Handnail Roofing is a roofing contractor for Tomball, Texas: leak repairs, hail and wind damage, full replacements and free inspections, done by a small owner-run crew that hand-nails every shingle. Andy Hughes, the owner, inspects and prices every job himself. Most most repairs run $800 to $2,000 and are finished in one day.
Our shop is in Spring, about twenty minutes east on FM 2920, so Tomball is one of the easiest drives we make. We work both halves of it: the older streets around Old Town Tomball and the depot, where a house sometimes carries a second layer of shingles under the first, and the newer neighborhoods off Hwy 249 and the Grand Parkway, where a whole subdivision got the same builder-grade roof in the same year and is now getting the same leaks.
Roofing services in Tomball
Roof repair
Leaks, blown-off shingles, cracked pipe boots, failed flashing, soft decking. We find the entry point from the attic before we open the roof. Most Tomball repairs are done in a single visit.
Roof replacement
Full tear-off, decking check, new underlayment, ice-and-water at the valleys and penetrations, ventilation sorted, and your choice of shingle from every brand ABC Supply carries. Most Tomball homes are torn off and shingled in one day.
Hail and wind damage
Bruised shingles, creased tabs, lifted ridge cap, dented vents. We document it the way adjusters need it, and we tell you straight if it isn’t enough to claim.
Insurance claims
Photos, the adjuster meeting at your house, the scope, and the supplement if the first estimate misses something. No public-adjuster fees.
Free roof inspections
Attic first, then the roof, photos of everything, and a plain-English report. Good before you buy in Tomball, before you sell, or after any storm.
Gutters and siding
New gutters and guards while the ladders are up, and siding or soffit replaced where a long leak has rotted it.
If a storm has opened the roof and rain is on the way, we do emergency roof tarping ahead of the repair.
Why Tomball homeowners call us
You deal with the owner. There’s no salesperson and no commission. Andy looks at the roof, Andy writes the number, and Andy is on the job. When you text the number on this page, the person answering has been in your attic.
Every shingle is hand-nailed. Wind doesn’t pull a shingle off; it pulls it past a nail that wasn’t holding. A nail driven by hand goes in straight, sits flush with the mat and lands inside the strip the manufacturer prints on the shingle, every time. A gun does that most of the time, and the exceptions are the shingles you find in the yard after a storm.
One written price. Itemized, sent to a portal you can read and sign from your phone. If we find rotted decking once the roof is open, you get a photo and a price before we replace it. No surprises on the invoice.
Photos of everything. Before, during and after. You never have to climb a ladder to check our work, and you have a record if you sell the house or file a claim later.
What Tomball weather does to a roof
Tomball is on the northwest side of Houston, which puts it in the path of the spring storms that build to the west and come across Cypress and Rosehill before they reach town. Hail from those cells bruises shingles without tearing them, and the bruise becomes a leak two or three years later. The May 2024 derecho crossed this side of the county with straight-line winds, and Hurricane Beryl followed in July; a lot of Tomball roofs that looked fine from the driveway had lost ridge cap and creased shingles along the rakes. Add the heat: attic temperatures pass 140°F in summer, and a builder-grade attic with a couple of box vents cooks shingles brittle years ahead of the warranty.
The older homes near downtown have their own issue. A second layer of shingles laid over the first was common practice for decades, and it holds heat and hides rotted decking. When we replace one of those, both layers come off and every sheet of decking gets checked before anything new goes on.
Tomball neighborhoods we work in
Old Town Tomball and the streets off Main St and FM 2920, Northpointe, Wildwood at Northpointe and Canyon Gate at Northpointe along Hwy 249, Amira and Willowcreek Ranch on the west side, Lakewood Grove and the Hufsmith side off Hufsmith-Kohrville, and the Rosehill area out Cypress Rosehill Rd. That covers 77375 and 77377 and most of the Tomball ISD footprint. In the master-planned neighborhoods with an architectural review committee, we prepare the shingle approval with you so the install date doesn’t wait on the board.
What roofing costs in Tomball
Most repairs run $800 to $2,000. The most common one, a leaking pipe vent with rotted decking under it, is usually about $1,250. Full replacements in the Houston area are priced per roofing square (100 square feet); the 2026 market sits between $400 and $600 a square installed, and our 2026 replacements have averaged just under $400 per square. A typical 25-square Tomball home lands between $10,000 and $15,000 depending on pitch, layers to remove, decking condition and the shingle you pick.
Financing is available, including 0% APR for up to 18 months for qualified buyers, subject to credit approval, and we’ll show every option as a monthly payment so a repair, a replacement and a shingle upgrade can be compared side by side. For a rough number before we come out, use the roof cost calculator.
Tomball roofing questions
How much does a roof replacement cost in Tomball, TX?
A full asphalt shingle replacement runs $400 to $600 per roofing square (100 square feet) installed in the Houston area in 2026, and our 2026 replacements have averaged just under $400 per square. A typical 25-square Tomball home lands between $10,000 and $15,000 depending on pitch, layers, decking condition and the shingle you choose. You get an exact written price after a free inspection, and we can show it as a monthly payment.
Do I need a permit to reroof in Tomball?
If your address is inside the Tomball city limits, the City of Tomball has its own permit office; outside the limits you're in unincorporated Harris County. Where a permit is required for the work, we pull it and it's in the price. You don't have to figure out which side of the line you're on; we do that at the inspection.
How fast can you get to a roof leak in Tomball?
Inspections are booked on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and Tomball is twenty minutes from our shop, so a slot the same week is normal. If water is coming in right now, call the number at the top of the page and ask about emergency tarping. We dry the roof in first and do the permanent repair after.
Does my Tomball HOA have to approve a new roof?
In the master-planned neighborhoods, usually yes. Northpointe, Wildwood at Northpointe, Canyon Gate at Northpointe, Amira and Lakewood Grove all have architectural review over shingle color and style, while the older streets around Old Town Tomball mostly don't. We fill out the application with you and hold the tear-off date until it's approved.
How do I know if my Tomball roof has hail damage?
From the ground you usually can't. Hail leaves round bruises where the granules are knocked loose, soft spots you can feel with a thumb, and dents in vents, gutters and the soft metal on the roof; a pile of granules at the downspout after a storm is another sign. We inspect and photograph it for free, and if it's not enough to claim we say so instead of pushing you to file.
Do you install gutters in Tomball too?
Yes. Gutters and gutter guards are add-on work we do while the crew already has the ladders up, most often at the same time as a replacement. We also correct attic ventilation while the roof is open, which matters more in a Texas attic than most homeowners expect.
Nearby areas we also serve
Spring, Pinehurst, Magnolia, Cypress, The Woodlands and Conroe. See everywhere we work on the Montgomery County service area page.
