Roofing in Cross Creek Ranch, Fulshear

Texas-wide estimates run from about $6,000 to $20,000, with about $13,000 typical for a 2,000-square-foot roof. Fulshear roofers publish shingle re-roofs at about $8,000 to $20,000, and larger homes in Weston Lakes and Fulbrook run toward the top. Your own figure depends on roof area, shape, layers and decking, so it is a written quote once the roof has been seen.

For a shingle re-roof on a typical Fulshear house it is above the $8,000 to $20,000 most local roofers publish, so ask what is driving it. It can be reasonable for a very large or complex roof: one Fulshear page puts standard shingle roofs at up to about $30,000, and standing seam metal on a big house can pass it. The total alone does not settle it; the itemized roof area, tear-off, decking rate and flashing do.

Leaks in more than one place at once; shingles lifting along whole slopes in every wind; shingles curling or bare of granules across whole slopes; a sag you can see from the street; and daylight through the deck in the attic. On a roof only a few years old, most of these point to how it was installed rather than to age, and one sign by itself is usually a repair.

Catch any water inside, photograph the roof and the shingles in the yard from the ground, and call for temporary cover if the deck is open. Do not climb a wet roof. On a young Fulshear roof, shingles that blow off often had nails set too high or a starter strip installed wrong, so the repair looks at why they went as well as where.