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No. A re-roof does, and so does repairing what TWIA calls “a significant portion of a roof.” TDI lists roof repairs of less than 100 square feet that do not involve decking as exempt, along with gutter work, and TWIA lists temporary repairs after a storm as not needing a certificate.
Not for a re-roof on that address. Clear Lake City is part of Houston, in Harris County and west of SH 146, and TWIA covers Harris County only east of the highway. The same is true of Nassau Bay, Webster, El Lago and Taylor Lake Village.
TDI’s program names the Harris County cities east of SH 146 that are inside it: La Porte, Morgan’s Point, Pasadena, Seabrook and Shoreacres. Nassau Bay is not on the list.
Clear Creek is the line: south of the creek is Galveston County, north is Harris. The appraisal district record for the parcel confirms it.
The Texas Department of Insurance, and only TDI since June 1, 2020. A TDI windstorm inspector or a TDI-appointed Texas licensed professional engineer inspects the work first. A roofing contractor does not certify anything.
A Texas licensed professional engineer can inspect completed work for a WPI-8-E. TDI notes it can cost more, because a finished roof is harder to inspect. Whether a given roof qualifies is the engineer’s call.
It was built to the code of its day; TDI’s revisions to the 2006 International Residential Code took effect January 1, 2008. A re-roof now is certified to the 2024 code, effective April 1, 2026, so the new roof will not simply copy the old one.
No. The contractor builds the roof. They do not file, negotiate, adjust or settle a claim, and they do not cover, waive or rebate a deductible, which Texas law prohibits. Your agent or TWIA handles the policy.
Texas does not license roofers or siding installers. Check insurance, workers’ compensation, a local address, manufacturer certification and, in Galveston County, a record of inspected windstorm roofs. The about page lists the questions.
Ask the City’s Building Department; this site has not read its current rule and does not state one. After Hurricane Beryl, Community Impact reported on July 12, 2024 that League City was waiving permit fees for storm repairs, roof repairs included, through August 31 of that year.
The storms that shaped this area’s roofs recently were wind events: the January 24, 2023 EF3 tornado just north of Clear Lake and Hurricane Beryl on July 8, 2024. No hail record for Galveston County has been pulled for this site, so none is quoted.
On newer master-planned houses, usually fiber-cement: heavy, rigid, with a painted texture. On older Clear Lake and League City houses, often hardboard, a pressed-wood product that swells and softens where water gets in. The two siding pages cover each.
Call and ask it. The contractor who answers works both sides of the county line.
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