Meyerland, TX

Most of Meyerland went up in the 1950s as brick ranches on concrete slabs. The roofs are low. The lots are deeper than a bungalow lot inside the Loop, and many houses still have the original closed kitchen, a hall bath, and a larger bedroom at the back. Some streets have been rebuilt or lifted after bayou flooding. The house next door may still be the ranch from the year it was built. We look at the one you called about.

Brays Bayou is the fact that separates a Meyerland water call from a leak in a dryer suburb. Low ground along the bayou has taken storm water in past tropical storms. Streets farther from the bank have not all seen the same water. A supply-line break on the slab and water that rose from outside are different visits, and they can be different insurance policies. Your insurer decides which one applies. We photograph, dry, and repair what you hire.

A hard freeze is the other water story. Pipes in attics and in exterior walls of these ranches have burst when Houston drops below freezing. The water then runs across the slab, into the base of the drywall, and under the floor. There is usually no crawlspace to look into. We find the wet edge with a meter, not by guessing from the stain.

Hail and wind hit these low roofs the same way they hit the rest of southwest Houston. A low slope hides the bruises from the street. South and west faces age faster. Oaks drop limbs onto valleys. We get on the roof when it is safe, photograph what we see, and say whether a repair will hold. If the house is open to the weather, tarping comes before a conversation about shingles.

Kitchen work here often starts with a ranch plan that still walls the cook off from the living room. Opening that wall is a structure question, and moving the sink means cutting the slab. A bath is usually a small hall bath or a primary bath that was tiled once in the 1980s or 1990s. Waterproofing goes in before the new tile. We do not treat a Meyerland ranch as a blank open plan.

Floors follow the water history of the house. Original hardwood, later tile, and sheet vinyl all show up. A slab that has been wet needs to be dry before a new floor goes down. Vinyl plank will show a ridge that carpet hid. Wood has to acclimate in the house. Tile needs a flat substrate. If a prior flood lifted the house or replaced the first floor, we measure what is there now.

Meyerland is in the City of Houston. Some sections have deed restrictions that care about what the street sees. A kitchen inside the house is usually a different question from a new roof. The drive from the office in 77082 is across the southwest side, Beechnut or Bellaire toward Chimney Rock. There is no Meyerland storefront. Call (713) 909-0034 and we set the visit.