Roofing in Houston
Houston's Residential Roofing Permit (HPWCODE1140) covers a re-roof or roofing overlay on a residence. It requires plan review and an inspection, is valid for 6 months, and takes 10 business days to process. You apply online in iPermits and pay the sales order, and the file needs a building permit application, a declaration in support of the application, and either the Roofing Overlay Only Form (CE-1104) or the Residential Re-Roof Only Worksheet (CE-1109).
The permit page gives the fee only as "See City of Houston fee schedule" and lists an admin fee of $33.56, and that city fee schedule doesn't have a re-roof or roofing overlay row. Structural Inspections works from the Houston Permitting Center, 1002 Washington Ave., 4th Floor, on 832.394.8840 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Plan Review, on the 3rd floor, keeps 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the center's main line is 832-394-9000.
An undated residential permitting handout lists 2015 residential code (IRC) amendments and the 2020 NEC. A 1982 median year built is what Census ACS numbers for 2020-2024 show for Houston. Roofing contractors appear nowhere on the TDLR home page, and TDI's consumer page answers whether a contractor may waive your deductible with a plain no. For the inspection, the permit and worksheet have to be on site; schedule it at 713-222-9922 or 832-394-8840.
What roofing costs near Houston
There's no roofing quote from Houston on file, so the page has no price for the city. The Texas page lists the estimates alongside what roofers are paid ($22.69 an hour in the BLS wage data, which is pay, not price). How we estimate costs.
Permits for roofing work in Houston
Texas has no state roofing license, and Houston is one of the cities that requires a permit for every re-roof, as San Antonio and Grand Prairie do; Fort Worth requires none for shingles only. Only the part of Harris County east of Highway 146 is in TDI's catastrophe area, and there most roof replacements must also be inspected for TWIA windstorm coverage.
Roofing jobs in Houston
Sources for Houston
- Houston Permitting Center: Residential Roofing Permit (HPWCODE1140) Read Oct 23, 2026.
- Houston Permitting Center: Residential Permitting 101 Read Oct 23, 2026. Confirm with the source before you rely on it.
- ACS 5-year B25035 Median Year Structure Built Confirm with the source before you rely on it.
- TDLR home page (Regulated Industries menu) Read Oct 23, 2026.
- TDI: Is it OK for a contractor to waive my deductible?; TDI: New state law cracks down on roof scams (2019-08-07) Read Oct 23, 2026.