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If you own a home in Tomball, you’ve probably already discovered what the soil does to a slab. The black clay under 77375 and 77377 swells when it rains and shrinks when it doesn’t, and that movement shows up as cracks in brick, door frames that stick in August, and patios that start sloping toward the house. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, and we’ve worked on enough Tomball homes to know the difference between a cosmetic crack and one that means the foundation is moving. When you call (877) 610-1318, a live person answers, day or night, and Tom Barrett or one of his sons will usually be the one who comes out to look. We’re not a franchise dispatching strangers to your door, and we don’t quote one number on the phone and hand you another when the work starts. Everything we do is in writing before a single nail moves.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Why Tomball Homeowners Choose Barrett & Sons Construction
Most of our Tomball customers call us after a bad experience with a company that didn’t keep its word. Maybe it was a roofing crew that tore off shingles and disappeared for two weeks. Maybe it was a kitchen remodeler who kept saying “that wasn’t in the original scope” every time the job got bigger. We hear those stories at least once a week from homeowners in Northpointe, Lakewood Grove, Spring Creek Park, and the older streets around downtown near Main Street. Tom Barrett started this company in 1998, and his name, address, and license number are published for anyone to look up before signing a contract. That’s not a marketing gimmick. It’s how a contractor who lives twenty minutes away and sees his customers at the Kroger on FM 2920 does business. The crews who work on Tomball homes are Tom’s sons and their teams, background-checked and uniformed on every visit.
Ask anyone on your street, or look up the license number yourself. We’d rather you check first.
Construction Services We Offer in Tomball
Kitchen Remodeling
A Tomball kitchen remodel usually means working around the slab movement that’s been happening since the house was built. We install KraftMaid and Cambria as a matter of course, materials you can research and verify, not mystery brands off a van. Learn more about our Kitchen Remodeling in Tomball.
Bathroom Remodeling
High year-round humidity in Tomball means bathroom ventilation and moisture barriers aren’t optional extras. We treat them as code-level requirements on every job, because mold doesn’t care how nice the tile looks. Learn more about our Bathroom Remodeling in Tomball.
Roofing
Tomball sits in the Cypress Creek watershed, and roofs here take serious wind and rain during Gulf storm season. We install GAF and CertainTeed systems rated for the local weather, with every permit pulled and every inspection signed before we call the job done. Learn more about our Roofing in Tomball.
Windows & Doors
Older Tomball homes near downtown often still have original single-pane windows that leak conditioned air all summer long. Newer tract homes in 77377 have the opposite problem: builder-grade units failing after ten years of heat and humidity. We install Andersen and Marvin, and we price both scenarios honestly.
Fence Installation
Expansive clay soil moves fence posts out of plumb faster here than almost anywhere else in the Houston metro. We set posts deeper and use techniques suited to Tomball’s soil conditions, and we write the scope so you know exactly what you’re paying for.
Driveway & Pavers
Tomball homeowners who want pavers need a base that can handle the shrink-swell cycle without heaving. We work with Belgard and Techo-Bloc products, and we build the base for this soil, not for soil in a catalog photo.
Home Additions & ADU
Adding square footage in Tomball means meeting Harris County drainage and flood-plain requirements that contractors from outside the metro routinely underestimate. We pull the permits, schedule the inspections, and put every change order in writing before the work happens.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Tomball
We work all over Tomball, from the historic streets near the downtown depot to the newest sections of 77377. If you’re in one of these areas, we’re already familiar with your street and probably your neighbors:
- Northpointe
- Lakewood Grove
- Spring Creek Park
- Inverness Estates
- Village Creek
Typical response time for an estimate in Tomball is one to two business days, and our no-trip-charge policy applies inside the county.
Why Tomball’s Climate & Housing Affect Construction
Tomball sits at the leading edge of northwest Houston’s suburban growth wave, and that position shapes almost every construction decision here. The land under 77375 and 77377 is Harris County’s notorious expansive black clay, the kind that swells after a hard rain and shrinks during a dry July, and it puts real stress on foundations, driveways, and fence posts year after year. Any contractor doing honest work in Tomball has to engineer for that movement. A paver patio built the way they’d build it in Conroe, on sandier Montgomery County soil, will start heaving within two seasons. The same goes for slab-on-grade additions and even interior remodels: a kitchen floor that’s level today won’t stay level unless the prep work accounts for what the soil underneath is doing.
Then there’s the water. Tomball lies within the Cypress Creek watershed, and portions of both ZIP codes carry FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area designations. After Hurricane Harvey put parts of the Cypress Creek corridor under water in 2017, Harris County Flood Control District and the City of Tomball got serious about elevation certificates, drainage detention, and finished floor heights. We know which permits apply and which easements matter, because we’ve pulled them before. A contractor from outside the Houston metro pricing a Tomball addition without checking the flood-plain map is going to lose weeks in permitting, and the homeowner is the one who pays for that delay. We don’t guess at any of it.
Pricing for Construction in Tomball
Here are honest starting ranges for common Tomball projects. These are ballpark figures, not quotes, because every house and goal is different. The quote you get from us is free, written, and line-itemed.
- Kitchen remodel: $35,000 to $90,000, depending on layout changes and material grades
- Bathroom remodel: $18,000 to $45,000 for a full gut
- Roof replacement: $9,000 to $22,000, driven by size, pitch, and shingle line
- Windows and doors (whole home): $12,000 to $40,000
- Driveway and pavers: $18 to $35 per square foot installed, including base prep for Tomball clay
- Home addition or ADU: $180 to $320 per square foot, depending on slab engineering and site drainage
Every scope, every allowance, every price change arrives as a written change order before work happens. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date.
Service Area - Cities Near Tomball
Our crews work in home markets across the northwest metro. If you’re in Cypress, The Woodlands, Jersey Village, or Spring, we can help you there too.
Serving Tomball, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Tomball area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Construction in Tomball
A full kitchen remodel in Tomball typically runs $35,000 to $90,000, with the final number set by whether you’re moving plumbing, replacing the slab, or keeping the existing footprint. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll come out, measure, and put a line-item estimate in writing, free.
No, not unless you change the scope. Every price change we make arrives as a written change order that you sign before the work proceeds. If it’s not on paper, it’s not on the bill. If you get a second opinion from another contractor, we’ll review their written estimate and compare it to ours, free.
Yes, on every eligible job. We pull the permits, schedule the inspections, and make sure the inspector signs off before we call anything finished. In flood-zone portions of 77375 and 77377, that means handling elevation certificates and drainage detention requirements that delay permits for contractors who don’t know the Cypress Creek tributary easements. The permit inspector works for you, not for me, and that’s exactly why I like him.
A bathroom remodel typically takes two to three weeks. A kitchen runs four to eight weeks depending on material lead times. A roof replacement is usually done in one to two days once materials are on site. Larger additions and ADUs vary widely based on slab engineering and drainage work, and we’ll give you a written schedule with benchmarks before you sign anything.
You call Tom Barrett, and he comes back. That’s the 90-Day Done Right Promise, written on every contract: if it’s not done right, one phone call brings him back to make it right. Call (877) 610-1318 and a live person answers, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Tomball since 1998.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local construction pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you - the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What Tomball Customers Say
"Came back a year later to sort a door that had dropped as the frame settled. No charge and no argument about whether it was covered."
- Thaddeus Oyelowo"Addition over the garage matched the original roofline and brickwork so closely that visitors do not realise it was added. He tracked down the closest brick he could find rather than settling."
- Gideon Stroud"The bathroom was finished on the day he said at the start, which nobody had led me to believe was possible."
- Loretta Vanterpool