Roofing in Goose Creek, Baytown

When it stops being repairable, not on a calendar. Asphalt shingles are generally rated at 15 to 30 years and metal at 40 to 70, but a roof is done when it leaks in several places, sags, sheds shingles in every wind or needs a new repair every season. In Baytown there is often no permit record of the last re-roof, so the roof itself is the record.

In Baytown it depends on the deck. The city requires a permit when roof decking is installed, replaced or repaired, and does not require one for roof shingle replacement only. Permits come from the Building Services Division at 2401 Market St, and the contractor applies for a Baytown Professional License before one issues. A re-roof quote should say what happens if soft decking is found.

It is a repair-or-replace threshold some places use: when more than about a quarter of a roof is damaged or replaced, the whole roof may have to come up to current code. Baytown's own published line is a different one. Shingle-only replacement needs no city permit, while any work on the roof deck does, so the question to ask here is whether the deck will be touched.

Leaks in more than one place at once; shingles curling, cracking or bare of granules across whole slopes; a sag you can see from the street; daylight through the deck in the attic; and repairs needed every season. One sign by itself is usually a repair. The roof's age is a reason to have it read, and the reading is what decides.