Roofers in Alief, Houston TX

Seventies and eighties housing in west Houston, with a permit that goes to the city.

Alief is a large area of west Houston, built out mainly through the 1970s and 1980s. Most of it sits inside Houston city limits, so permits are filed with the City of Houston, though the edges of the area run into unincorporated Harris County and that changes things.

The housing is consistent enough that the roof problems are consistent too, which makes it easier to tell you what to look for before anyone comes out.

What is different about an Alief roof

Second and third generation roofs

Original housing here is typically on its second or third roof. Each tear-off has re-fastened the same decking, and the quality of previous work varies a great deal. We read what was done last time from the roof and the attic and price the decking per sheet up front.

The garage tie-in

Attached garages with a roof tying into the main roof at a valley or a wall are standard on this housing, and that junction is the most common leak. It is usually sealed rather than flashed, and sealant has a short life on a detail that moves.

Ventilation from an older standard

A few box vents and whatever soffit venting came as standard, then blocked by decades of added insulation. The attic runs far hotter than it should, which ages the shingles from underneath and raises the cooling bill. This is the cheapest useful fix on most roofs of this age.

City or county at the edges

Most of Alief is inside Houston, and parts of the surrounding area are not. We confirm the address before quoting because it decides the permit.

Wind exposure

Relatively open in places, and wind damage on this housing shows first at the ridge caps, the hips and the drip edge. It is rarely a hole and frequently a broken seal strip that leaves the shingle looking fine until the next storm takes it.

Who issues the permit here

Your roof permit is filed with the City of Houston, not with Harris County. That matters because Houston is its own incorporated city with its own building department, its own fee schedule and its own inspection, and a contractor who assumes county rules gets it wrong.

We pull it under our own name wherever one is required, and it is passed through at its actual cost with the receipt attached. A contractor asking you to pull your own permit is asking you to carry the liability for their work.

What we do here

Roofing is most of it, and the exterior work exists because the same rain that gets through a failed roof detail rots the boards next to it.

All twenty one services.

What it costs

Every job is priced Cost Plus. You see the supplier invoice for the materials, the crew hours at our published rate, the permit and disposal at what they actually cost, and one service fee of 20 to 30 percent set by job complexity and locked before anything starts. No second number, no change order conversation afterwards. The full breakdown.

Our workmanship warranty is ten years, written into the contract. What that covers, and what it does not.

Common Questions

Where does my roof permit go in Alief?

Most of Alief is inside Houston city limits, so the City of Houston. The edges run into unincorporated Harris County, so we confirm your specific address before quoting.

Why does the leak by my garage keep coming back?

That junction is usually sealed rather than properly flashed. Sealant over a moving detail fails on a schedule. Rebuilding the flashing is the actual fix.

My electricity bill is high and the attic is boiling.

Usually blocked soffit intake behind added insulation. Clearing it and fitting baffles is inexpensive, lowers the attic temperature and extends the roof above it.

Nothing is missing after the storm. Do I still have damage?

Possibly. The most common wind damage is a broken seal strip with the shingle laying back down looking normal, and it only shows when someone lifts shingles by hand.

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