About & Editorial Policy
Cypress Roof Guide is an independent, source-cited guide to roofing topics in Cypress and Northwest Houston. It is not a roofing contractor, does not sell roofing services, and does not currently carry sponsored content or paid placements. Every specific claim on this site — a cost figure, a storm statistic, a lifespan estimate — links back to a named primary source, not to this site's own say-so.
Who publishes this site?
Cypress Roof Guide is published by Scott Jessen, who operates it independently through FoundOnline. Scott lives in the Cypress area. There is no editorial staff beyond Scott, no parent media company, and no advertiser relationship — this page is the entire ownership disclosure.
Scott is not a roofer, and this site doesn't claim he is one. The specific facts and figures published here come from the named sources below, not from personal trade experience — which is exactly why every page shows its sources instead of asking readers to take its word for it.
What this site is (and isn't)
Cypress Roof Guide is an independent local guide to roofing questions — replacement, repair, storm and hail damage, inspection, and gutters — for homeowners in Cypress and the surrounding Northwest Houston area. It is not a roofing company, performs no roofing work, and does not sell leads, referrals, or roofing services of any kind. It does not currently host sponsored content, paid placements, or any commercial partnership. If that ever changes, it will be disclosed plainly on the page where it appears — not buried on this one.
Sourcing standards
Every statistic or specific figure on this site is checked against a primary source before it's published: government sources such as NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) storm-event records and the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI); the Texas Insurance Code; and named trade or research organizations such as the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA), the Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association (ARMA), the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), and the Metal Construction Association (MCA). Every page that states a specific claim names its source in the visible text and links to it — the same source is also carried in the page's structured data, so an automated system checking this site's claims can verify them the same way a reader can. A page's "Updated" date means its content and citations were reviewed as of that date, not just that a template redeployed.
Corrections policy
If a claim on this site turns out to be wrong, outdated, or no longer matches its cited source, it gets corrected or removed — not quietly reworded around the problem. Readers are the fastest way an error gets caught; see the Contact page for how to report one. A correction updates the page's visible "Updated" date.
What this site will never do
This site will not publish a statistic or figure it can't trace to a named primary source, and it will not restate a widely repeated claim as fact just because it's widely repeated. It will not publish fake, incentivized, or paid reviews — it doesn't publish reviews at all, because no business is attached to it to review. And it will not carry an undisclosed paid placement, sponsored link, or advertiser relationship of any kind; if a commercial relationship ever exists, it will be labeled as such wherever it appears.
Is any business affiliated with this site?
No. No roofing business, contractor, or other commercial entity is affiliated with, sponsoring, or otherwise connected to Cypress Roof Guide. There is no editorial staff beyond Scott, no parent media company, and no advertiser relationship. If a commercial relationship is ever established, it will be disclosed plainly on the page where it appears.