Standing Seam Metal Roof in Kessler Park

Kessler Park is one of the few Dallas neighborhoods where the architecture itself is the draw — Mediterranean revival, prairie school, mid-century modern, and a steady run of architect-designed contemporary homes that read as carefully as the trees framing them. A roof on a Kessler Park home isn't a finish detail; it's part of the silhouette. When the roof is part of an architect's drawing set, the roofing contractor's job is to build what the drawings ask for, in the materials and to the tolerances they specify.

To request a quote on architect-led roofing work in Oak Cliff, schedule a consultation with our team — (214) 698-8443 — and we'll walk through the drawings before any trades get involved.

What This Project Required

This was a new construction roof package for a Kessler Park residence designed by RGD+B Architects. The roof reads as a single system from the street, but it's actually two assemblies engineered to work together: 24-gauge paint-grip standing seam metal across the primary pitched volumes, and 60-mil TPO mechanically attached over tapered ISO board on the flat sections, including a ballasted assembly with cinnamon-stone aggregate, drain mat, and slip sheet on the pool patio. The trim, fascia, drip edge, and half-round gutters are all 24-gauge paint-grip — a primed steel finish designed to be field-coated to the architect's specified color so every linear edge of the roofline carries the same paint as the standing seam panels above it.

The flat-roof scope grew during construction. After the original contract was set, an additional 1,039 square feet of TPO was added on the backside of the pool patio to extend the membrane out under the new exterior space. Stone ledges were modified in three locations to coordinate with the siding and the new roofline — removed above the entry, added on a portion of the back patio at the mud room, and reworked below the windows on the pool side of the family room. The kind of mid-build coordination that happens when an architect, a homeowner, and a roofer are working through a custom set of drawings rather than a stock design.

Why a Hybrid Standing Seam + TPO System on a Kessler Park Home

Two reasons a Kessler Park architect specifies this kind of system. The first is the geometry. Contemporary and modern Dallas homes don't carry water with a single uniform pitch — they mix steep planes, shed forms, and flat decks over patios, balconies, and breezeways. A finished standing seam panel does the slope work; a fully adhered or mechanically attached TPO membrane does the flat work. Trying to force one material across both ends up either oversized for the flat areas or undersized for the pitched ones. The second reason is paint coordination. A paint-grip steel finish lets the architect lock the standing seam color, the half-round gutters, the drip edge, and the fascia to one paint specification — the home reads as designed, not as the sum of three separate manufacturer color charts.

Our crews on jobs like this are working off the architect's flashing details rather than a manufacturer's stock detail. Eave returns, valley terminations, the transition from standing seam to TPO at parapet walls, the way half-round gutters tie into the fascia line — these are details that get drawn by the architect and built in the field. Chris Arrington's architecture training (Texas Tech) is the reason this firm was set up to read those drawings the way the architect intended.

What Comes With Architect-Led New Construction Roofing

An architect-led project from our residential roofing team includes pre-construction review of the architect's roof and flashing details, coordination with the GC and any related trades (siding, masonry, gutters, mechanical penetrations), full new construction roofing installation including underlayment and decking inspections, integration of the standing seam metal assembly with the flat roof system at every transition, ballasted-stone detailing where called for over patios and decks, paint-grip trim and half-round gutter integration, a clean job site at the close of every workday, and a documented walkthrough at completion. Family-owned, in DFW since 1983, BBB A+ accredited since 1995. Read more about how we work and who you'll meet on the about page and the project history on the testimonials page.

Serving Kessler Park and Oak Cliff

Arrington Roofing serves all of Oak Cliff, including Kessler Park, Winnetka Heights, Stevens Park, and the surrounding historic districts. Architect-led projects move at a different pace than insurance work or storm-driven re-roofs — the right time to bring the roofer into the conversation is during design development, before the drawings are out for bid, so the flashing details get drawn against materials and assemblies the trades can actually build.

To request a quote on a standing seam metal, TPO, or hybrid roof for a Kessler Park or Oak Cliff project, contact our team or call (214) 698-8443.