Cypress is our home base, from the prairie side to the woods
Cypress is where the company is based and where our trucks start every morning, so this is the community we know best. It runs from thick woods northeast of US 290 to ranch land and grassy prairie southwest of it, and the roofs on each side wear differently.
Working in Cypress
Cypress is an unincorporated community in northwest Harris County, sitting entirely inside Houston’s extraterritorial jurisdiction along U.S. Route 290, the Northwest Freeway, about 24 miles from downtown Houston. German settlers arrived in the 1840s, and their names still mark the map on roads like Huffmeister and Telge. Cypress stayed mostly rural until the early 1990s, when developers started building master-planned communities, and the large-scale growth since then has made it one of the largest suburban communities around Houston. The population figures people quote cover the wider Cy-Fair area, so we will skip the headcount and just say there are a lot of roofs.
Geography splits the job. Northeast of 290, thickly wooded lots drop leaves and limbs into valleys and gutters, shade keeps north slopes damp, and algae streaks follow; those roofs need clean valleys and good attic airflow. Southwest of 290, on the old ranch land and prairie, there is little to break the wind, so edge metal, starter strips and the nailing pattern carry the load. The whole area sits in the Cypress Creek and Little Cypress Creek watershed, several subdivisions are built around man-made lakes, and Hurricane Alicia in 1983, Ike in 2008 and Harvey in 2017 are the storms that hit Cypress hardest in recent memory.
Cypress has no city government of its own, so city building permits do not apply to most addresses here, even though Houston’s extraterritorial jurisdiction covers the area; county rules on floodplain, septic, driveways and culverts, plus state rules, can, and we check what applies to the address first. Many neighborhoods here are master-planned communities with homeowners associations, so approved shingle colors, fence styles and patio cover designs are part of the job, and we get the HOA form in before we order material. When the job is in our own backyard, we see the result every time we drive past it.
Cypress covers a lot of road. Spring-Cypress Road, FM 529, Highway 6, FM 1960, State Highway 249 and Barker-Cypress Road all carry traffic through it, and those are the roads our trucks run every day. Several subdivisions here are built around man-made lakes, which puts a lot of houses beside water. A roof that empties toward a lake lot needs gutters and downspouts that send the water where the subdivision’s drainage plan expects it, and a downspout that dumps onto a neighbor’s yard is a dispute waiting to happen.
The jobs that come up here
Roof replacement is the bread and butter: tear-off to the deck, new underlayment, new flashing, new vents. On the wooded side of 290 we also clear the valleys and gutters as part of every replacement, since a new roof with clogged valleys behaves like an old one. Spring hail is the other big driver, and hail damage roof replacement means a documented inspection, photos of every hit and a straight opinion on whether the damage is worth a claim. If you are replacing anyway, Class 4 shingle replacement is worth a call to your carrier about premium credits before you pick a shingle.
Inside, bathroom remodeling is the project houses this age most often need: builder-grade tubs swapped for walk-in showers, double vanities, better ventilation. Deck replacement rounds it out for older backyards where the original wood deck has gone gray and soft, and composite deck replacement is the low-upkeep version, with boards that never need staining. Out on the ranch-land side of 290, ranch-style barndominiums and barndominium planning enter the conversation, and that is a project we would plan with you from the first site walk. A long, low building with deep porches suits that open prairie, where the porches shade the walls and the low profile gives the wind less to push on.
- Class 4 shingle replacement Switching an existing roof to Class 4 usually comes up after a hail claim or when the old roof is due anyway.
- Composite deck replacement Swapping a tired wood deck for composite sounds like a board job, and sometimes it is.
- Hail damage roof replacement Hail damage on a shingle is a bruise in the mat, soft when you press it, usually with the granules knocked off in a rough circle.
Plenty of roofs we look at need a repair or nothing at all. If that is yours, you will hear it from us first.
Is Cypress part of the City of Houston?
No. Cypress is unincorporated and sits inside Houston’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, which is different from being inside city limits. No city permit office reviews most Cypress work; county and state rules can still apply depending on the lot, and many subdivisions add HOA approval on top.
Why do roofs northeast of 290 in Cypress grow more algae?
Shade and moisture. The wooded side of Cypress keeps roofs damp longer after rain, and the black streaks are algae feeding on that. It is cosmetic at first; a gentle wash removes it, and algae-resistant shingles slow it down on a new roof.
Our Cypress HOA needs approval before a re-roof. Can you handle it?
Yes. Send us the approved shingle list or the architectural review form, and we fill in the product, color and scope and attach a sample photo. We submit it the day you sign so the review clock starts right away.
Do you build barndominiums on the prairie side of Cypress?
We plan and build them where the lot and the deed restrictions allow it, and the ranch land southwest of 290 is the likeliest place in Cypress for one. A master-planned neighborhood’s restrictions may rule one out entirely. We start with your restrictions and your soil before any floor plan.
Since you are based in Cypress, how soon can you look at our roof?
Usually within a few days, and sooner after a storm if water is coming in. Being local also means we can come back for a second look without making a production of it. You get photos of everything we saw.
Close by
We also work in Jersey Village, Tomball, Stagecoach, Katy, Waller. The whole list is on the Harris County page.
We are based in Cypress and work across twelve counties around Houston. Leland Cannon retired from the Army as a First Sergeant; Geoff Schardien served in the Air Force. The scope you get is in writing, and the person who wrote it answers the phone.