How Tilehurst Roofing Came to Houston
When we opened our doors in Houston in 2000, we weren’t starting a new company. We were bringing something Houston didn’t have enough of: a roofing crew that would tell you the price before the first shingle came off the truck, show up in the window they promised, and put the guarantee in writing, not in a handshake that evaporates the moment the check clears.
Houston homeowners know what the weather does here. A roof in Meyerland takes a beating from July heat that bakes shingles until they curl. A roof in Kingwood sits under pine needles and humidity that breeds moss in the valleys. And a roof anywhere in Harris County is one hailstorm away from a conversation you don’t want to have with your insurance adjuster. The people we met when we first came to this market weren’t asking for anything exotic. They wanted the truth. They wanted a crew that answered the phone, gave a real arrival window, and didn’t change the number when the job got hard. The Kingswell family built Tilehurst Roofing around exactly that promise, and Houston needed it badly.
So we didn’t ride in with a marketing campaign. We opened a local shop, hired local tradespeople who knew the difference between a roof in Pasadena and a roof in West University Place, and started doing the work the way the brand demanded: roofs done once, and done right.
Greg Holloway’s Personal Connection to the Roofing Trade
Greg Holloway didn’t grow up dreaming about shingles. He grew up watching tradespeople get treated like a necessary inconvenience, called out only when something failed and paid like an afterthought. What pulled him into roofing wasn’t a family legacy or a single dramatic moment. It was the first time he stood on a ridge line and looked down at a roof he’d just finished, every course straight, every nail set flush, and realized the homeowner below him would probably never think about that roof again for twenty years. That’s the point of good work. It disappears.
The Houston sun in August is a particular kind of cruelty. You can feel it through the soles of your boots by nine in the morning. Greg learned early that doing a roof right in this climate isn’t about speed, it’s about materials that can handle 100-degree surface temperatures and installers who understand how heat affects underlayment, flashing, and sealant. He learned the feel of a shingle that’s too hot to work with, the smell of hot asphalt on a summer afternoon, the sound a nail gun makes when the compressor’s been sitting in the sun. None of that is in a manual. It’s only in the hands of someone who’s been up there year after year.
What keeps him in it after all this time is simpler than the craft. It’s the phone call from a homeowner who just watched water come through the ceiling during a spring storm, and the relief in their voice when someone picks up and says they’ll come look. Greg knows that feeling from the other side. He’s been the person staring at a stain on the ceiling wondering what it’s going to cost. He remembers that every time he walks a customer through the estimate, line by line, before any work begins.
If Greg weren’t roofing, he’d still be outside, probably working with his hands, probably fixing something. The trade got into him the way it gets into a lot of people who stay with it: slowly, then completely.
Meet Greg Holloway – The Person Behind Every Job
Greg Holloway, Owner & Founder of Tilehurst Roofing Houston. Greg leads the local team that serves Houston and the surrounding communities from Pasadena and League City up through Aldine and Four Corners. He came up in the trade before tile roofs and architectural shingles were everywhere, when a roof was three-tab asphalt and a prayer. What he learned then still holds now: the materials have gotten better, but the work is the same. Show up, tell the truth, do it right.
He’s the kind of owner who still climbs up to inspect a job before the crew leaves, walks the yard with a magnet for stray nails, and calls a customer back the same day they call him. He doesn’t hide behind a brand name across state lines. He’s here, in Houston, accountable to the people whose houses he works on.
Greg runs this branch the way he’d want a roofer to treat his own house, because at some point the customer across the table is just a neighbor with a problem. His word matters to him more than the contract does, and he knows the contract only matters because it’s the word written down.
Our Promise to Houston Homeowners
Every job we take follows The Kingswell Way, a set of rules that sounds simple because it is. We say the price before the work starts. We show up in the window we gave. We leave the place cleaner than we found it. We put the guarantee in writing. And if the repair fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge. Those aren’t marketing lines. They’re the reason this branch exists in Houston at all.
The Kingswell Guarantee is the foundation under everything: a written price before any work starts, a real arrival window, a clean job site, and a written guarantee on the work. Every location in the Tilehurst Roofing family, including ours here in Houston, is held to those four promises. When a Houston homeowner hires us, they’re getting those standards applied by people who live here and know what roofs here go through.
Our Credentials
- State-licensed roofing contractor – every pro working under our name is required to hold the license their state requires
- Insured and bonded – our network standard requires proof of insurance before any crew touches a roof
- Written line-item estimates – you’ll see the full price in writing before any work begins
- The Kingswell Guarantee – the brand’s written guarantee stands behind every job we do
Why these matter to a Houston homeowner: a license means the person on your roof has met a real standard, not just printed a business card. Insurance means you’re not left holding the bag if something goes wrong on your property. And a written estimate means the number we quote is the number we work to, not a placeholder that grows when the job gets going. When a roofer hesitates to put things in writing, that hesitation is a signal. We don’t hesitate.
Rooted in Houston
We’ve spent years working in Houston’s neighborhoods, from the older roofs of South Houston to the newer developments spreading through Missouri City and League City. We know which parts of town get hammered by hail along the I-45 corridor and which streets in Dickinson flood when the bayou rises. That local knowledge isn’t a bullet point. It’s how we decide what to inspect, what to quote, and what to tell a homeowner who’s deciding between a patch and a full replacement.
We serve Houston, Pasadena, Missouri City, Alvin, La Porte, Channelview, and the communities around them. When you call, you’ll reach a live coordinator who’ll connect you with our local team. Tell us what you’re seeing. We’ll come look, give you the written estimate, and leave you with exactly what The Kingswell Way promises: the price, the plan, and the guarantee in writing.
Written by Greg Holloway, Owner at Tilehurst Roofing Houston, serving Houston since 2000.