Conroe has more housing built between 2000 and 2009 — 8,434 homes — than Humble and Tomball have houses in total. That cohort is seventeen to twenty-six years old and sitting squarely inside the first asphalt replacement window right now. Behind it sits a smaller but genuinely old core: 12,080 homes built in 1989 or earlier. Those are the two groups whose roofs are coming off. The 2010s houses, nearly a third of the city, are not, and we will tell you so.
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Everything comes off. On a 2005 Conroe roof that has never been touched, the deck has not been seen since the house was framed — and because the city does not inspect an exempt re-roof, the photographs we take while it is open are the only record that will ever exist.
Conroe's published position is that a straight re-roof needs no permit provided structural sheathing and roof rafters do not need replacing. A tear-off that exposes rotten decking or a cracked rafter crosses that line and we pull the permit — rather than quietly replacing the sheet and saying nothing.
Soft sheathing, delaminated plywood, split boards and gaps too wide to hold a nail all come out. You see the bad sheets before they leave and the replacement count goes on the invoice — which in Conroe is also the point at which the permit question changes.
Self-adhering membrane at valleys and every penetration, synthetic underlayment across the field, all new metal, and ventilation calculated rather than inherited. On a 2000s builder roof, correcting the intake-to-exhaust balance is one of the few changes that reliably extends the next roof's life.
Conroe registers only electrical, irrigation, mechanical and plumbing contractors, so no city process ever checks a roofer. We bring a current certificate of liability insurance to the first meeting rather than promising to email it later — the city's own FAQ tells homeowners to be leery of the contractor who cannot produce his paperwork.
Conroe excludes construction debris from city collection, so the container is ours and so is the disposal route. Beds, AC units and drives covered before the first shingle moves, and two magnet sweeps of the drive, yard and street at the end.
Squares, pitch, penetration count, visible deck condition and the ventilation the roof actually has against what it needs. A written number for the roof in front of us, not a per-square figure from a satellite image.
The 2000s cohort and the pre-1990 core are legitimate replacement conversations. The 2010s houses — 13,489 of them, nearly a third of Conroe — usually are not, and we will say so and quote a repair instead.
Shingle line, starter, ridge, underlayment, ventilation and metal, line-itemed. Plus our written position on the permit: none required on a straight covering replacement, and pulled if the deck or a rafter has to be replaced. Conroe charges $2,000 to investigate work started without a required permit, so this is settled up front.
Tear-off and dry-in the same day. Then decking, underlayment, metal, field, ridge, a walk-through with you, and the photographic record handed over — the only inspection an exempt re-roof will ever get.
Laminated asphalt covers nearly every roof here. On a 2005 builder roof the meaningful upgrade is the assembly — a full starter course at eave and rake, matching hip-and-ridge, edge metal, and ventilation calculated rather than copied from whatever was there.
Montgomery County has never recorded a stone over 1.75 inches in eleven years and runs about a third of Harris County's hail-day rate, so the case for Class 4 here rests on the carrier discount and wind performance rather than a hail story. We will quote it both ways and let the arithmetic decide.
12,080 Conroe homes predate 1990 and 1,337 predate 1960. Those roofs are cut up, sometimes steep, and often carry low-slope porch runs that keep failing in asphalt. Metal solves those sections; designer profiles suit the visible ones.
Five years on our labor for a full replacement, written and specific about what it covers, handed over at the end of the job rather than promised on a doorstep.
Install a complete manufacturer system — starter, field, ridge and underlayment from one line — and the manufacturer's system warranty applies in your name, with the registration and documentation handed to you.
Open-deck photographs, the sheathing replacement count, the products installed and the written scope. On a permit-exempt re-roof this is the only proof the work was done right — for you now and for a buyer's inspector later.
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On the city's published position, not if it is a straight covering replacement. Conroe's Building Permits FAQ states that re-roofing a house does not require a permit providing the structural sheathing and roof rafters do not need replaced. The condition is the whole story — the moment a tear-off exposes decking or a rafter that must be replaced, the job becomes permit-required, and we pull one rather than quietly swapping a sheet. One caveat we will state openly: that is a published FAQ answer, not an ordinance section, so for anything borderline we confirm with permits@cityofconroe.org.
Because the street was built at once. 8,434 Conroe homes went up between 2000 and 2009 — nineteen percent of the city, and more 2000s-era housing than Humble and Tomball have houses in total. Whole subdivisions reach the end of their original shingle within a couple of years of each other. It is a real phenomenon, though it also attracts door-knockers, so ask any bidder to produce a certificate of insurance on the spot.
Probably not, and we would rather tell you that than sell you a roof. The 2010s are Conroe's peak building decade at 13,489 homes, and those roofs are seven to sixteen years old — mid-life. What can legitimately put one in play is a documented storm event or an installation defect, and if it is a defect you may have a warranty claim that costs you nothing. If we can show you neither, the right answer is to wait.
We will not quote a figure without checking, and there is a specific reason. Conroe's fee ordinance repeatedly defers to its Appendix A schedule, and Appendix A is not published in the city's online code — it has to be obtained from the Permit Office or the permitting portal. What is established is the structure: residential permits for one- and two-family construction are calculated per square foot of building area with plan review included. We get the real number and put it on your contract.
Conroe's codified ordinance adopts the 2009 International Residential Code, amended by Ordinance No. 2106-12 in November 2012, while the city's published material elsewhere refers to 2012 editions. We report both rather than choose, and confirm with the Permit Office where it matters. This is the oldest adopted code in the area — Tomball runs 2021 and Sugar Land 2024 — which is worth knowing if you are comparing a Conroe quote against one written for a different city.
By the record you are left with, because on an exempt re-roof nobody official will ever look at it. Conroe requires no roofing permit for a straight covering replacement and registers no roofing contractors, so the city never sees the contractor, the insurance or the finished roof. We photograph the open deck, the sheathing replacement count, the underlayment, every penetration and the finished field, and hand you the file. Ask every bidder what documentation you will hold at the end.
There is no dramatic queue to beat here, because Montgomery County's hail exposure is modest — 18 days in eleven years and never a stone over 1.75 inches. What is worth planning around is wind, which runs year-round with a May peak, a real January frontal season and an October bump. Booking outside the spring generally gets better crew availability and material lead times.
Into a contractor-supplied container and out to a private disposal site. Conroe expressly excludes construction debris from city collection, so there is no curbside route for a tear-off. We arrange the container and the disposal, cover beds and AC units before the first shingle moves, and run two magnet sweeps at the end.
Free inspection, honest scope, real warranty. Most service work scheduled within 24–48 hours.
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