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Magnolia Creek is a golf course community in League City, home to the 27-hole Magnolia Creek Golf Club. Houses that back onto open fairways take wind-driven rain and the occasional stray ball, and League City's hot season, late May to late September, keeps them shut tight with the AC running.
Living on the course: wind, glass and closed-up summers in Magnolia Creek
Magnolia Creek is a golf course community in League City, home to the 27-hole Magnolia Creek Golf Club. A course is wide, open ground, and houses that back onto it have little between the fairway and their rear windows. Rain driven by wind hits those back walls, patio doors and windows with nothing to break it up.
Glass is the other exposure. A stray ball or storm debris can crack a window or patio door, and a broken pane in a summer thunderstorm lets rain onto floors and furniture quickly. Covering the opening comes before anything else.
The hot season in League City lasts about four months, from late May into late September, with the average high reaching 91 degrees in August. Houses stay closed with the AC on through those months, so rain blown in at a patio door can sit under a rug or behind a sofa without anyone noticing. Cupped boards or a musty corner are often the first clue.
Six jobs that fit a golf course home in Magnolia Creek
Protecting a golf course home in Magnolia Creek
Keep plywood cut to size
Measure the rear windows and patio doors now and keep cut panels in the garage. A precut panel goes up in minutes when a storm or stray ball breaks glass.
Walk the roofline after high wind
From the course side, look for lifted, creased or missing shingles after a windstorm. A small lifted tab can leak for weeks before the ceiling shows it.
Lift rugs after any blown-in rain
If rain came in at a door, pick up the rug and look underneath that day. Water trapped under a rug on wood is what cups the boards.
Leave the AC on when you travel
Set the thermostat to a moderate temperature instead of off while you are away in summer. A shut, humid house with no air moving grows mildew on fabric and walls.
Broken glass or a roof leak at a Magnolia Creek home? We pick up any hour.
Call (832) 737-0315Magnolia Creek questions about storms, glass and floors
Yes. Our League City office covers Magnolia Creek along with the rest of the city, and the phones are open 24/7. If glass is broken and rain is coming in, tell us the size of the opening so we can bring the right cover.
Yes. We cover the opening, clean up the glass and dry anything the rain reached. Replacing the glass itself is a job for a glazier, and the board stays up until the new pane is in.
Often, if the water is found early. We dry the boards and subfloor with drying mats and dehumidifiers, and many cupped floors settle back once moisture evens out. Boards that buckled off the subfloor usually need replacing.
Wind and rain damage through a broken window or roof is usually a homeowners claim. Glass broken by a stray ball is a question for your insurer as well, and we document the damage either way.
Yes. We clean and reseal stone floors, clean tile and grout, and clean upholstery and rugs in Magnolia Creek homes, separate from any water work.
