugio County property from end to end — house or business — with a single project manager riding your job from the opening walkthrough through to warranty registration.
For your Refugio home:
For your Refugio business: this is agriculture-and-oilfield country, and the barns, shops, and well-site buildings that come with it are a different animal than a house — they call for a commercial specialist. That side of ARP runs TPO and single-ply, commercial metal, coatings, and flat-roof repair; start with the Victoria commercial roofing team.
What a Refugio Roof Costs
On an average Refugio home, a standard architectural asphalt shingle replacement runs roughly $15,000 to $23,000 out of our Victoria office — that covers a full tear-off, synthetic underlayment, fresh flashing, the permit, and cleanup. Coastal windstorm detailing, plus any move to impact-rated or metal systems, pushes the figure up; where a storm caused the damage, insurance usually carries most of the bill.
Two coastal line items are baked into any compliant Refugio reroof:
We build to the FORTIFIED standard and document it as part of the job.
Get Your Free Refugio Roof Inspection & Estimate
Whether the roof in question sits over your Refugio home or a business out on US-77, it starts the same way — a no-cost, photo-backed inspection and a written scope engineered to windstorm code, one you can actually hold us to. Want to know who you'd be hiring? ARP is a father-and-son Texas roofing and remodeling company based in San Antonio, and the home page shows who we are and every area we cover.
Still gathering information? Our Victoria roofing team is behind every Refugio County job, and it's the one that will run yours.
“We were very pleased with ARP Roofing. Dustin was very professional and knowledgeable about our roof. We have a modified bitumen roofing system. We needed an inspection for the sale of our home because the roof is not common. He came out within a day of the first call, inspected it, and had written a letter for our perspective buyers on his findings by the end of the week. He recommended a couple small repairs that we could do instead of charging $2000 like another company we asked. So, $80 in product and 2 hours later the small little repair was done. We were very pleased with the overall service and communication with Dustin.”
Gijet T. · Victoria office · 2025 · Modified bitumen roof inspection & repair · Google Review
Examples of our work near Refugio
GAF Certified Plus · Atlas PRO+ Platinum
Registered, insured & inspected on every job
“A coastal roof has to prove itself on paper before an insurer will stand behind it, and that proof is only as strong as the documentation under it. I build to the windstorm attachment schedule and photograph every step, because when the next storm is bearing down, the file we've already put together is what protects your coverage.”
Questions that decide the job
Refugio roofing questions, answered
Does a roof in Refugio need a windstorm certificate?
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Yes. Refugio County carries the TWIA designated-catastrophe designation, so a new or replacement roof here generally needs a WPI-8 Certificate of Compliance to hold TWIA windstorm coverage. ARP builds to the windstorm code and runs the WPI-8 inspection and its documentation through a state-qualified windstorm engineer, so that paperwork never lands on your plate.
Is FORTIFIED required on a Refugio reroof?
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Yes. Since April 2026, WPI-8 windstorm certification in the TWIA district that Refugio County falls under has required a FORTIFIED roof — so on a reroof here it's built in, not a box you tick. FORTIFIED is an IBHS-verified standard that goes past code (sealed decking, enhanced fastening, and impact-rated materials), and once it's designated, that FORTIFIED rating holds for five years.
When is storm season in Refugio?
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The Gulf hurricane window opens in June and closes at the end of November — Harvey came ashore near Refugio inside that stretch in 2017. Layer on the spring hail and hard wind that sweep across South Texas, and the exposure runs most of the calendar. Filing windows for wind or hail claims are typically 1 to 2 years and vary by insurance company; if your wind coverage is through TWIA, the window is typically 1 year. Check your policy and get the damage documented and inspected early.
Does ARP serve all of Refugio County?
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Yes. Working out of the Victoria office, we cover Refugio, Woodsboro, Bayside, Tivoli, Austwell, and the county around them. Inspections get set around your schedule, and the workmanship stays backed long after the job wraps — a company you can reach locally, not a number that only turns up once the next storm has blown through.
Book your free Refugio roof assessment
A photo-documented roof walk and a written condition report in your hands, whether or not you hire us.
Verification Sources & references +
- 01Texas Department of Insurance — Refugio County windstorm building zones
- 02Texas Department of Insurance — windstorm inspection program (WPI-8/WPI-1)
- 03Texas Windstorm Insurance Association — windstorm certification
- 04Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety — FORTIFIED Roof
- 05Texas Department of Insurance — filing a homeowners claim (one-year deadline)