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North Houston, Texas

Roof problem?Get connected toa roofer in your town

Tell us what is going on with the roof and where the house is. We pass it to one independent roofing contractor working in your part of north Houston, and he contacts you directly.

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Why it matters

Texas gets more hail than any state in the country.

A small leak this spring is a ceiling down by the next one.

The roofer who was here before the storm is the one who will be here after it.

Roof problems

Twelve things that go wrong with a roof here

What each one looks like from the ground, what causes it in this climate, and what a proper fix involves.

Roof Leak Repair

Finding where the water is actually getting in, which is rarely where the stain is.

Storm Damage Roof Repair

After the wind and rain have been through: what to check and what to do first.

Hail Damage Roof Repair

Hail bruises a roof rather than breaking it, and the damage shows up months later.

Missing and Wind-Damaged Shingles

A few tabs off the roof is a cheap fix. The same tabs left for a season are not.

Emergency Roof Tarping

When the roof is open and it is going to rain again, the first job is to stop the water.

Roof Replacement

When the roof is past repairing, what a new one involves and what to ask for.

Flat Roof Repair

Low-slope roofs on additions, garages and small commercial buildings fail at the seams.

Metal Roof Repair

Metal lasts, but the fasteners and the seams do not, and that is where it leaks.

Flashing, Chimney and Skylight Repair

Most leaks are not in the roof at all. They are where something comes through it.

Gutter Repair and Replacement

Gutters that overflow put the water against the house instead of away from it.

Roof Inspection

Before you buy, after a storm, or when the roof is just getting old.

Roof Decking and Fascia Repair

The boards under the shingles, and what happens when a leak has been feeding them.

Where it fails

Three places a north Houston roof gives up

Run across them. Each one opens.

Shingles

Missing, lifted, cracked or bald. The most common repair on a north Houston roof and usually the cheapest to catch early.

Metal and flashing

Where the roof meets a chimney, a wall or a vent is where most leaks actually start.

The whole roof

Past twenty years, or hit across every slope by hail, it stops being a repair question.

How it works

Four steps, one contractor

Tell us what the roof is doing. A leak, missing shingles after a storm, a sag, or just a roof past twenty years. The form takes a minute; a photo helps.
We match the house to one contractor. One independent roofing contractor working in your town, never a list of five. He gets your details, nobody else does.
He contacts you and looks at the roof. He inspects it, tells you whether it is a repair or a replacement, and gives you his own written estimate.
You decide. There is no obligation. If you do not want the work done, say so. You deal with him directly from there.

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Where

North Houston, town by town

Each town is different. The pines over Kingwood are not the open wind at Dayton, and the roofs show it.

Humble

Subdivisions from the seventies through the nineties under tall loblolly pine, which means twenty-year roofs under a constant rain of needles and the odd limb.

Kingwood

The Livable Forest. Mature trees on every lot, steep-pitched roofs from the eighties, and a lot of roofs replaced in the same two or three years after each big storm.

Porter

Montgomery County, fast-growing, with newer tract roofs next to older country houses and a lot of metal on outbuildings.

New Caney

Acreage, wooded lots and new construction along 59, where wind across open ground and pine limbs are the two things that take roofs apart.

Splendora

Small-town Montgomery County, rural lots, older houses, metal roofs on half the outbuildings and not many roofers based locally.

Crosby

East Harris County, open land and older subdivisions near the lake, with wind off the water and hail from the storms that follow the San Jacinto.

Dayton

Liberty County, country roofing: long driveways, metal on the shop, a shingle roof on the house, and the nearest big-town roofer a long drive away.

The Woodlands

Master-planned with covenants on what the roof can look like, large roofs under dense tree cover, and a replacement market dominated by hail claims.

Straight answers

What people ask first

Are you a roofing company?

No. We connect you with an independent roofing contractor who works in your part of north Houston. He does the inspection, the estimate and the work, and you deal with him directly.

What does it cost to use this?

Nothing. You are not charged for being connected. Any price for the work itself comes from the contractor, in writing, before anything starts.

How many contractors will contact me?

One. Your details go to a single contractor working in your town, not to a list of companies competing for your phone.

Do I have to use the contractor you send?

No. If you do not like the estimate or the person, you are under no obligation at all.

Tell us what the roof is doing

One independent roofing contractor working in your town gets these details and contacts you. Nobody else does, and there is no charge and no obligation.

Not sure if it is a repair or a replacement?

That is the first thing the contractor will tell you, and it costs you nothing to ask.

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