Roofing in Montrose

Who roofs homes in Montrose, Houston?

Handyhands is a family-owned, GAF Certified roofing contractor working across Montrose, from 1920s bungalows under a heavy tree canopy to modern three-story townhomes. We handle full replacement, honest repair, and storm and hail insurance claims, installing the complete GAF Timberline HDZ system with a 10-year workmanship warranty.

Montrose might be the most architecturally varied square mile in Houston. A single block can hold a 1920s bungalow, a mid-century duplex, and a three-story townhome built last year — and each of those roofs ages differently, fails differently, and needs a different answer. That's the work we do in Montrose: honest repair, full-system replacement, and storm-damage claims, all backed by a 10-year workmanship warranty.

Old bungalows, steep gables, and a heavy canopy

Montrose's older homes were built with steep, simple gable roofs — good bones, but most have been re-roofed several times over the decades, and it's common to find shortcuts hiding under the current shingle: layered-over roofs, decking that was never replaced, flashing reused one time too many. The neighborhood's mature live oaks make it harder: constant shade holds moisture on north slopes, and dropped limbs and leaf dams accelerate wear at the valleys.

When we replace a Montrose roof, we take it to the deck, replace what's tired, and rebuild the system in layers — underlayment, sealed valleys, new flashing, balanced ventilation. On a house that's ninety years old, the details are the whole job.

Townhomes and shared-wall roofing

The other half of Montrose is new: tall, narrow townhomes with complex rooflines, parapet walls, and low-slope sections that shingles can't protect. Those roofs fail at the transitions — where a steep plane meets a flat one, where a wall meets a roof deck. We install the right membrane system on the low-slope sections and integrate the flashing properly at every transition, which is exactly where a builder-grade install tends to leak first.

Storms inside the Loop

Montrose takes the same Gulf wind and spring hail as the rest of Houston — and on an older roof, a storm often just finishes what age started. We inspect honestly, document what we find the way an adjuster needs to see it, and if there's a legitimate claim we stand with you through the process. If it's simply an old roof, we'll say that too.

A straight answer on your Montrose roof

Whether it's a bungalow that's been patched one time too many or a townhome with a stubborn leak at the flat section, the next step is a real inspection from a roofer who works on both.