Around the Brazos Valley
An hour’s drive takes you from student rentals to working farms, and the roofs change completely along the way.
The valley is not one market. Housing built for a university town, housing built a century ago around a railroad, and buildings put up to keep equipment dry are three different roofing problems that happen to share a climate.
Bryan
Older housing under a mature tree canopy, which is a lovely place to live and hard on a roof.
Navasota
Historic homes with steep old pitches and a fair amount of metal, an hour from the university and a world away from it.
Caldwell
Burleson County seat, where the biggest roof on the property is usually not on the house.
Hearne
A railroad town in Robertson County with a lot of older housing and a lot of it rented out.
Madisonville
Out east in Madison County, where metal is a mainstream choice on houses and not just on sheds.