Our Process
How a roofing job runs in Galveston, step by step: the call, the written quote, the work and the final walkthrough — and the less expensive option named when there is one.
Four steps, start to finish
The metal checked first, and a written quote naming the nails, edge and flashing before any work.
Call with what you are seeing
Tell us the address and what is happening: a stain, a drip, shingles in the yard, rust streaks under a vent.
Metal first, then the rest
Nails at any lifted edge, drip edge at the eaves, flashing at walls and chimneys, vent collars, then the shingles and the attic.
A written quote that names the metal
The repair or the roof in plain language, with the nails, the drip edge and the flashing metal named.
The work, then the walkaround
Photographs before and after, and a walk around the finished job with you before the final payment. You keep the photographs.
Each job, priced
Estimated ranges across Galveston County. Your own written quote follows.
Roof Replacement - $9,500 - $22,000 (est.)
Architectural shingle; texas-wide from about $6,000.
Roof Repair - $300 - $3,000 (est.)
National range; average around $900.
Roof Leak Repair - $395 - $1,967 (est.)
National average range; tracing included.
Emergency Roof Repair - $300 - $3,000 for the repair (est.)
Temporary cover quoted on its own first.
Flat Roof Repair - $395 - $1,967 (est.)
National repair averages; a full flat roof $4.60 - $13.00 per sq ft.
Metal Roofing - $14,000 - $30,000 (est.)
About $7 - $15 per sq ft in galveston.
What to do before a roofer arrives, and what to look at from the ground
Most roof problems on the island start at the metal, and the first look costs nothing.
Catch the water and photograph it
A bucket under the drip, belongings moved, and a few photographs of the stain before anything is touched.
Note the wind when it leaks
In every rain, or only when the wind blows from one side. That one detail points at a wall flashing or an eave before anybody climbs a ladder.
Look at the edges from the ground
Rust streaks running down from the drip edge or a vent, shingles lifted along an eave, flashing standing away from a wall.
Ask for the metal on the quote
Which nails, how many to a shingle, how wide the drip edge, what the flashing is made of. A quote that names them is a quote you can check.
Storm season sets the roofing calendar here
Worth knowing before you start calling around, because the busiest weeks are the worst weeks to be choosing.
On an island that takes Gulf storms head-on, the calls arrive together. One Galveston homeowner's post says it plainly: it was their first hurricane as a homeowner, and they needed a roofer. After a storm, every roofer on the island is fielding the same call at once.
That is the case for looking at the metal before the season rather than after it. Rusted nails, a narrow drip edge or a flashing standing off a wall are cheap to fix on a calm day and expensive once the wind has found them. A re-roof also needs its permit and its WPI-8, which is easier to arrange ahead of a busy week.
- Active leaks covered the same day where wind and light allow
- Small repairs booked within the week in normal conditions
- Temporary cover quoted separately from the permanent repair
- Metal checks and re-roofs scheduled ahead of storm season
Want a figure on it?
The estimated range before we travel, and the figure in writing before any work starts.