Rush Builders
RUSH BUILDERS ROOFING AND SOLAR · 5.0 ★ ON GOOGLE
Golf-ball hail at Zilker Park. Quarter-size hail across South Austin and southern Travis County. If your roof was under it, read this.
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“Rush Builders were amazing to work with on our roof replacement. They were honest, patient, responsive, and transparent, ensuring we were comfortable throughout the entire process and taking care of all inquiries from the insurance company…”
— Tanya Lopez, Google review
On Thursday afternoon, April 30, 2026, a severe thunderstorm tracked straight through South and Central Austin into southern Travis County — right over the neighborhoods we work every week. News crews reported hail from pea to quarter size across the area, with golf-ball-size hail at Zilker Park on Barton Springs Road (as reported by CBS Austin and other local outlets). The core passed near 2 p.m., putting Bouldin Creek, Zilker, Barton Hills, South Lamar, and the 78704 in the thick of it, with the storm continuing south over the 78745 and 78748.
One inch — quarter size — is the well-known threshold where asphalt shingles start taking real damage: granules blasted off, fiberglass mats bruised, seals broken. Golf-ball size (1.75″) does that to almost any shingle roof it touches, plus dents vents, flashing, and gutters. And here’s the part that costs homeowners money: this damage is nearly invisible from the ground and doesn’t leak right away. It shows up as ceiling stains 6–18 months later — long after the storm is forgotten and the claim is harder to make.
Check the ground clues: granule piles at downspouts, dents on your AC unit or mailbox, shingle pieces in the yard. Then get a professional inspection before calling your insurance company — knowing what you have puts you in control. We inspect free, document every slope, and if there’s a claim we handle it start to finish. Denied already? That’s our specialty.
Insurance companies expect prompt notice, and evidence weathers. A free 30-minute inspection now — while the April 30 storm is documented, mapped, and fresh — is worth far more than the same inspection a year from now. We’re local (South Austin is home turf), we’re rated 5.0 on Google, and the inspection costs nothing either way.
Free inspection, honest answer, zero pressure — and if your roof is fine, we’ll tell you.
